ISRAEL GAZA FLOTILLA RAID WAS LEGAL----DO YOU KNOW WHY?

...Because Israel said so. To prove it, here it is in print, so it must be true. Also, it was printed in the Telegraph, a British rag...so this makes it doubly true.

Neither Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last year nor its longtime maritime blockade of the territory have broken international law, an Israeli inquiry has concluded.
After months of deliberation, state-appointed investigators ruled that Israeli naval commandos acted with legitimate restraint when they shot dead nine Turkish activists after intercepting a flotilla trying to reach Gaza last May.

The dead Turks were among a small group that used clubs and other crudely fashioned weapons to attack Israeli forces as they abseiled onto the deck of the vessel, the MV Mavi Marmara.

In their 245-page report, the commissioners laid the blame for the violence solely on this group, writing: "By clearly resisting capture, the Mavi Marmara had become a military objective."

"Individuals or groups do not have the right to take the law into their own hands," they added.

After facing widespread international censure, the Israeli government will hail the findings as vindication of its handling of the incident.

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