By MuslimVoices on News from muslimvoices.org
Humanitarian aid is coming in to Gaza two months after an attack on a flotilla killed nine activists. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would ease restrictions on the blockade; however it will remain in place. 
By SuhaibWebb on News from www.suhaibwebb.com
On May 31, Israel attacked – in international waters – the Freedom Flotilla, a six ship fleet carrying aid to the besieged Gaza Strip. The Flotilla was carrying 10,000 tons of aid and about 700 peaceful activists from all over the world. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) raided the biggest ship, the Mavi Marmara, killing at least 9 people and injuring scores of other civilians, and seized the rest of the ships, bringing them in to an Israeli port. They then proceeded to arrest and/or deport the activists. This wasn’t the end of the assault—the Rachel Corrie, an Irish ship named after the activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer as she protested over house demolitions in Gaza in 2003, also attempted to sail to Gaza with aid days later, and was also intercepted by Israel. On June 7, the Israeli Navy killed four Palestinians off the Gaza coast. 
By MuslimMatters on Opinion from muslimmatters.org
By IslamicExaminer on Politics from www.examiner.com
May 31: "They were waving white flags, not clubs" is the latest statement from FreeGaza.org on the day of which at least 19 activists aboard the Gaza Flotilla, were murdered by the Israeli army.
