Pro-Palestinian activists who were aboard the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla that attempted to breach the Gaza blockade are looking to launch a British investigation into the Israeli military's conduct during the interception of the flotilla. According to a report in British newspaper The Independent, activists in England have approached the Greater London Metropolitan Police Service to investigate whether Israeli soldiers had committed war crimes during the raid. The activists reportedly provided investigators with the names of five Israeli commanders who took part in the raid, and who they claim perpetrated war crimes against those aboard the Mavi Marmara. According to the report, the lawyers representing 13 of 34 Britons aboard the Mavi Marmara say that some of the Israeli commanders have visited England since the incident, and now that police have been provided with alleged evidence of war crimes, if they visit again, they could be arrested. The lawyers are also considering adding civil claims to the criminal proceedings.
