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Gaza condemns Israel’s interception of Dignity as act of ‘piracy’

Palestine Information Center – 19/07/2011

GAZA — The government in Gaza has expressed strong condemnation after Israeli naval forces surrounded the lone vessel that slipped past Greece’s Gaza flotilla ban, calling the move a ”new Zionist maritime piracy”, and placing some of the blame on the United Nations.

Three naval ships have intercepted the French yacht, dubbed Dignite – Al-Karama, and towed it into Israel’s Ashdod port with 16 activists and several journalists on board.

Tahir al-Nunu, a spokesman for the government in Gaza, has told the AFP that the UN must take some of the responsibility as it has yet to take sanctions against Israel over its lethal attack on the Mavi Marmara ship that joined the first Freedom Flotilla last year, which has emboldened Israel into continuing the same ”illegal and aggressive approach”.

Israeli soldiers intercepted the first Freedom Flotilla in late May 2010 and attacked the Mavi Marmara ship, killing nine and injuring many on board.

Nunu called on the international community to take a ”a clear position”.

He wondered: ”Is the Gaza siege legal and moral or not? The answer is certainly that it is neither legal nor moral.”

He said the matter calls for ”a serious stand against Israel, away from political hypocrisy and double standards”.

July 19, 2011 - Posted by | Illegal Occupation, War Crimes, Wars for Israel

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  2. Lets start to “intercept” vessels that sail under the Israelian flag, were I regard the phrase “intercept” as incorrect… the pirates for the coast of Somalia do not “intercept” vessels,. these pirates attack and invade the vessels!
    What Israel in fact is doing is attacking natio9ns as vessels sail under the flag of their nation, and are national territory of the country the vessel is sailing under!
    Someone should start a complaint with the international shipping authority of the United Nations, and file an official complaint, as well as filing complaints with the countries who’s flags are attacked in international waters by the state of Israel!

    But again, start “intercepting” Israelian vessels when they sail in international waters, and see what Israel then will be saying………. probably killing all the people on board of those vessels, and calling it an terrorist activity…. therewith claiming their right to attack aid-vessels!

    One wonders btw why Gaza authorities do not file complaints with the UN, the EU and other entities, about having their aid being stolen by the Israelian thieves/pirates!

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