Palmer Report Released: Israel Blockade IS LEGAL

[muman613]

I have argued this point with countless trolls on youtube... Everyone and their twisted sister claim that the Israeli blockade is illegal. I had one troll who repeatedly, after I had pointed out that the blockade was legal, continued to assert that the blockade was not considered legal in the eyes of the UN.... But the Palmer report which is being released currently affirms the fact that the Israeli blockade WAS and IS completely legal.

Those who try to violate a legal blockade are violating the law of the land, and they can be boarded, and halted, and even sunk in certain circumstances....

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=236380

Turkey on Thursday warned Israel of drastic diplomatic sanctions if it did not apologize for the Mavi Marmara incident, even as the oft-delayed UN Palmer Commission report that will be formally presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday says Israel's naval blockade of Gaza was a "legitimate security measure" to prevent arms smuggling into Gaza.

The report, which was obtained and published by The New York Times on Thursday, concluded that Israel faces "a real threat to its security from militant groups in Gaza. The naval blockade was imposed as a legitimate security measure in order to prevent weapons from entering Gaza by sea and its implementation complied with the requirements of international law."

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One Israeli government official, however, said that the findings of the report "clearly show that Israel's actions were in accordance with international law, both in imposing the naval blockade and in enforcing it. We think both countries should accept the report and seize its recommendations as an opportunity to restore the relationship between the two countries for their benefit, and for the benefit of regional stability."