Gaza Flotilla Incident: Resource Page
Israeli Government
- Prime Minister Netanyahu video discussion of flotilla incident
- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon's press conference on the flotilla incident
- An Assault, Cloaked in Peace (op-ed by Michael Oren, Israel Ambassador to US. NYTimes)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement about the humanitarian situation in Gaza
- DFM Ayalon holds conference call with US Jewish leaders
- Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon’s Statement: Activists Had Weapons
- MFA legal expert Sarah Weiss Maudi explains why the flotilla was not allowed to dock at Gaza
- Legal Backgrounder on maritime law and other related issues, from MFA
- Israeli Ambassador Oren on the flotilla (video on CNN)
- Excerpts from press conferences with Defense Minister Barak, Chief of Staff Ashkenazi and Naval Commander Marom
White House
Media Coverage
- Israel grapples with fallout of flotilla violence (JTA)
- A brutal ambush at sea (YNetNews)
- Israel's Gaza Choices: How is the Jewish state supposed to stop Hamas from re-arming? (Wall Street Journal)Gaza Flotilla Refuses to Help Schalit (Jerusalem Post)Israeli video of raid (CNN)Israelis go to battle on social networks (Haaretz)Peres: Soldiers were beaten for being humane (YNetNews)
Videos
- Violence greets soldiers as they land (IDF)
- Video analysis by Peter Cook, British maritime security expert
- Al-Jazeera report on the flotilla before they left that offers insight into who was on board (MEMRI)
- Israeli Navy requested ships redirect to Ashdod (IDF)
- IDF Transfers Humanitarian Aid From Gaza Flotilla to Gaza Strip (IDF)
- IDF Met with Pre-Planned Violence When Boarding Ship (IDF)
- Demonstrators onboard attack IDF (IsraPundit)
- Eyewitness testimony from solider who was attacked and injured after boarding ship (IDF)
- Soldiers reviewing the weapons found onboard, plus injured soldier evacuation (YouTube)
- Display of weapons found aboard the ship (YouTube)
- Israel Goes on High Alert in the Wake of Flotilla Incident (Media Line)
Advocacy Resources
AIPAC Memo: Vice Presidential & Congressional Letters of Support for Israel on Flotilla Incident
Flotilla Fact Sheet (American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise)
Commentary
- 'A bloody PR stunt' (USA Today)
- Gaza Flotilla: Why the Blockade Makes Sense for Israel (Christian Science Monitor)
- In The Great Flotilla Debate, The Facts Are On Israel's Side (New Republic)
- Our PR amateurs: People in charge of Israel’s public relations are obviously clueless (YNetNews)
- Pro-Israel groups must adapt to the new world (Jennifer Laszlo-Mizrahi on JPost)
- To The Free Gaza Movement (David Harris on JPost)
- Ambassador Michael Oren diiscusses Flotilla on the Colbert Report
Federation Response
- JFNA/JCPA Teleconference June 17: Flotilla Incident & Diplomatic Fallout
- Israel's Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni Briefs Jewish Leaders on Gaza Flotilla Incident (JFNA)
- Jewish Federations Alert: Flotilla Incident Backgrounder (JFNA)
- Federation Condemns Attacks on Israel Defense Forces (Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles)
- Flotilla Update and Resources -- From the Desk of Deborah Goldfarb, Executive Director (Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach)
- A Letter to the Community (UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey)
- Community Strength: 3,000 Rally for Israel (Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles)
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