The world has reacted in different ways after the Israeli raid on the Freedom Flotilla and the killing of nine Turkish activists. As expected, the USA have sided with Israel and did their best to block any strong condemnation of the pirate state by the Security Council. Europe reacted in the usual mild manner regretting the deaths and Continue reading
The entire world has now heard of Israel’s latest exploit in despicable barbarity and state sponsored terrorism. Algeria was one of the countries which contributed to the Peace Flotilla and a list of the Algerian delegation may be found here. There were unconfirmed rumours about a couple of Algerian victims, but some newspapers talk about Algerian detainees (see here and here) and Echourouk talks about IDF soldiers assaulting one of their photographers and confiscating his camera. However, most of the victims appear to have been from Turkish origin. As to the Algerian press reaction, it is that of total condemnation and anger as this selection of headlines shows: Continue reading
