U.N. Expert: Israeli Seizure of Aid Ship a Crime

A U.N. human rights investigator called Israel's seizure of a ship carrying relief aid for the Gaza Strip "unlawful" and says its blockade of the territory constituted a "continuing crime against humanity."
Israeli authorities intercepted the vessel, which was also carrying 21 pro-Palestinian activists including Irish Nobel peace prize laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. Israel said the boat would not be permitted to enter Gaza coastal waters because of security risks in the area and its existing naval blockade.
But Richard Falk, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, says the move was part of Israel's "cruel blockade of the entire Palestinian population of Gaza" in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibiting any form of collective punishment against "an occupied people."

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[Sheny1234]

Israel rocks my nuts. They didn't take a piece of land, they stole It. You care about rare damn fruit If your being tortured and complaining Is the least one can do.Besides what's better for you may be deadly for me palio malaka.

[hairyfatslobpig]

Israel rocks, they took an empty piece of land and now its flourishing, unlike Gaza. In fact Israel left beautiful greenhouses producing rare fruit and 40 million annually. A Jew donated it to Gaza....what did they do??? Smash this work of art to pieces! Complain complain, complain. Why don't people better themselves instead of blame others.

[Risingphoenix235]

Israel gets away with everything because they control america and most of europe.

[oldjoe5]

Of course the seizure was unlawful.

Piracy and kidnapping. Not another nation in the world would have gotten away with it