Remember last year when a Turkish humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza was raided in International waters by Israeli commandos who shot and killed 9 civilians and wounded dozens more? Well, it turns out that an Israeli commissioned report shows “the actions taken were found to be legal pursuant to the rules of international law.”
Surprise, surprise. Israel has found themselves not guilty of any legal wrong doing in last May’s attack. Case closed, right?
Forget that the UN’s own inquiry found an “unacceptable level of brutality” or that Turkey claims the attacks were “tantamount to banditry and piracy”, the perpetrators of said crime have done some deep soul searching and found themselves inculpable.
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s says the report has “no value or credibility”. This sentiment echoes what most people with common sense know: there exists an inherent bias when someone tries to hold themselves accountable. This is why we don’t allow accused criminals to handle their own prosecution.
The Israeli report goes on to state “The imposition and enforcement of the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip does not constitute ‘collective punishment’ of the population of the Gaza Strip.”
How convenient is that? The ‘open air prison‘ that kept millions of innocent Palestinians on the brink of economic collapse – the same blockade that was eased precisely because of International pressures like those of the raided flotilla – was deemed kosher by the very same group blamed for the human rights violations.
In other news, the kettle just called itself white.
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Tags: flotilla, gaza, Human rights, israel, palestine, Turkey
Across the world, pro-Israel institutions are being smashed to pieces. Their supporters are attacked in the streets. Their museums are being shot up, their politicians targeted for assassinations; they’re being hauled in court and thrown into jail. Their history propagandists are shot down on major television networks as their frauds grind to a halt. Major global powers are lobbing condemnation on them.
Some should wake and smell the reality. By all means, stay the course.