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Israeli Cabinet Votes For Gaza Flotilla Inquiry

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Israel’s Cabinet has unanimously agreed to set up an “independent public commission” to examine last month’s deadly raid on a convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday that Israel’s three-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip breaks international law, and violates the Geneva Convention, which bans “collective punishment” of a civilian population. The ICRC called on Israel to lift the blockade.

Also Monday Middle East envoy Tony Blair meets with European Union foreign ministers. The former British prime minister says he hopes to see movement in the next few days on easing the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that former Israeli Supreme Court Judge Yaakov Turkel will head a panel to look into events surrounding the takeover of the aid flotilla on May 31, when Israeli commandos killed eight Turkish and one American activists.

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