On 2009-Jan-01, at 01:28, Lawrence Sica wrote: > According to maritime law, boats entering without ill intent have to > be allowed through. I don't know if Israel is part of the UN > conventions on maritime law.
Skim reading this document, from an Israeli perspective, lists numerous maritime terrorist attacks. The PLO is often involved. And for an example, recall the recent Mumbai attacks where ten terrorists arrived on speed boats and killed over 170 people. Then read the Israeli rules and see why it says that any approaching vessel mustn't exceed 15 knots. http://www.ict.org.il/Articles/tabid/66/Articlsid/251/currentpage/5/Default.aspx "Documented in the Gaza-Jericho Agreement (May 4, 1994), the sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip is governed by a series of Maritime Activity Zones (MAZ). Implemented to thwart seaborne terrorist infiltration and smuggling efforts, the MAZ are composed of three Maritime Activity Zones labeled K, L and M. The two outer zones (K, M) are sterile security zones that extend 20 nautical miles off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Zone K extends in the sea from the coast in the northern part of the sea of Gaza and 1.5 nautical miles wide southwards, while Zone M extends in the sea from the coast and one nautical mile wide from the Egyptian waters. The area in between running the length of the Gaza coast is referred to as zone L. Both Maritime Activity Zones “K” and “M” are for the exclusive use of the Israeli Navy while MAZ L remains open for Palestinian fishing, recreation, and economic activities. As documented in Article XI of the Gaza-Jericho Agreement, several restrictions are enforced within zone L (prior to the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza in 2005)." "On any given night, 400-600 Palestinian fishing vessels navigate the MAZ L and identifying potential terrorists is a task that often overwhelms Israeli Navy forces assigned the mission of patrolling the MAZs. " _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
