The Palestinian Authority (PA)

So far 23 organizations are expected to participate in the upcoming flotilla to the Gaza Strip, similar to the heterogeneous coalition which organized the Mavi Marmara flotilla.

Its three core organizations are IHH (Turkey), the ECESG (Europe) and the FGM (America), affiliated with radical Islam, primarily the Muslim Brotherhood, and/or the radical left. The others are global anti-Israeli organizations, some of them human- and social-rights groups.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (May 25-31, 2011)

This past week one rocket hit was identified in Israeli territory. The Egyptian government announced the continuous opening of the Rafah crossing
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A Turkish Islamist delegation, which in our assessment included IHH activists, was involved in violent clashes with Jordanian security forces near Allenby Bridge on Nakba Day.

The incident is yet another demonstration of the violent methods used by the IHH and its Islamist allies during anti-Israeli PR activities.
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IHH and its leader, Bülent Yildirim, conduct a propaganda campaign to prepare the ground for the flotilla planned for the end of June.

The campaign’s sometimes contradictory themes are aimed at glorifying IHH and its determination, and deterring Israel from acting against it, while presenting a moderate image to the West.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (May 18-24, 2011)

On the eve of Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s arrival in the United States and during his visit, American President Barack Obama gave two speeches, one at the State Department and the other at a policy conference of AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group.
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The main theme of the various Nakba Day events was the Palestinian refugees’ return to the 1948 territories and the destruction of the State of Israel.

The main theme of the various Nakba Day events was the Palestinian refugees’ return to the 1948 territories and the destruction of the State of Israel. Clinging to the refugees’ return is central to Hamas’ strategy, backed by Iran and Hezbollah and supported by Palestinians in the territories and abroad.
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