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The Terkel Committee was created by the government of Israel to investigate the Gaza flotilla raid. The committee is headed by retired Supreme Court judge Jacob Terkel, with the other Israeli members being international law expert and former diplomat Shabtai Rosenne, and Maj.-Gen (res.) Amos Horev, who formerly served as president of the Technion.

Background
In the aftermath of the so called Gaza flotilla raidIsrael bowed to international pressure and created an independent committie to investigate the governments actions leading up to the raid.

Members
The committee members as of the 17th of June 2010 are :

Israelli Members:  Chair: Justice (ret.) Jacob Terkel Law Proffesor Shabtai RosenneAluf (ret.) Amos Horev  International Observers are:  David Trimble (Irish) Ken Watkin (Canadian) 

Criticism
Criticism to date has been one one of three levels: 1) Why a comittee at all 2) Why a commitee with no teeth 3) The advanced age of the three Israelli members (average age, 85)

Turkey and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the Israeli investigation and said it would not meet demands set by the UN Security Council. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz described the investigation as more and more like a "farce" and criticised its credibility and fairness. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon repeated the demand for an independent investigation, stating that the Israeli investigation will not have international credibility.