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Israel eases blockade
Israel has eased its regime for food imports to Gaza, allowing through items like herbs, biscuits, jam and canned fruits.
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Erdogan rides high in wake of flotilla
With the leadership of Recep Erdogan, Turkey is once more becoming a powerful player in the Middle East.
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Iranian group to challenge aid blockade
The Iranian Red Crescent is planning to send humanitarian aid by sea to Gaza in a brazen challenge to Israel's sea blockade.
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UN proposes Palmer to head Gaza inquiry
Former New Zealand prime minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer has been suggested to lead an inquiry into the raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla a week ago.
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The hijacking of the truth
Six days after Israel's bloody assault on an aid flotilla that left nine foreign protesters dead, nobody can recount precisely what happened.
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Israel seizes second aid ship as protests grow
Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel peacefully and without meeting resistance on Saturday.
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Protests around the country over Gaza
Protesters hurled old shoes and marched on the US consulate in Auckland today in an "expression of outrage and anger".
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Detained NZer saw activist killed
NZ activist Nicola Enchmarch says she saw a man shot in the head by Israeli forces after they stormed her Gaza-bound aid ship.
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Detained Kiwi deported from Israel
The NZ woman detained in Israel after a raid on an aid flotilla headed for Gaza has been released overnight.
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Media react to Israel's gunboat raid
How the world's media has reported the incident where Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, killing 10.