Ankara : Turkish premier Tayyip Erdogan called for Israel to be punished for its attack on the flotilla on Monday and said 'nothing would ever be the same' in relations between the two allies. 'Israel's behaviour should definitely, definitely be punished. No one should try to test Turkey's patience,
Greta Berlin, of the Free Gaza Movement, which organised the flotilla at the centre of Monday's confrontation, said it would not be deterred by the Israeli action and that one of the two latest cargo ships was already off the coast of Italy en route for Gaza.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyab Erdogan promised that the next Flotilla for Gaza would be escorted by Turkish Warship to Gaza.
The MV Rachel Corrie, a converted merchant ship bought by pro-Palestinian activists and named after an American woman killed in the Gaza Strip in 2003, set off yesterday from Malta, organisers said.
It was carrying medical equipment, wheelchairs, school supplies and cement, as well as 15 activists, including Northern Irish Nobel peace laureate Mairead Corrigan-Maguire and Denis Halliday, an Irish former senior UN diplomat.
A second boat carrying about three dozen passengers is expected to join it, Miss Berlin said, adding: 'This initiative is not going to stop.
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