A group of journalists has announced that it plans to sue Israel over its deadly raid on a flotilla of aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip in May.
Lawyers have already begun preparing lawsuits in several European
countries, according to several of the journalists, who met in Istanbul
on Wednesday. The group accused Israel of violating international law.
One of the nine people killed on board the Mavi Marmara, the main ship, was Cevdet Kulclar, a Turkish journalist.
Reporters who were on board the ships say the Israeli government
never returned their equipment or passports, and that Israeli soldiers
later used their credit cards.
An Italian journalist, Manolo Luppichini, told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz in June that his credit card was used to make NIS250 ($65) worth of purchases in Israel.
In a statement released after their meeting, the journalists said
they are demanding c…
