Israel Rejects International Probe Of Flotilla Crisis; Obama Administration Says It Urged Restraint

From HuffingtonPost.com:

Israel on Thursday rejected calls from the United Nations and others for an international investigation of its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla but left the door open to foreign involvement.

Also on Thursday, the U.S. State Department said that Obama administration officials had warned Israel to use caution and restraint when dealing with the activists as their ships were heading toward Gaza.

“We communicated with Israel through multiple channels many times regarding the flotilla,” P.J. Crowley, a State Department spokesman, said in a statement to the Washington Post. “We emphasized caution and restraint given the anticipated presence of civilians, including American citizens.”

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