Flotilla Activists 'Won't Resist IDF' - Defense/Security - News - Israel National News: Israeli defense officials say if the purpose of the flotilla were aid rather than a media spectacle and provocation the supplies carried could easily be unloaded in Ashdod and shipped by ground to Gaza.

Top diplomats from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden blast 'punitive measures' in West Bank: The foreign ministers of the five Nordic countries on Wednesday harshly criticised Israel for plans to accelerate settlement building and withhold taxes it has collected for the Palestinian Authority.