UN: Israel actions on Gaza flotilla 'unlawful'

[Che a chara]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0923/mideast.html


Thursday, 23 September 2010 10:58

Turkey has welcomed last night's UN report which found Israel violated human rights and broke the law when its troops stormed a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May.

'The report by the UN Human Rights Council "is extremely unbiased and based on sound evidence. We appreciate it,' said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu this morning.
The report found the raid was 'unlawful and resulted in violations of human rights and international humanitarian law.'

The panel was nominated by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the Israeli attack in which nine pro-Palestinian activists - eight Turks and one Turkish American - were killed.

It said that Israel's blockade of Gaza had caused a humanitarian crisis and was unlawful.

The experts - judges from Britain and Trinidad and a Malaysian human rights campaigner - said in a report that the Israeli military's action had used disproportionate force and 'totally unnecessary and incredible violence' in intercepting the flotilla.

'It betrayed an unacceptable level of brutality. Such conduct cannot be justified or condoned on security or any other grounds,' they said in the report, to be submitted to the rights council on 27 September.

'It constituted grave violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law.'

The three experts said Israel had a right to security, and the firing of rockets into Israel from Hamas-controlled Gaza also constituted violations of humanitarian law.

But the Israeli blockade of Gaza amounted to collective punishment of the civilian population and was not lawful in any circumstances, they said.

The rights experts, who were not allowed to enter Israel, said Israel had refused to cooperate with their mission, and called on the Israeli authorities to identify those involved in the violence and prosecute them.
Israel, which says pro-Palestinian activists on the boat were killed when they attacked its commandos, had said from the outset it would not work with the probe by the rights council.Hopefully this sees the end of the inhumane blockade and Israel facing serious sanctions.

[Widerstand]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0923/mideast.html

Hopefully this sees the end of the inhumane blockade and Israel facing serious sanctions.

Serious sanctions ... such as?

I mean, this is a UNHRC report we're talking about. The fact that the UNHRC cannot pass any, let alone a serious or binding, sanction aside, its last report on the Israel-Palestine conflict (Goldstone Report about the 2009 Gaza War) didn't change anything.

[Che a chara]

Serious sanctions ... such as?

I mean, this is a UNHRC report we're talking about. The fact that the UNHRC cannot pass any, let alone a serious or binding, sanction aside, its last report on the Israel-Palestine conflict (Goldstone Report about the 2009 Gaza War) didn't change anything.

True enough. But the world has seemingly woke up to the Zionist human rights abusers and Israel has hopefully played it's last 'get out of jail free' card.

I'm sure the UNHRC can recommend something, and Israel's failure to cooperate should also go some way to prove their violations and rogue mentality.

It should all add up.

[Die Rote Fahne]

Action that will be taken: none.

[synthesis]

But the world has seemingly woke up to the Zionist human rights abusers and Israel has hopefully played it's last 'get out of jail free' card.

:lol:

The United Nations has been condemning Israel for decades. This will do absolutely nothing.

[Volcanicity]

True enough. But the world has seemingly woke up to the Zionist human rights abusers and Israel has hopefully played it's last 'get out of jail free' card.

I'm sure the UNHRC can recommend something, and Israel's failure to cooperate should also go some way to prove their violations and rogue mentality.

It should all add up.
The world has woken up and will quickly go back to sleep,to let Israel continue to commit further atrocities.

[AK]

Action that will be taken: none.
Precisely this. The UN will denounce the attack all it wants for the purposes of PR, but ultimately its allegiance lies with international capital and the Bourgeoisie.

[Bud Struggle]

There is only one country whose sanction means anything for Israel. And Obama should have applied it the other day when he gave his talk about Israel/Palestine at the UN. He should have said: No more aid to Israel unless they permanently stop building in the West Bank.