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Gaza was left devastated after Israel's bloody assault in 2009, which left 1,400 Palestinians dead and saw a UN report accuse Tel Aviv of war crimes (Photo: Amir Farshad Ebrahimi)

EU stays quiet on Gaza flotilla enquiry

Diplomatic sources have said the EU plans to wait and see how Israel's enquiry into the Gaza flotilla killings is conducted before taking a firm stand on its legitimacy.

"There was no willingness to approve it or to explicitly disapprove it," an EU diplomat told this website following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday (14 June).

"Since it was not possible to agree on a judgement, we can always reserve our position and see how it functions in practice. It's...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Gaza was left devastated after Israel's bloody assault in 2009, which left 1,400 Palestinians dead and saw a UN report accuse Tel Aviv of war crimes (Photo: Amir Farshad Ebrahimi)

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Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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