Al-Jazeera now says 10 killed in Israel's war crime against humanitarian activists. BBC is now reporting 9 dead and that Netanyahu 'regrets' the loss of life, but as Al-Jazeera clearer, he gave his full backing to the military and the massacre it's perpetrated. Earlier figures for deaths were 16 to 19. From Al-Jazeera Israeli commandos have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships off the coast of the Gaza Strip, killing up to 10 people on board. Dozens of others were injured when troops raided the convoy of six ships, dubbed the Freedom Flotilla, early on Monday. Israel said activists on board attacked its commandos as they boarded the ships, while the flotilla's organisers said the Israeli forces opened fire first, as soon as they stormed the convoy. Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, gave his "full backing" to the military forces after the raid. The raid by Israel troops "was to prevent the infiltration of thousands of rockets, missi...

The EU and UK Foreign Secretary Hague have failed to condemn the massacre, calling instead for further 'investigation'. No mention of the fact that this was a military assault in international waters by one of the mightiest military machines on the planet. A state armed to the teeth with a license to kill by the US (and shamefully the EU and UK too) that has killed at least 19 civilians delivering aid to a people blockaded and bombed by a government and state with a colonial imperative. And by the scenes at the quayside at Ashdod of Palestinian women who live inside Israel (Arab Israelis) being racially abuse by a nascent lynch mob, this colonial mindset is increasingly nourished by a growing and deep anti-Arab racism among Israeli Jews. But among increasing numbers of Jewish people in the west, the crimes of Israel are unbearable. Which is why many of the leaders of the Gaza convoy are American Jews. This was indeed Israel's Soweto, as a speaker said today at the London pr...

From Socialist Worker (UK), with report on London protest. Israeli ambassador Ron Prosor is due to address the Hay Festival on Tuesday 1 June at 8pm. His theme is the state of Anglo-Israeli relations. Protesters will gather outside from 7pm to show their outrage at Israel's barbaric attack on the Gaza Flotilla, which killed at least 15 peace activists.

Shutdown this nest of war criminals

From various news reports:16 dead, 6 Turks, 10 Internationals, 50/80 wounded,3 wounded from European campaign boat.Opening fire on all boats.

Cops look like fish out of water. To hell with Israeli terrorism. SANCTIONS NOW From various news reports:16 dead, 6 Turks, 10 Internationals, 50/80 wounded,3 wounded from European campaign boat.Opening fire on all boats

Speaker from British Muslim Initiative asks what our government is doing about the 27 Britons that were part of the flotilla

We are definitely marching to Israeli embassy - still no news on dead and injured - what the hell are the western embassies doing to find out what's happened to their citizens? No declaration of war against Israel yet. Imagine if Iran had done this in the Gulf.

Rally going on now. We might be marching to Israeli embassy. YES!

22:12 GMT freegazaorg Countries calling Israel for explanation about attacking us Greece, Sweden, France, Austria, Spain, TurkeyCondemnation from China and Russia http://mobile.twitter.com/freegazaorg#freegazaorg Call the State Department 202 647 4000 and ask them what they are going to do about this attack and the American flagged boat 19:51 GMT UK Foreign Secretary Hague has failed to condemn the massacre, calling instead for further 'investigation'. No mention of the fact that this was a military assault in international waters by one of the mightiest military machines on the planet. A state armed to the teeth with a license to kill by the US (and shamefully the EU and UK too) that has killed at least 19 civilians delivering aid to a people blockaded and bombed by a government and state with a colonial imperative. And by the scenes at the quayside at Ashdod of Palestinian women who live inside Israel (Arab Israelis) being racially abuse by a nascent lynch mob, this coloni...

Video above from Sky News - repeats a lot of Israeli lies but makes it clear this massacre, that has led to up at least 19 dead and 60 injured, is a PR disaster for Israel and its already frosty relationship with erstwhile ally Turkey is now dead. Palestinians living insider the borders of the settler state have called a general strik e. Sadly Sheikh Raed Salah is thought to have been killed in the massacre - perhaps deliberately targeted. Acting Higher Arab Monitoring Committee head calls incident 'massacre'. Deputy of Islamic Movement official Sheikh Raed Salah, rumored to have been injured in takeover, says 'this was an assassination attempt' VIsraeli Arabs are protesting against the takeover of the Gaza flotilla, which claimed to lives of at least 10 activists. The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee on Monday called for a general strip on Tuesday. The committee's acting chairman, Ramez Jaraisi, called for an international proe into what he called "the State ...

At least 20 unarmed humanitarians killed, according to reports from Gaza TV News . The link goes to the Facebook page of the Irish based protesters that bravely travelled into the eye of the storm. They are calling for Israeli ambassador to be expelled from Ireland. Report at Aljazzera.com says all the ships were attacked simultaneoulsy by marine commandos. Many had their faces covered and some wore gas masks: Israeli marine commandos had opened fire as they stormed one of the ships the (Mavi Marmara). Israeli television justified the commandos’ massacre claiming that the soldiers were attacked with knives and axes, but did not elaborate. The Israeli censor blocks all reports on the activists murdered on the flotilla. According to a reporter on one of the ships, the Israeli occupation army raided all vessels from the sea and air at the same time and informed all of the passengers that they were under arrest. The Israeli vessels, the report said, attacked the flotilla in internatio...

In istanbul the Israeli embassy has been stormed by protesters. Footage from IHH shows Israeli soldiers firing the moment their feet hit the deck. According to reports they shot civilians in their sleep. Could be as many as 16 dead. Insani Yardim Vakfi (IHH, providing the logistical backbone of the flotilla, have a video showing the Israelis firing as soon as they got on the boats - contrart to the lies coming out of Israel this morning. Live video stream is here . More news here from Free Gaza Movement : (Cyprus, June 1, 2010, 6:30 am) Under darkness of night, Israeli commandoes dropped from a helicopter onto the Turkish passenger ship, Mavi Marmara, and began to shoot the moment their feet hit the deck. They fired directly into the crowd of civilians asleep. According to the live video from the ship, two have been killed, and 31 injured. Al Jazeera has just confirmed the numbers. Streaming video shows the Israeli soldiers shooting at civilians, and our last SPOT beacon said, “HELP, w...