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Eiland Submits Conclusions of Military Examination Team Regarding Mavi Marmara

Maj. Gen. Eiland presented the team’s findings and conclusions on the incidents that took place at sea on May 31st 2010 to the Chief of the General Staff as well as… Continue reading

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Iran Threatens World

You would think the kind of genocidal behavior displayed by the Ahmadinejad government in Tehran would be in violation of international law… Continue reading

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Hezbollah and Hamas Solidarity With Sudans Genocidal President Omar al-Bashir

Hamas and Hezbollah expressed sympathy with the president of Sudan over the second arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court for counts of genocide… Continue reading

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Is Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza legal?

What is the legality of the blockade and did Israel’s intervention breach international law? Israel has said it will continue a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip despite… Continue reading

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IDF Military Advocate General Indicts Soldiers Following Investigations into Incidents during Operation Cast Lead

The IDF Military Advocate General, Maj. Gen. Avichai Mendelblit, has decided to take legal action regarding a number of incidents that occurred during Operation Cast Lead… Continue reading

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Legal Issues and Israel’s Blockade of Gaza and the Gaza Flotilla raid

Since the seizure of the Gaza Flotilla by the IDF, there’s a lot of debate going on about the legal issues of the (naval) blockade of Gaza and the raid on the Freedom Gaza Flotilla. Was the raid on the… Continue reading

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Israel Obeyed International Law

The legality of Israel’s actions are backed by the Helsinki Principles on the Law of Maritime Neutrality. What Israel did was entirely consistent with both international and domestic law… Continue reading

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The Israel Navy Action Against The Gaza Flotilla was Legal

The IDF is a moral army and IDF soldiers are trained in the purity of arms and scrupulous upholding of human rights. However, the State of Israel and the security establishment will not neglect their duty… Continue reading

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The World’s Latest Anti-Israel Lies, Injustice, Bias, Prejudice, Hatred and Hypocrisy

The purpose of this Flotilla was not, of course, to help the Gazans but to get publicity for ending the blockade altogether, strengthening Hamas, and hitting at Israel… Continue reading

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Israel Vows to Stop All Gaza Aid Ships

Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai says Israel will prevent all aid ships from reaching Gaza. “We will not let any ships reach Gaza and supply what has become a terrorist base threatening the heart of Israel…” Continue reading

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The Gaza Flotilla and the Legal Maritime Blockade of Gaza

Maritime blockades are a legitimate and recognized measure under international law that may be implemented as part of an armed conflict at sea. A blockade may be imposed at sea, including in international waters, so long as it does not… Continue reading

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The Seizure of the Gaza Flotilla

Israeli naval personnel boarded a flotilla of six vessels attempting to violate the maritime blockage on Gaza. Militants onboard the Mavi Marmara attacked Israeli naval personnel with live fire and light weaponry… Continue reading

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IDF Forces Met With Pre-Planned Violence When Attempting to Board Flotilla

According to a Foreign Ministry press release the IDF forces met with pre-planned violence by the activists on the aid ships when attempting to board the flotilla… Continue reading

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MFA legal expert on the legal aspects of the Gaza Blockade

Part 2 of a Two-Part Series: Sarah Weiss Maudi, the Foreign Ministry’s expert on maritime and humanitarian law, was interviewed by the FMA website about the justification for the blockade on Gaza… Continue reading

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Goldstone Report: blocking the truth of the Gaza War

Was the UN commission’s approach one-sided against Israel, or unbiased and objective as commission chairman Richard Goldstone contended? Statements of Palestinians recorded by the commission and posted on the UN website provide authentic evidence of the commission’s methodology and raise serious questions about its intentions to discover the truth… Continue reading