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Israel Awaiting U.S. Green Light for Internal Gaza Flotilla Probe
(Ha'aretz) Anshel Pfeffer and Barak Ravid - Israel is awaiting a "green light" from the U.S. on a proposal for how to investigate the flotilla incident. The government's seven senior ministers agreed Monday to establish a panel of jurists to probe the raid, but a senior government source noted that if the type of panel proposed, and its mandate, is not acceptable to Washington, "there is no point in establishing it." A senior source in Jerusalem said the panel would be comprised of top jurists with experience in international and marine law. Two international jurists - at least one of them American - would be invited to participate as observers. Talks with the Americans have gone on for two days, but Jerusalem and Washington are still at odds over both the committee's mandate and its composition.