Isolation

Israeli Raid: 'Bloody, Bungled Takeover' Deepens Israel's Isolation

ERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's bloody, bungled takeover of a Gaza-bound Turkish aid vessel is complicating U.S.-led Mideast peace efforts, deepening Israel's international isolation and threatening to destroy the Jewish state's ties with key regional ally Turkey. And while Israel had hoped to defend its tight blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza with Monday's high-seas raid, it instead appeared to be hastening the embargo's demise, judging by initial international condemnation. Read more of this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/31/israeli-raid-bloody-bungl_n_595443.html#s95043