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harborshore ([personal profile] harborshore) wrote2010-05-31 07:19 pm
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You do not attack an aid ship on international waters. You do not. That is only permissible under wartime maritime law or when you have been directly attacked. This was an aid ship and it was not going to Israel.

The information varies on what happened after that and whose fault anything was, but the consensus is this: 19 aid workers are dead, more injured. But all of that happened after boarding. You do not attack an aid ship on international waters.

ETA: Official death toll now says nine dead. Not as bad, but still fairly awful.

ETA 2: As this post puts it, the Israeli military-political complex is a far more useful term for the force behind the massacre of aid workers yesterday than the name of the nation Israel. The longer term presents a useful distinction between Israel the country, which it is possible to love even if you don't actually support this action, as it is possible to love other countries whose leadership perpetrates horrendous acts. It's a fairly important distinction.
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[identity profile] iamsupernova.livejournal.com 2010-05-31 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm sorry, I misunderstood before. I thought you meant you figured the Israeli government would be handling this situation better due to past experiences - my mistake.
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[identity profile] harborshore.livejournal.com 2010-06-01 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
No worries at all! This is a really complicated discussion (it took me half an hour to write what is a very very short entry because I was rephrasing things a lot)--I added an ETA that might interest you. ♥