Not a Spanish, or an American concern...... --- true ... but it will good to see bibi's head roll.
On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 1:16:47 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > > Not a Spanish, or an American concern...... > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:21 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
