It's going to be quite entertaining watching those who support these fascists attempting to justify their illegal actions in terms of maritime law. Why should Israeli vessels not be boarded and hijacked in international waters ? Or Israeli airliners going about their legal business ?
The attempts to break a legal blockade are by definition illegal. UN Report Finds Naval Blockade by Israel Legal
Blockade supplies that benefit an opposing armed force, fair enough. Or do what the Germans did in WW2, attack hospital ships and medical aid carrying boats, don't allow humanitarian supplies reach the Palestinians via the sea, which isn't exactly the same as stopping the supply of tools of death is it?
That particular UN committee was not charged with making laws. Its statement is under challenge by Turkey at the world court. There is nothing legal about hijacking.
It was perfectly legal, Israel is defending a legal maritime blockade against an aggressive an hostile regime which continues to launch attacks against Israel.
And they didn't make any laws they determined what was already existing law, and Israel is not breaking it and assertions to the contrary are bold faced lies.
Israel is occupying the country it is illegally blockading and exacting illegal collective punishment against its citizens.
And they didn't make laws indeed, they ruled that the blockade was legal and in full compliance with existing international law which was exactly what they were charged to do. No it is not, Turkey threatened to challenge the ruling but they never did demonstrating once again that they are all hot air and empty rhetoric.
The blockade was declared legal by the UN. What country? There was never a Palestinian sovereignty in the world. Gaza and the West Bank were occupied from Egypt and Jordan.
Israel has removed their troops from Gaza, there is nothing illegal about the blockade, and they do allow medical and food supplies into the country upon inspection, and have even offered to deliver the goods on these supply ships to Gaza after they have been inspected but this is not and never was about aid to Gaza in the first place it is and was about challenging a legal blockade against a hostile regime led by a genocidal organization. Once again blockade = legal according to international law which means you = FOS.
Hello, world to Wales, the Gaza border with Egypt has been open for a couple of months, if they want to deliver whatever it is they want to deliver - they can easily do it through Egypt. If they wanna play Che Gevaras, organize provocations and break legal blockades instead they should stop pretending to be some kind of humanitarians and be prepared to face the consequences of their provocative and illegal actions.
Thank's for the ammunition. As you said, the Gaza border with Egypt is open, if there were going to be any arms smuggled into Gaza, it would be done so there, surely? So what's keeping the Israeli navy blockading the coast, if such were a futile policy? Because if weapons can be smuggled over-land why would anyone bother to go to the expense of shipping arms via the sea? It doesn't make any logical sense. With this in consideration, these policies which cost Israeli and American tax payers huge amounts of money to fund, are not only futile, but inhumane. Medical supplies aren't going to kill anyone. Medical supplies aren't going to help suicide bombers, medical supplies aren't going to terrorize the Israeli public, these naval maneuvers are a complete waste of money, and increase tensions in the region. Remember, the Nazi Germans targeted medical ships in WW2? Oh now Israel is attempting to become the 21st century example of Nazi Germany?? What other motives are there?
But,but 40 % of all the Arms & munitions reaching the Then PLO & later Hammas & the PA/others have come by Sea for last 30 years
What part of the Gaza border with Egypt is open and there is an uninterrupted flow of unlimited amounts of food, supplies and medicine into Gaza don't you understand? You are not fooling anyone. The Nazis targeted medical ships indeed, the Arabs target innocent civilians, hospitals and kindergardens. Israel has been delivering food, medicine and other necessities to Gaza since the first day of the blockade. These pseudo-humanitarians are nothing more than provocateurs trying to break a legal blockade, they could not care less about food and medicine. Neither could you.
Once again, pirates tried to force their way into Gaza but fortunately they were intercepted by Israel and their goods were safely unloaded at Israeli ports to be deliver to Gazan civilians. When will these pirates learn to respect the law, they are lucky they are facing Israel and not Iran or Somalian pirates.
Only from inside Gaza. They still occupy Gaza's borders, including ' kill zones ', Gaza's air space and Gaza's coast. The rest of Palestine they occupy internally. You speak neoZionist pap.
The Canadian government won't utter a squeak about having its ship hijacked but I think we'll find the Irish a more admirable example.
That is because it is not a Canadian ship it's a pirate ship. Canada government have made it public any Canadians who violate the blockade travel at their own risk. Read more: http://www.canada.com/news/joins+Ca...aza+blockade/5653510/story.html#ixzz1cm6IYDq1 That is what we call responsible government.
The collective that I saw on 9/11/01 were dancing in the streets so screw them all. If these people really wanted to help the Palestinians they would coordinate these shipments with Israel and allow for inspections as the good are off loaded.
Neither do any of the neoliberal countries like Canada but they ain't pirates. They're above the law just like organized criminals.