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

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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