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Occupation magazine - Activism Home page  back Print  Send To friend The After Math: Three days mourning in Palestine, Israel seals off Gaza By George Rishmawi IMEMC & Agencies http://www.imemc.org/article/58814 Some of the reactions to the Israeli attack against the peaceful boats en route to Gaza. The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a three-day mourning in the Palestinian territories to protest the Israeli attack on the `Freedom Flotilla` in the International waters close to the Gaza shore. Israel has sealed off all entrances of the Gaza Strip. Israel says, `THEY` attacked the Israeli soldiers first. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mulls canceling a US trip in the wake of the Flotilla attack. Ismael`s Haniyeh, Prime Minister of the deposed government in Gaza declares a general strike in the Gaza Strip to mourn the victims. Thousands protest at the Israeli embassy in Ankara, Turkey. The Turkish foreign ministry calls the Israeli ambassador in Ankara. European Union demands a probe into the Israeli attack on the Flotilla. Head of Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, seriously wounded on Gaza flotilla. RY Links to the latest articles in this section Refusing the war! Demonstration today, Thur. Apris 24, at 7.30 pm, Habima Square, Tel Aviv Refusing the war! Demonstration today, Thur. Apris 24, at 7.30 pm, Habima Square, Tel Aviv Saturday night protests: No to Netanyahu`s war!