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Credit: Reuters/Uriel Sinai/Pool JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet approved on Monday an Israeli inquiry into a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, responding to international demands for impartiality by putting two foreign observers on the panel. World The decision coincided with growing signs that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was poised, under world pressure, to ease the flow of goods into the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, home to 1.5 million Palestinians and run by Hamas Islamists. Middle East envoy Tony Blair said he hoped Israel would begin softening the blockade within days. Angered by the killing by Israeli commandos of nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists on May 31, Turkey said Israel's investigation would be biased and reiterated demands for a U.N.-controlled probe. Hamas spoke of an Israeli cover-up. Washington backed a U.N. Security Council statement that called for a "prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation conforming to international standards." Netanyahu had consulted extensively on the issue with the United States, which welcomed the Israeli inquiry. He did not appear to be in any political danger from a government-appointed inquiry with a narrow mandate. "I believe the cabinet's decision this morning to set up this independent public commission will make clear to the entire world that Israel acts lawfully, transparently and with full responsibility," Netanyahu told reporters. Israel said its marines acted in self-defense in opening fire after a boarding party on the Turkish-flagged Mavi Marmara was attacked by activists wielding clubs and knives. But the bloodshed during the raid to stop a six-ship aid flotilla from breaking the blockade raised an international outcry and pressure on Israel to lift an embargo that it says is necessary to limit arms smuggling to Hamas. In what will be seen as a provocative challenge by Israel, Iran is sending aid ships to Gaza, Iranian state radio announced. One ship left port on Sunday and another will depart by Friday, loaded with food, construction material and toys, the report said. Iran and Israel are arch-adversaries. Israel accuses Iran of supplying weapons to Hamas. Iran denies it. UNANIMOUS DECISION Netanyahu's cabinet voted unanimously to set up the commission headed by a retired Israeli Supreme Court judge, Jacob Turkel, the prime minister's office said. It will include two other Israelis -- an international law expert and a former general -- and two non-voting foreign observers: David Trimble, a Northern Ireland politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Canadian jurist Ken Watkin. "I can confirm that I have been approached and I am happy to do it," Trimble said in London in a telephone interview. "I am not going to discuss or make any public comment about the issues at stake because I have to come at the issues from an objective point of view," Trimble said. The panel's mandate, as stipulated in a statement on Sunday, did not include an examination of the Netanyahu government's decision-making role in a raid that is regarded by many Israelis as a fiasco because of its planners' apparent failure to gauge the strength of resistance on board the Turkish ship. Instead, it will examine whether the Gaza blockade and the flotilla's interception conformed with international law and also investigate the actions taken by the convoy's organizers and participants, the statement said. The commission will publish a report, but it was not immediately clear when it would issue findings. It will have the power to decide which of its sessions to open to the public. "Israel's one-sided inquiry is not valuable to us. We want a commission to be set up under the direct control of (the) United Nations," Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a news conference in Ankara. In Luxembourg to brief EU foreign ministers on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, Blair spoke about possible Israeli moves to loosen the blockade. "In respect of the closure policy, I hope very much in the next days we will get the in-principle commitment that we require, but then also steps beginning to be taken," he said. The International Committee of the Red Cross said the blockade violated the Geneva Conventions and should be lifted. The United States has called the situation in the Gaza Strip unsustainable, and moves by Netanyahu to revise the embargo could help to ensure him a warmer White House welcome during a visit he hopes to make later this month. Washington, caught in a balancing act between Israel and Turkey, two key U.S. allies in the Middle East, voiced confidence that Israel would conduct a fair investigation. Turkey has withdrawn its ambassador from Israel, canceled joint military exercises, and called for the blockade to end. Netanyahu has said soldiers and officers who took part in or planned the operation would not testify before the commission. The panel would be able to use testimony given to a separate military board reviewing operational details of the raid. (Additional reporting by Simon Cameron-Moore in Istanbul, Rabinovitch in Jerusalem and Caren Bohan in Washington, Dublin bureau; Editing by Mark Heinrich) World Comments See All Comments (7) | Post Comment Jun 14, 2010 4:17am EDT So..where is the international community when it comes to Israeli crimes? Is Israel not a country like others or the west insists on turning deaf ears to calls for helping the Palestinians? by the way, what is Israel? It always ignores international resolutions, breaks all rules, and does what she wants and go unpunished…. FuadMuhammad Report As Abusive Jun 14, 2010 7:00am EDT The US needs to abandon Israel and stop funding $6 billion to that country every year Storyburn_has Report As Abusive Jun 14, 2010 7:21am EDT What a joke, appointing David Trimble as an ‘impartial’ member of the inquiry is a bit like asking Franco to be honest broker in an inquiry of an atrocity committed by the SS. Trimble has a long history of hate filled bigotry, and has often likened Ulster unionists to Israelis (a comparison not lost on the Irish either). If Joe Biden does not ‘puke’ at that sham, he has no stomach for justice. LuoBoTi Report As Abusive Jun 14, 2010 10:18am EDT Same result as the acceptance of The GOldstone Report; I predict. Brumby Report As Abusive Jun 14, 2010 10:27am EDT I am so weary of hearing how poor Israel has to defend itself from all these unwarranted attacks against them. In their eyes there is no defense against Israeli aggression, no defending your land as it is stolen from you, no protecting your life against the greed of Israel. Any defense of your property is viewed as an attack and their retaliation will be brutal and absolute. Israel defiantly uses it allies to effect its ends using lies and deceit that only serves to undermine those allies’ standing in the world community. They are a dangerous, self-entitled people that will use any means at their disposal to annihilate their perceived enemies rather than compromise on an ethical coexistence. Considering all the problems in the mid-east, how many would be left if Israel was removed from the equation. Majick1 Report As Abusive Jun 14, 2010 10:45am EDT Who cares about that country’s bullies? Eventually, its hubris will be itz downfall. uha1 Report As Abusive Jun 14, 2010 11:09am EDT Israel has been under attack by its Islamic neighbors since its beginning! It is about time that the world stops turning a deaf ear on them that chant and try to destroy Israel and her allies! I am tired of it being a one sided thing also! Islamic fascist can call for the death of a whole people, burn my countries flag and my pope and president in effigy! Can carry out suicide missions on tons of innocent people and they think the world is against them. Well they should be against them! I am tired of Islam and the double standard and so should all the nations of the west! crudelegacy Report As Abusive See All Comments (7) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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