Ex-Israeli PM Sued Over Flotilla Raid That Killed American

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY AMANDA LEE MYERS
ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is being sued in the U.S. over his nation's deadly raid of six Turkish boats trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza in 2010, an event that still affects relations between Turkey and Israel.

The Turkish parents of 19-year-old Furkan Dogan, among nine killed in the raid, sued Barak in federal court in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, claiming unlawful death and torture. Barak, Israel's defense minister at the time of the raid, was served with the papers Tuesday after he gave a speech near Los Angeles.

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Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon, based in Jerusalem, said in a statement that the lawsuit "is yet another attempt to abuse otherwise legitimate legal tools for the cynical, political purpose of attacking the State of Israel."

"We are confident that the United States will not lend its hand to such abuse," said Nahshon, who does not speak for Barak.

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