Turkey Joins Hamas to Sue Israel Over Flotilla
The Mavi MarmaraIranian Marines Set to Escort Flotilla 'To Teach Israel Lessons'
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Sunday, 13 June 2010
Tammuz 1, 5770, 13 June 10 03:18
by Hana Levi JulianIsrael news photo: Wikimedia Creative Commons
(Israelnationalnews.com) Turkey is working together with the Hamas terrorist organization to file joint lawsuits against the Israeli military officials who stopped a six-ship flotilla from reaching Gaza and violating Israel's territorial waters.
According to a report published last week by the London-based a-Sharq al-Awsat Arabic-language newspaper, Turkish Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin said Ankara would continue to provide support to Gaza residents -- and Hamas officials would support Turkey in filing lawsuits against Israel in the International Criminal Court at The Hague.
Briefs are allegedly being prepared on behalf of the Turkish terrorists aboard the Mavi Marmara flotilla ship, seeking financial compensation for families of the dead and injured, as well as a petition claiming violation of the charter on maritime operations in international waters.
Israeli Naval commandos were viciously attacked by armed Muslim terrorists posing as “peace activists” as they boarded the Mavi Marmara, one of the six ships in last month's Turkish-sponsored flotilla that attempted to break Israel's maritime blockade of Gaza. A bloody clash ensued, resulting in nine dead terror activists and terrorists and numerous others wounded – including seven Israeli commandos.
Meanwhile, American Jewish groups are calling on the State Department to designate a Turkish relief group as a terrorist organization. The Insani Yardim Vakfi (Humanitarian Relief Fund, or IHH), was a main organizer of the flotilla.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the New York-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) noted that the IHH has “well-documented ties to Hamas,” which rules the Gaza region.
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Tammuz 1, 5770, 13 June 10 12:19
by Tzvi Ben GedalyahuIsrael news photo: (Israelnationalnews.com) Two Iranian ships intended to head for Hamas-controlled Gaza are waiting for their government's approval to challenge Israel on the high seas, escorted by “volunteer marines” that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to send “to teach Israelis a lesson.”
An Iranian Red Crescent official said the two ships are waiting for the Iranian foreign ministry to give the green light for launching, according to the French news service AFP, quoting the Iranian Mehr news service. The Red Crescent said a third ship probably would join the fleet.
Red Crescent official Mojtaba Majd also claimed that more than 100,000 Iranians have signed up to board the ships, but only those with ”expertise” would be accepted. Majd did not define the area of expertise required.
Ali Shirazi, the Revolutionary Guard’s spokesman for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said it was “Iran’s duty to defend the innocent people of Gaza.”
A Red Crescent ship to Gaza was stopped by the Israeli Navy a year and a half ago, but the charged anti-Israeli atmosphere following the latest flotilla clash has encouraged Arab and left-wing colleagues to try to break Israel’s blockade over free passage to the Gaza coast.
An Iranian maritime convoy to Israel could provoke a military clash on the high seas, but it also would highlight Israel’s claim that lifting the blockade would allow Iran to directly send advanced arms, ammunition and terrorists for the de facto Hamas government in Gaza.
The Iranian Red Crescent ships were prepared with cooperation from the Turkish government, according to theLondon Express. Ahmadinejad reportedly told Turkish leaders in Istanbul last week that the vessels would be prepared for a direct clash with the Israeli Defense Forces.
Turkey was one of two countries that voted against new sanctions imposed on Iran last week by the United Nations Security Council. Once considered a friend of Israel and distant from Iran, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has totally reversed government policy over the past two years and has joined the Syrian-Iranian-Hizbullah axis while stating that it still wants goods relations with Israel.
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