Greta Thunburg claims violations of international law. But that's because she, and her activists, don't understand law, morality or basic common sense.
"Specifically, Hamas, habitually steals international aid,"
The first link embedded in this sentence brings us to an NBC story on the theft of aid, but frames the theft as being engineered by the IDF and carried out by Bedouins. No mention of Hamas other than to parrot their propaganda re:"civilian" deaths.
Thanks for noting that. The UN has identified armed groups stealing aid, and those groups have been separately identified as (in some cases) Hamas and (in other cases) other armed groups as well. I've modified the text to reflect this.
Back in 2011, a UN Commission, led by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, was established to investigate the attempted blockade running by a “freedom” flotilla from Turkey that is mostly remembered for the Mavi Marmara incident. The Israeli blockade of Gaza was upheld as lawful and compliant with international law.
Nothing has changed since, and the fact that so many have willfully consigned this determination down the memory hole in order to resurrect lies tells you all you need to know about anti-Israel diehards and their disregard of international law when its application undermines their narrative.
Thank you for doing the heavy lifting Daniel, Kol ha kavod! Very interesting and very informative!
"Specifically, Hamas, habitually steals international aid,"
The first link embedded in this sentence brings us to an NBC story on the theft of aid, but frames the theft as being engineered by the IDF and carried out by Bedouins. No mention of Hamas other than to parrot their propaganda re:"civilian" deaths.
Thanks for noting that. The UN has identified armed groups stealing aid, and those groups have been separately identified as (in some cases) Hamas and (in other cases) other armed groups as well. I've modified the text to reflect this.
Thank you for your great writing and analysis.
Back in 2011, a UN Commission, led by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, was established to investigate the attempted blockade running by a “freedom” flotilla from Turkey that is mostly remembered for the Mavi Marmara incident. The Israeli blockade of Gaza was upheld as lawful and compliant with international law.
https://unwatch.org/palmer-commission/
Nothing has changed since, and the fact that so many have willfully consigned this determination down the memory hole in order to resurrect lies tells you all you need to know about anti-Israel diehards and their disregard of international law when its application undermines their narrative.
The doomsday goblin Thunberg doesn’t understand a lot of things. I can’t help myself.
Great analysis only special rules are applied to Israel so it can never win, and it seems everyone except Israel agree to that special treatment.
They was coming to resupply the Hamas Gang
I’m looking forward to your next instalment - why it was legal to open an extermination camp in Poland.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thelotusrebel/p/when-i-look-at-israel?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5m00ro
Well, let Israel come out and admit they did it - if it’s so legal.
This is why Israel was forced to attack the USS Liberty, killing and wounding many sailors from America’s Navy.
There is much to read about it online. It was a shameful incident where many American Navy sailors were murdered or maimed. Here’s a start:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/06/08/were-fed-it-survivors-of-uss-liberty-look-answers-55-years-later.html
May I know about the USS Liberty? I've heard of it but I really don't know much about it.
Both the United States and Israel concluded, after successive inquiries, that it was a tragic mistake, the equivalent of a friendly fire incident. BOTH countries agree on this, that cannot be emphasized enough. The only people who don't agree are a small collection of extremist, antisemitic conspiracy theorists. Here's a link to the declassified report by the NSA: https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/documents/news-features/declassified-documents/uss-liberty/chronology-events/attack-sigint.pdf
Because fuck em!
The strike was selective aiming for generators. The strike could have been at waterline.
Where was the vessel registered, how was it flagged?
Was there any effort before the strike by the vessel, owners, or operators to make themselves available for inspection?
Was there an effort by UN, IDF, or any other Country to the vessel, owners, operators before the strike to seek/require an inspection?
They should have torpedoed the vessel.