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Turkel committee may summon left-wing activists
Committee probing flotilla raid asks groups such as B'tselem to hand over info on situation in Gaza
A committee investigating the IDF raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla has appealed to a number of left-wing and humanitarian organizations asking them to report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, according to a committee statement issued Monday.
The Turkel committee's coordinator, Attorney Hosea Gottlieb, sent letters to a number of organizations as part of its mandate to inspect the circumstances that brought about the naval blockade on the Strip.
The letters were sent to B'tselem, Physicians for Human Rights, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, and the Center for the Defense of the Individual.
The letters said the Turkel committee was considering summoning organization members to testify before it.
"We would be grateful if you would send us a short review of the information you have on the humanitarian situation in Gaza as soon as possible, so that the committee can consider the possibility of summoning you to testify," the letters say.
A week ago the committee asked the Turkish embassy in Israel for permission to summon Mehmet Tubal, the captain of the flotilla ship Mavi Marmara, to testify.
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