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Tag Archives: Law of the Sea Convention
Israeli naval blockade of Gaza asserted in UN documents
Israeli Foreign Ministry officials told Haaretz that Minister Avigdor Lieberman has contacted the Greek and Moldovan Foreign Ministers, and asked them to stop a Moldovan-flagged cargo ship which intended to sail, imminently, from Greece to Gaza.
Reports indicated, Saturday evening, that the ship had just sailed.
The voyage for this ship from Greece to Gaza [...]
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged Boundaries & Borders, free gaza, freedom flotilla, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, IDF, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Israeli naval blockade of Gaza, Mavi Marmara, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions, UN General Assembly, UN Secretary-General, UN Security Council, United Nations Leave a comment
Uri Avnery: no reason to withdraw Supreme Court petition to disband Turkel commission
Uri Avnery has written in his weekly article that the Gush Shalom movement he heads sees “no reason to withdraw our Supreme Court petition to disband the Turkel commission [appointed to look into the Israeli handling of the Freedom Flotilla on 31 May] and to appoint an official State Commission of Inquiry”.
According to Avnery:
“[T]he commission [...]
Investigation: IHH says it was notified of 40-mile Israeli no-go zone
2010.05.07
On 7 May, the Turkish relief organization IHH posted these remarks on its website [in a post entitled "Israel Is Acting Like Pirates"]:
“Bulent Yildirim, President of IHH, said ‘If they harass the flotilla, what is left to separate the state of Israel from the pirates of Somalia?’ noting that the convoy will not even draw [...]
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged Boundaries & Borders, Cyprus, Egypt, Gaza, Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions Leave a comment
Investigation: As it happened – “IHH statement as Israeli naval warships approached the Mavi Marmara
This statement, an IHH communication dated 31 May, is posted [still] on the IHH website.
It is entitled: “Crisis Furthers In the Mediterranean, Turkish Government Expected To Intervene”, and is posted here.
Here is the sub-title:
“Israeli assault boats are harassing the ships of the Freedom Flotilla, which are carrying humanitarian aid to Palestine. 6 ships are persistently [...]
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, IHH, Israel, Israeli naval blockade of Gaza's maritime space., Mavi Marmara, Sanctions, turkey Leave a comment
Cyprus?
According to my first morning sms, the Lebanese Transport Minister has told the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation that the two boats planning to sail to Gaza — the Lebanese Flotilla — have been given permits to go to Cyprus.
He indicated that it will then be up to Cyprus to decide if these Lebanese ships [...]
Israel announces several panels to investigate Flotilla tragedy
According to the news announced Monday night:
(1) Major-General [res.] Giora Eiland (an analyst at the Institute for National Security Studies, or INSS, in Tel Aviv) has been appointed by IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi to head an investigative team to “conduct an internal military investigation into the Israel Navy’s deadly raid of a humanitarian [...]
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged Boundaries & Borders, freedom flotilla, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, IDF naval blockade of Gaza's Maritime space, IHH, INSS, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Major-General Giora Eiland, Moshe Yaroni, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions, turkey Leave a comment
Wildly entertaining debate from a U.S. blog
DISCLAIMER: The views expressed below are not necessarily the same as mine.
This is an extended excerpt from wildly entertaining comments on a post on a blog:
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If the Gaza embargo is legal (I’m not an international law expert – it would be if Gaza were an independent state, but Gaza’s status is kind of sui generis [...]
IDF on Israeli naval blockade
Israel has a new respect for international law.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it has to be said, led the way, with its legal background paper on Israel’s blockade of Gaza’s maritime space.
Today, the military has weighed in.
The Israeli Defense Force’s Military Advocate-General’s office has now published its own material on its website.
Among other things, the [...]
Here it is – Israel naval blockade notice
NO. 1/2009 Blockade of Gaza Strip
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 00:00
1. Subject: Blockade of Gaza Strip
2. Source : Israeli Navy
All mariners are advised that as of 03 January 2009, 1700 UTC, Gaza maritime area is closed to all maritime trafic [sic] and is under blockade imposed by Israeli Navy until further notice.
[n.b. - no further notice [...]
The Libyan-chartered ship has problems off Egyptian coast