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Thread #141076   Message #3255982
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
13-Nov-11 - 02:56 AM
Thread Name: Palestine (continuation)
Subject: RE: Palestine (continuation)
Don, a manifest would have been provided by the Turkish authorities before the Marmara sailed.

Numerous people and organisations, including Hamas, would have known exactly what was on board.
There was never any suggestion, by anyone, of a switch.
You really are clutching at straws.

Kevin, Israel legally imposes a blockade because it suffers deadly military attacks and threats from Gaza.
They allow through such humanitarian aid as required by International Law.
They have relaxed the blockade considerably over the last year.

Jim.
I assume that we have now finished with the idea that the Israelis have not targetted civilians and have moved on to junking humanitarian aid as a political stunt?
In any army, individuals may commit crimes, but I do not accept that Israel has deliberately targeted civilians, and would condemn it absolutely as a war crime if they did.
I am just waiting for someone to provide evidence of it.