Israel Hijacks Aid cargo, executes hostages - Pak journo, Talat Hussain taken hostage

[pkd]

Well the reality is that Gaza is a massive concentration camp and Isrealis are the Nazi guards. In fact it can be called as the Gulags of the modern times.

 

[Pakz]

Today everyone should have no doubts that Democracy in USA is no different than dictatorship. The lobbyists control the decision and influence the foreign policy. It does not matter if Democrats or Republicans are elected. Democracy that the USA prides about is just a smoke screen.

The common people should understand that it is not the fault of USA public; rather this is how the system is setup. AIPAC lobbyists have strong presence in the politic circles, which is why you see USA blocking UN inquiry into the deaths.

 

[asq]

was that cargo in isreali area without permission???

Dum question. Usual indian style of pleading ignorance.

 

[asq]

Another report. must read.

ISRAELI ATTACK ON GAZA AID SHIP VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW - Reality Asserts Itself

 

[fallstuff]

IDF: Hamas stops flotilla aid delivered by israel

Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel has attempted to deliver humanitarian aid from an international flotilla to Gaza, but Hamas -- which controls the territory -- has refused to accept the cargo, the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday.

Palestinian sources confirmed that trucks that arrived from Israel at the Rafah terminal at the Israel-Gaza border were barred from delivering the aid.

Ra'ed Fatooh, in charge of the crossings, and Jamal Khudari, head of a committee against the Gaza blockade, said Israel must release all flotilla detainees and that it will be accepted in the territory only by the Free Gaza Movement people who organized the flotilla.

Israel said it had 20 trucks of aid found on the ships, such as expired medications, clothing, blankets, some medical equipment and toys.

Israel has released all foreign flotilla detainees by Wednesday, but four Israeli Arabs remain in custody.

Nine people died Monday when Israel intercepted an aid vessel bound for Gaza.

Under Israeli policy, humanitarian aid must come through Israel and be checked by Israeli authorities who are looking to intercept smuggled weapons bound for militants aiming to attack Israel.

As part of this policy Israel forbids ships from dropping off goods at Gaza ports and works to thwart smuggling via tunnels between Gaza and Egypt.

IDF: Hamas stops flotilla aid delivered by israel - CNN.com

Actually it is receeiving ,storage, and distribution of stolen property by the perp.

 

[apophenia]

If Israel is held to a standard that nobody else is, that is anti-Israel.

Cant help it when Israel is hell bound in setting standard in making mockery of international laws. btw you need to come up with a fresher word to slam public option over here when they rally for accountability and investigations against Israel.

I'm not sure. Assault with intent to kill or an act of war? So you see, with this sort of thing, even the charges are a matter to be discussed between the sovereign parties because the context of the activity - whether the combatants did this on their own or as agents of someone else - isn't entirely clear until the affected neutral state - Turkey - declares its position.

Then your assumption is either sincere ignorance or conscientious stupidity. Why should Turkey declare their position on the matter, when ships flying her flags were attacked by Israel on high seas. Israel recklessness actually didn't mitigate any offense, it just made it even worse.

 

[Awesome]

Why block investigations into alleged terrorism charges? If Israel is clean, it will come out as so.

 

[Jigs]

Turkey pushes for impartial inquiry into Israeli actions

Turkey pushes for impartial inquiry into Israeli actions - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
Dismissing the prospects for an Israeli probe into Monday’s deaths on a Gaza aid flotilla, Turkey has been pressing the international community to establish an impartial, independent commission to investigate the incident.

“We want a detailed investigation by the United Nations into the Israeli actions,” Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told a press conference in Ankara on Wednesday upon his return from the United States.

The foreign minister ruled out any Israeli probe into the incident, saying the idea was unacceptable.

“This cannot be accepted by our side. The attack occurred on international waters,” he said. “Could we expect anything from an investigation launched by a country that is a culprit? It is Israel’s actions that need to be investigated.”

The U.N. Security Council convened an emergency session in response to a call from Turkey, a non-permanent member of the council, in the wake of the Israeli offensive. Davutoğlu said he would begin talking Thursday with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about setting up an independent commission.

Ankara is also expected to press for legal action to secure compensation for the families of the victims killed on the aid vessel Mavi Marmara.

An official U.N. statement supporting an independent commission was satisfactory from Turkey’s perspective, according to diplomatic sources, who said Turkey first wants to see condemnation of Israel and secondly an impartial inquiry made into what happened at sea. The sources said the probe being launched by an Israeli Defense Forces task force would not give the needed results.

Davutoğlu held a meeting lasting nearly three hours with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday and told her that Turkey would cut all ties with Israel unless all detained Turks were returned. Washington conveyed Ankara’s ultimatum to Israel, the Hürriyet Daily News has learned from diplomatic sources.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with U.S. President Barack Obama, who affirmed the United States’ position “in support of a credible, impartial and transparent investigation of the facts surrounding this tragedy,” according to a White House statement.

Though Turkey was not very satisfied with the statements initially made by the White House, Davutoğlu said, its subsequent endorsement of the U.N. statement, which he said clearly condemned the Israeli aggression, was important.

