Additional information about the violent intentions of the IHH operatives

Statements made by IDF soldiers, pictures taken aboard the Mavi Marmara, statements from passengers, information found in files on laptops seized from the ship and statements made by passengers to the media after their release, all prove that the violence employed against the IDF on board the ship was not spontaneous but rather a premeditated …

Portrait of IHH

Prominent among the coalition organizations participating in the aid flotilla scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip in the coming days is the Turkish IHH (Insani Yardim Vakfi, IHH, “humanitarian relief fund”). It is a radical Islamic organization which was established in 1992 and formally registered in Istanbul in 1995. It is headed by Bülent …

Video Recordings of Statements from Mavi Marmara Crew Members about Preparations Made by IHH Operatives for the Violent Confrontation with IDF Soldiers

The videotaped statements of two Mavi Marmara crew members show that preparations for a violent confrontation with IDF forces were put in motion about two hours before the boarding began, when the Israeli Navy hailed the ship and told it to halt.
According to the statements, the atmosphere aboard the Mavi Marmara was tense and the …

The Foundation for Human Rights & Humanitarian Relief: Behind the Flotilla Violence

Initial reports about the deadly clashes between armed activists and Israeli naval commandos that erupted following Israel’s interdiction of the Free Gaza flotilla indicate that the Israeli soldiers were ambushed on a ship sponsored by an extremist Turkish organization, the Foundation for Human Rights & Humanitarian Relief, better known under its Turkish acronym IHH.
The interception …