Israeli forces used
excessive force in boarding the ship.
The UN Vindicates Israel
by Benjamin Wittes
No, that’s not an Onion headline–nor is today
April 1. Nor is it entirely true.
Still, the New York Times has
obtained a copy of the “Report
of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla
Incident,” an incident in which Israeli forces boarded the Turkish boat
Mavi Marmara and killed nine people trying to break the naval blockade
of the Gaza Strip. And the report, due to be released tomorrow, is surprisingly
favorable to Israel–I say surprisingly not because the facts should lead to
another conclusion here but because with respect to Israel, at the U.N., facts
don’t usually matter very much. In essence, the panel concluded that the Israeli
blockade of Gaza is legitimate and that the flotilla was a reckless effort to
run the blockade but faulted the Israeli forces for excessive force in boarding
the ship.
Look, Turkey - On behalf of
the GREAT people of the state of Israel :-
I APOLOGIZE...
!
http://goo.gl/bi4X9 (4min
long)
No comments:
Post a Comment