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Tell that to the Palestinian fishermen you keep shooting at in International waters.Forums > Global Discussion > Israel and Palestine >
Gaza volunteer medic killed by israeli sniper
(COMMENT)Israel didn't attack the Straits, it attacked Egypt. And you are wrong about what you are "free" to do. There are only 2 reasons you can legally attack another country (per Article 51 of the UN Charter) and Israel didn't have either one.Actually when a foreign power seizes and blocks international straits one is free to attack them to remove control.
Was Israel at fault for shooting a medic?
The above is actually funny! Israel was supposed to wait for the “ U.N. Security Council” to solve the problem when it was the U.N. who actually left the region prior to the War”QUOTE]
I forgot how we got here. But the Israelis we enforcing their right to "Freedom of Navigation."
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
SECTION 3. INNOCENT PASSAGE IN THE TERRITORIAL SEA
SUBSECTION A. RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL SHIPS
- Article17
Right of innocent passage
Subject to this Convention, ships of all States, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea
San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea,
SECTION II : INTERNATIONAL STRAITS AND ARCHIPELAGIC SEA LANES
General rules
23. Belligerent warships and auxiliary vessels and military and auxiliary aircraft may exercise the rights of passage through, under or over neutral international straits and of archipelagic sea lanes passage provided by general international law.
The 1956 confrontation between Israel and Egypt over The Straits of Tiran navigating between Gulf of Aqaba and The Red Sea.
Most Respectfully,
R
I have an idea; Keep daily tabs on how many “ innocent civilians” Israel kills and let us know.