TagsTagsThe IDF is now releasing more of the video confiscated from the “peace activists” aboard the Gaza flotilla; here’s a recording made on the Mavi Marmara on May 30, 2010, in which IHH leader Bulent Yildirim gives a speech laden with jihadist symbology, telling the assembled activists not to be ...
Israel, Gaza, Palestinians, International Law, Blockade, Gaza Flotilla, Mavi Marmara
Pro-Israel front group Reuters (ahem) asks the timely question: Q&A: Is Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza legal? The short answers: Yes, Israel’s blockade is legal under international law. Yes, Israel has the legal right to stop ships in international waters. Yes, Israel has the legal right to use force when stopping ships. And no, this ...
John Rosenthal has a very interesting report on Austrian law professor and U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, and his campaign to delegitimize the United States by dumbing down the definition of “torture:” The Road to Condemning Guantanamo. Nowak’s greatest contribution to the campaign against Guantanamo is undoubtedly the U.N. ...