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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.
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.
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.
Israel rejects UN multinational inquiry
Israel has said it will not accept a UN plan for a multinational investigation into the lethal commando raid on an aid flotilla.
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.
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".
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.
Detained Kiwi is safe, says mum
The mother of a New Zealand woman held by Israel was last night anxiously waiting news of her daughter.
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.