Not a Spanish, or an American concern...... On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:21 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote:
> Israel wants to quash an arrest warrant prepared by a Spanish judge for > Benjamin Netanyahu over the deadly 2010 IDF attack on the Gaza Freedom > Flotilla that killed ten people. > > The Israeli PM and six other former ministers would be arrested if they > set foot on Spanish soil. > > *“We consider it to be a provocation,”* said an Israeli foreign ministry > spokesperson. *“We are working with the Spanish authorities to get it > cancelled. We hope it will be over soon.”* > > Judge Jose de la Mata, who drew up the warrants, ordered the police and > civil guard to notify them if any of the seven enter Spain. > > Israeli Defence forces carried out a deadly attack on the Freedom Flotilla > aid ship Mavi Marmara, which was attempting to bring supplies to Gaza, in > contravention of an Israeli-imposed blockade. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXs3zZT3xPU > > Nine activists were killed during the raid that took place in > international waters some 150km from Gaza, one more died of wounds later > that month. > > Autopsies revealed the nine Turkish men were shot with 30 bullets and five > were killed with close-range bullets to the head. > Read more > [image: File picture shows an undated image taken from the Free Gaza > Movement website on May 28, 2010 of the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara taking > part in the]ICC: Israel's killing of 9 Gaza flotilla protesters ‘not of > sufficient gravity’ for war crimes probe > <https://www.rt.com/news/202643-icc-israel-war-crimes-flotilla/> > > The other Israelis who have been issued warrants are ex-foreign minister > Avigdor Lieberman, ex-defense minister Ehud Barak, ex-deputy prime > ministers Moshe Ya'alon and Eli Yishai, former state minister Benny Begin, > and Israeli Navy commander Eliezer Marom. > > The investigation began after Spanish activists that were part of the > flotilla filed a criminal complaint against the Israelis involved in the > raid. In June this year, the five year investigation was put on hold, but > can be reopened if any of the suspects visited Spain. > > A UN report slammed the deadly IDF raid: *“Israel’s decision to board the > vessels with such substantial force at a great distance from the blockade > zone and with no final warning immediately prior to the boarding was > excessive and unreasonable.”* > > South African police have arrest warrants for four Israeli commanders > involved in the Freedom Flotilla carnage. An alert was circulated to South > African Border Control system in September. > > *READ MORE: Netanyahu under fire after accusing Palestinian grand mufti of > inciting Holocaust > <https://www.rt.com/news/319278-netanyahu-holocaust-hitler-mufti/>* > > South Africa will liaise with Interpol Turkey to extradite the Israelis > should they arrive. A court in Istanbul issued arrest warrants for the four > in 2014. > > Gadija Davids, a South African journalist, first made the complaint about > the attack in 2011. She says she was kidnapped and assaulted before being > imprisoned in Israel after the IDF stormed the aid ship. > > *“This decision has allowed us to hold these commanders, now fugitives > from justice responsible to answer for crimes that were committed in the > high seas,”* Davids said. > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
