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| British Pro-Gaza fund to sue Israel |
| 2010-06-16 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] A charity organization joins a campaign for the legal prosecution of Israeli authorities behind the recent bloodshed and mistreatment of Gaza-bound activists. Israeli forces on May 31 attacked the international Freedom Flotilla aid convoy which had set sail to break Tel Aviv's siege of the Gaza Strip. The assault in international waters claimed at least 20 activists, including eight Turks and a US national of Turkish origin. The UK-registered Palestine Legal Aid Fund's (PLAF) president Mary Nazzal-Batayneh said on Tuesday that it is going to initiate court action on behalf of the Turkish families who lost their loved ones, AFP reported. It would as well represent the hundreds of activists who were subsequently arrested and subjected to violence, she added. Batayneh said the activists had been "abducted and imprisoned, many of whom were beaten and wounded and nearly all their belongings confiscated." She said the group would employ internationally-recognized lawyers and begin later in the month to raise funds for the legal action. "A trial should be held in Britain based on the British legal system," Batayneh added. Even before the assault, the PLAF head had said that the charity was going to sue Israeli authorities, enterprises and organizations whom, she believes, are to blame for the Palestinian suffering. Israel, meanwhile, has rejected the United Nations call for an international probe into the carnage, insisting it would run its own examination. French survivors of the attack have also said they would push for legal action against Tel Aviv through the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak cancelled a scheduled trip to France after the activists demanded the French police to detain him upon his arrival. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Counterproductive. Cilantro and vinegar banned; frozen salmon and facial scrubs OK. No export of finished goods and no import of raw materials. "Give us Schalit, and we'll lift the blockade." Meanwhile, Hamas controls the smuggling. |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-06-16 12:44 |
| #6 Given that they were trying to aid people who intend to perpetrate a genocide, treat those people as accomplices of genocide. I see no reason to treat people who bringing aid to the Hamas differently than people bringing aid to the Interamwe at Rwanda's border. |
| Posted by: JFM 2010-06-16 12:36 |
| #5 The last provision is an interesting one, in the case of the Israel blockade. That is, both Turkey and Iran can initially claim to be "neutral" powers, and this would force Israel to declare them as aiding and abetting their enemy, so as to legally prevent their warships from entering Gaza waters. Israel also has a legal port of entry for any ship willing to undergo cargo inspection, prior to its cargo being admitted to Gaza. This makes it especially difficult to legally break the blockade, since Israel has clearly published the contraband list, and does permit non-contraband cargoes to enter Gaza. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-06-16 10:42 |
| #4 How about a trial in Israel based on the criminal violation of a naval blockade? "According to the San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea, 12 June 1994, a blockade is a legal method of warfare at sea, but is governed by rules. "The blockading nation must publish a list of contraband. The manual describes what can never be contraband. Outside this list, the blockading nation is free to select anything as contraband. The blockading nation typically establish a blockaded area of water, but any ship can be inspected as soon as it is established that it is attempting to break the blockade. "This inspection can occur inside the blockaded area or in international waters, but never inside the territorial waters of a neutral nation. "A neutral ship must obey a request to stop for inspection from the blockading nation. If the situation so demands, the blockading nation can request that the ship divert to a known place or harbour for inspection. "If the ship does not stop, then the ship is subject to capture. If people aboard the ship are resisting capture, they can be attacked. It is still not allowed to sink the ship, unless provision is made for rescuing the crew. Leaving the crew in life rafts / lifeboats does not constitute rescue. "If a neutral ship is captured, any member of the crew, resisting capture can be treated as prisoners-of-war, while the remainder of the crew should be released. "A neutral nation may choose to send a convoy accompanied by warships. The warship can provide guarantees that the convoy does not contain contraband. in which case, the blockading nation does not have any right of inspection." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-06-16 10:37 |
| #3 So they are going to invent a court to go with their made up international laws. Makes sense. Can I coin the phrase "Israeli Derangement Syndrome" or simply "IDS". |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-06-16 08:42 |
| #2 A trial should be held in Britain based on the British legal system It would be, interesting, if British started applying British legal system to Muzzies. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-06-16 04:30 |
| #1 ION GAZA ISRAEL NN > SECURITY CHIEF:HAMAS STILL STRUGGLING, CAN STRIKE TEL AVIV. HAMAS dir controls 80% or 4000 rockets [of 5000 Rockets] in Gaza; + [Israeli MOSSAD/INTEL] NATO SUBS WATCHED SYRIA SMUGGLE WEAPONS TO HIZBOLLAH [SCUDS + M-600 MR Missles]. * SAME > [UK INTEL] AL QAEDA TRAINING BRITISH MUSLIMS FOR ANOTHER "MUMBAI", + NEXT HIZBULLAH WAR MAY BE FOR ISRAEL'S OIL + GAS FIELDS [Hizzies-vs-Lebanon-vs-Israel]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-06-16 02:59 |