From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Charlotte Silver was published by Electronic Intifada on 5 November 2015.
“Ehud Barak served US lawsuit over Gaza flotilla slaying”
Ehud Barak is being sued in the United States over his role in the 2010 slaying of Turkish American citizen Furkan Do?an by Israeli commandos who stormed a boat attempting to break the siege on Gaza. The former Israeli prime minister was served court documents when he was in Los Angeles, California, for a speaking event last month.
Do?an, 19, was shot multiple times at point-blank range during the raid on the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish boat in a flotilla sailing in international waters. His parents, Ahmet and Hikmet Do?an, filed the lawsuit against Barak. “It is long overdue that these officials are held to account for their actions which have devastated my family and the families of many others,” Ahmet Do?an told The Electronic Intifada by email.
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