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| The Mavi Marmara |
A Spanish court has found Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
and six other senior officials guilty of crimes against humanity for
their role in the 2010 raid on Gaza-bound
aid ship, Mavi Marmara. Nine
activists were killed, including one Turkish-American, and dozens
injured when Israeli commandos boarded the lead ship of a Gaza-bound
flotilla, Mavi Marmara, when it attempted to breach the blockade of the
Palestinian territory. Spanish activists were also on board the ships.
The Madrid-based Supreme Court has ordered arrest of Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, ex-foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, ex-defense
minister Ehud Barak, then-deputy PMs Moshe Ya'alon and Eli Yishai, and
then-state minister Benny Begin. Israel's ex-Navy Commander Eliezer
Marom is among the co-defendants found guilty by the Spanish judge.
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