Nelson Mandela’s group of “Elders” — including six former winners of the Nobel Peace Prize — condemned Israel’s attack on the Gaza aid flotilla as “completely inexcusable” and called the three-year blockade of Gaza “one of the world’s greatest human rights violations.” Our post also includes a report about released German activists contesting the Israeli version of what happened on the ship — and an analysis of how the mainstream media has covered the events from the Israeli point of view.