“We are satisfied with the American support. I am grateful for the efforts of Secretary Clinton,” the Turkish foreign minister said. “That is important for us to overcome this issue.”

Davutoğlu said two seriously injured Turkish citizens would remain in Israeli hospitals with a Turkish doctor.

Turkey dispatched six airplanes to Israel to ensure the safe return of Turkish citizens and foreigners on the ship; three are ambulance airplanes, two belong to the Turkish Armed Forces and the remaining one belongs to the Health Ministry.

Two deputies from the ruling party, Hüseyin Tanrıverdi and Zeyid Aslan, went to Israel along with Prime Ministry advisor Nabi Avcı and Foreign Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Halit Çevik to help with the release of the passengers.

 

[Abu Basit]

Sticks and stones can break my bones,

but WORDS will never hurt me ........




(The USA is not a terrorist state. Yelling it does not make it so. )

America is the biggest terrorist state in the world and it just proved it by fully supporting Israeli terrorists.

 

[under cover]

How many times do we need to clearify the ship was in international waters. ISRAEL HAVE NO RIGHT TO CHECK THAT BOAT IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS IT WAS NOT IN ISRAELI WATERS.

And there was need of resistance because they were attacked in international waters.....AN ACT OF WAR

ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO INSPECT SHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS PROVIDED NAVAL BLOCKADE EXISTS. ISRAELS ACTION WAS LEGITIMATE AS PER INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS. CHECK YOUR FACTS FIRST.

ISRAEL DID NOTHING ILLEGAL. HOWEVER, FACED UPON RESISTIVE ASSAULT, THEY USED DISPROPORTIONATE FORCE WHICH CAN BE SAD AND REGRETTABLE.

 

[TaimiKhan]

ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO INSPECT SHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS PROVIDED NAVAL BLOCKADE EXISTS. ISRAELS ACTION WAS LEGITIMATE AS PER INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS. CHECK YOUR FACTS FIRST.

ISRAEL DID NOTHING ILLEGAL. HOWEVER, FACED UPON RESISTIVE ASSAULT, THEY USED DISPROPORTIONATE FORCE WHICH CAN BE SAD AND REGRETTABLE.

There was no naval blockade in the international waters, nor was there any sanctioned by the UN. Israel had the right to inspect whatever is sailing in their territorial waters, which the aid flotilla was not doing.

So what Israel did was not legitimate and it was illegal. They killed innocent people point blank and executed them knowingly.

 

[pkd]

Well here the lines are very clear, India and Israel are among the only few
countries that resort to "State Terrorism" to perpetuate their artificial borders.
So whenever you will find Israel doing such acts, Indians will natuarlly jump into
that, closing their eyes and asking for endless proves after proves.
Violating UN resolutions , massive human right violations, massacres of innocent people are the hallmarks of both.

 

[Marxist]

Aid activists may have Al-Qaeda link: Israel

JERUSALEM- Israel has said about 40 of the activists arrested in the attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla may have had links to Al-Qaeda.

According to the Israeli defence forces (IDF), a special meeting of the security cabinet late Tuesday heard that a group of 40 people on board the Mavi Marmara ship with no identification papers belonged to Al Qaeda.

”The terrorists were equipped with bullet proof vests, night-vision goggles, and weapons. On board the Mavi Marmara ship that arrived as part of the flotilla to Gaza was a group of about 40 people with no identification papers, who are mercenaries belonging to the Al Qaeda terror organisation,” the IDF said on its website.

As international debate continues over Israel’s deadly raid on the humanitarian vessels, the IDF released a number of videos to show the military’s version of the attack during which soldiers shot and killed nine international activists bound for the Gaza Strip.

One video, put up Wednesday on several websites including the site of Israeli daily Haaretz, shows passengers on the Mavi Marmara hurling stun grenades and plates and spraying water at the commandos as they lowered themselves onto the ship.

The activists are also seen armed with iron bars and batons which they reportedly used against the soldiers.

Aid activists may have Al-Qaeda link: Israel

 

[under cover]

There was no naval blockade in the international waters,

Naval blocade for ships in sea limits of gaza, or vessels in international waters moving towards gaza are indeed subject to naval blocade by Israel. Israel has thye right to intercept ships destined towards gaza in accordance to international war conventions.

The Hindu : News / International : Defiant Israel vows to continue Gaza blockade

 

[TaimiKhan]

Naval blocade for ships in sea limits of gaza, or vessels in international waters moving towards gaza are indeed subject to naval blocade by Israel. Israel has thye right to intercept ships destined towards gaza in accordance to international war conventions.

The Hindu : News / International : Defiant Israel vows to continue Gaza blockade

Yes they should do it, but in their own waters.

In international waters, only UN sanctioned ones are allowed.

The blockade is Israel's own, not sanctioned by UN, under which then international waters also come into place.

If the ships were moving towards Gaza, then when they would have entered the Israeli waters, they should have done their action.

But in the international waters, Israel had no right.

And don't give the Indian news source, just like you guys, the Indian media has also to show its faithfulness to Israel beside the US.