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Israel rejects international inquiry into lethal raid
[Al Arabiya Latest] Israel rejected on Sunday a proposal by U.N. Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon for an international investigation into its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship and said it had the right to launch its own inquiry.Cards are marked with Magic Marker on that suggestion. "We are rejecting an international commission. We are discussing with the Obama administration a way in which our inquiry will take place," Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to Washington, said on the U.S. TV program "Fox News Sunday." The U.N. chief had suggested establishing a panel that would be headed by former New Zealand prime minister Geoffrey Palmer and include representatives from Turkey, Israel and the United States, an Israeli official said earlier in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the proposal for a multinational panel with Ban in a telephone call on Saturday but told cabinet ministers from his right-wing Likud party on Sunday that Israel was exploring other options, political sources said. Nine Turks were killed on Monday in the Israeli commando raid on the Mavi Marmara, part of a six-vessel convoy that set out to challenge an Israeli-led blockade of the Gaza Strip. Several thousands Turks rallied Sunday to condemn Israel's deadly raid on aid ships, calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "pirate" and urging a boycott of Israeli goods. Posted by: Fred 2010-06-07 |
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