Re: Jesus fucking Christ - IDF massacres Turks on board humanitarian ship
Lipin said:
Can you prove it was illegal under international law?
Related: International Institute of Humanitarian Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I don't know enough about International law to comment. Nor do you. But on the basis of that link you just gave me,
The following classes of enemy vessels are exempt from attack:
* (a) hospital ships;
* (b) small craft used for coastal rescue operations and other medical transports;
* (c) vessels granted safe conduct by agreement between the belligerent parties including:
o (i) cartel vessels, e.g., vessels designated for and engaged in the transport of prisoners of war;
o (ii) vessels engaged in humanitarian missions, including vessels carrying supplies indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, and vessels engaged in relief actions and rescue operations;
* (d) vessels engaged in transporting cultural property under special protection;
* (e) passenger vessels when engaged only in carrying civilian passengers;
* (f) vessels charged with religious, non-military scientific or philanthropic missions; vessels collecting scientific data of likely military applications are not protected;
* (g) small coastal fishing vessels and small boats engaged in local coastal trade, but they are subject to the regulations of a belligerent naval commander operating in the area and to inspection;
* (h) vessels designated or adapted exclusively for responding to pollution incidents in the marine environment;
* (i) vessels which have surrendered;
* (j) life rafts and lifeboats.
Heh.
I'm fairly sure that international law regards half of what Israel does as illegal, and I'm fairly sure that interntional law would say the engagement of a humanitarian vessel with only civilians on board,
in the first instance, would be fairly illegal
Outnumbered soldiers against violent thugs with weapons can't respond with force? Not sure about that. I'm pretty sure it's standard procedure in every military force in the world.
excessive force. you're not very good at this are you? the IDF could have responded with say, idk, tear gas. or a taser. or a metal pipe. or better yet,
they shouldn't have been there in the first place.