(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Katz and Herb Keinon - Calls by the U.S. and the EU to the captain of a Libyan ship headed for Gaza to accept Israel's diversion requests legitimizes Israel's policy, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told Israel Radio on Wednesday. The determination that Israel demonstrated towards the previous aid ship, the Mavi Marmara, also contributed to effective policy, he noted. The captain of the Libyan ship told the Israel Navy that he planned to sail it to El-Arish in Egypt. Ayalon said that Israel and Egypt share a common interest in preventing the arming of Hamas in Gaza.
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