Monday, January 24, 2011

Turkey denounces the Israeli report on the attack against the fleet of Gaza

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has rejected the report of the Israeli commission of inquiry, published Sunday, January 23 and whitens Israel in the murderous attack on a Turkish ship humanitarian in May off the coast of Gaza. "What value can have a report prepared and controlled in the same country ?(...), questioned Mr Erdogan faced reporters in Ankara.

This report has no credibility." The report of the Committee on the Israeli raid murderer of May 31, 2010 in international waters against a convoy of pro-Palestinian - in which nine Turkish nationals had been killed - concludes that the naval blockade of the Palestinian and the Israeli commando assault were "consistent with international law." The commission established by Turkey in response to the Israeli commission of inquiry has also denounced the Israeli report, declaring themselves "shocked and dismayed" by his conclusions that exonerate the Israeli army, reported the Anatolia news agency.

"The attack by Israel in violation of law, in peacetime as in wartime, is also contrary to all principles, rules and international standards," said the commission, which met in Ankara. The report of the Committee of Turkey, whose has procured a copy, accuses Israel of an action "excessive" and "disproportionate" force.

Preliminary findings of this report, "the force used to intercept the Mavi Marmara crosses the boundaries of what is appropriate and necessary. (...) The use of force can only be a last resort." According to the passengers interviewed, Israeli soldiers opened fire immediately after hoisting to the deck of the ferry.

The inquiry, which interviewed Turkish and foreign militants in the convoy, said that Israel should pay compensation to the families of victims "under international law." But depending on the version of the Israeli authorities, the soldiers used their weapons after being attacked with knives by militants Mavi Marmara.

The Israeli commandos had seized a total of six ships, trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip. The assault raised a wave of international condemnation and provoked a serious crisis in the Israeli-Turkish President Abdullah Gul said that relations between the two countries, formerly allies, would "never be the same." Both reports must be filed with the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has established a panel of four members, including one Turkish and one Israeli, charged with investigating the deadly raid.

Several meetings of this panel chaired by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer are scheduled to review these reports, until April, then the UN should give its opinion.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 6:01 AM

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