I confess that, irritated beyond tolerance that a thread can be effectively sabotaged by continual nit picking, I drew attention to the tedious and diversionary similarities between the interminable cul de sac (or should that be roundabout? ) of posts on this thread and the Saville Enquiry thread

Subject: RE: BS: New Israeli atrocity: attack on Gaza aid
From: Emma B - PM
Date: 17 Jun 10 - 06:46 AM

Now as I concluded in that post (my last on this thread until today for that reason)

"Please may we move on there are important issues and it is gratifying to see that at least one outcome of this attack is the international attention and disapprobation* that has pressurized Israel to allow more humanitarian aid through to the beseiged beleaguered Gazan population"

{* yeah ok it WAS a typo!}

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has taken note of the internal inquiry set up by Israel on the flotilla incident, but said that such an investigation would lack "international credibility". "My position is that there should be international credibility of their investigation"

Meanwhile, it is reported that
"Key supporters of the Israeli-right in the United States are now demanding with full force, Turkey's phased exit from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)."
- Business Magazine

The pro Israeli influential Washington based, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) group adds that the U.S. should now "seriously consider suspending military cooperation with Turkey as a prelude to removing it from the organisation".