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<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> End is nigh for Gaza blockade

There are plenty of lies being told on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, writes <i>Gwynne Dyer</i>.

Israel pushes peace talks

Tree casts shadow of war in a blood-soaked land

Palmer to head UN flotilla inquiry

Sir Geoffrey Palmer says heading an inquiry into a fatal Israeli raid on an aid flotilla will probably be the hardest job he has done.

Israel retaliates for Gaza rocket attack

Arab who posed as a Jew jailed for rape 'by deception'

A Palestinian man who masqueraded as a Jew to have sex with a Jewish woman has been convicted of rape "by deception" and sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Aid flotilla raiders cleared

Aid ship sets off

City stops for rally for soldier's release

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.

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.

Israel seizes second aid ship as protests grow

Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel peacefully and without meeting resistance on Saturday.

<i>Matt McCarten</i>: Tragedy opens doors to solving Palestinian crisis

<i>Kerre Woodham</i>: High price to pay for helping out

<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Israel visit prickly issue for Key

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.

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.

Detained NZer in Israel set to be deported

The Israeli Embassy in Wellington says Nicola Enchmarch is about to be deported from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport but her destination is unknown.