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Under world pressure Israel moved swiftly to free hundreds of freedom activists detained during it’s deadly criminal raid, Turkey sent three planes to bring home around 350 activists detained after the raid, while the Turkish Red Crescent said it would fly home another 17 passengers who were wounded in the operation, some 130 Turkish nationals were already at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, with another 74 en route, immigration police , Another 126 activists crossed into Jordan, the kingdom's state-run Petra news agency said, which included 30 Jordanians as well as nationals from Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco, Syria, Algeria, Oman, Yemen, Mauritania, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia and Azerbaijan The decision to speed up the deportation of the 682 activists, representing some 42 countries, was taken at a late-night session of Israel's inner security cabinet, which voted to have them all out within 48 hours "Israel is faced with the danger of losing its sole friend in the region and the greatest contributor so far to regional peace," Erdogan said in a phone conversation with US President Barack Obama, a statement of which was released by his office. "The steps that it (Israel) will undertake in the coming days will be determining for its position in the region," said Erdogan of the raid which he earlier described as "insolent, irresponsible and impudent." The operation has prompted global outrage, and on Wednesday Nicaragua became the first country to suspended diplomatic <b>...</b>
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