Posted on July 22nd, 2011 by Marian Houk
Here are some excerpts, which I’m recording here as notes for the record, from a discussion about the Israeli seizure of the Flotillas headed to Gaza and Israel’s continuing naval blockade of Gaza, in comments made on a post on Mondoweiss, written by Steve Fake and published on 19 July, entitled “Destination? Gaza!: The Freedom [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC, International Court of Justice - ICJ, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, International Tribunals, Israel, Law of the Sea Convention, Palestine & Palestinians, United Nations Agencies and Programmes
Posted on April 23rd, 2011 by Marian Houk
This drama has played out on Twitter for the past 48 hours. Since the Jan25 revolution in Egypt led to Husni’s Mubarak’s forced resignation, there has been speculation about a new and more open Egyptian policy to Gaza. But, the adventures of two Egyptian guys [@dooolism and @tarekshalaby] trying to enter Gaza via Rafah (or, [...]
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Filed under: Blogging, Boundaries & Borders, Egypt, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, Israel
Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Marian Houk
According to a report in Haaretz, the IDF Chief of Staff Gaby Ashkenazi testified Wednesday, at the Turkel Commission investigating the “maritime incident” which occurred when Israeli forces boarded the Mavi Marmara and five other ships sailing toward Gaza in a “Freedom Flotilla” on 31 May, that “the raid quickly became ‘chaotic’, and the soldiers [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Sanctions
Posted on August 10th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Barak Ravid wrote in Haaretz about Prime Minister Netanyahu’s testimony before Israel’s non-IDF commission of inquiry into the Flotilla fiasco that Netanyahu yesterday called a “maritime incident” that: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed visibly unprepared for his public testimony before the Turkel Committee yesterday – hesitating over key details, evading questions and finally [later] publishing [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said Monday to Turkel Commission investigating what Netanyahu called the “maritime incident” that occurred when Israeli naval forces boarded the Freedom Flotilla at sea on 31 May that “As part of the effort to prevent the entry of weapons into the Gaza Strip, my government has continued the naval blockade [...]
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Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by Marian Houk
Given Israel’s new-found appreciation of international law, it should not be too surprising: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Monday), 2.8.10, informed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon that Israel would participate in the panel that he is establishing in the wake of the 31.5.10 events regarding the flotilla”, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office has announced. According to [...]
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Filed under: Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, UN Secretary-General
Posted on July 15th, 2010 by Marian Houk
The New York Times is reporting from Cairo that the port director in El Arish says the Libyan-chartered Amalthea, docked at about 1 p.m today. and was expected to immediately begin unloading its cargo. The NYTimes further reports, a propos continued speculation about some kind of “deal” or other: that “Seif al-Islam Qaddafi, son of [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on July 14th, 2010 by Marian Houk
The drama is over. Just as the plan indicated, the Amalthea, a Libyan-chartered Greek cargo ship carrying food and medicine destined for Gaza went to the Egyptian port of El-Arish, on the northern coast of the Sinai peninsula, east of the Suez Canal, and not very far from the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip. [...]
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Posted on July 13th, 2010 by Marian Houk
A Libyan-chartered boat, loaded with 2,000 tons of food and medical supplies destined for Gaza, was immobile for several hours earlier Tuesday in the waters of the Mediterranean off Port Said, Egypt. It began to move again around 5 pm. It could be headed to the Egyptian port of El-Arish, as it has apparently official [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on July 12th, 2010 by Marian Houk
If Israel was ambivalent (or of several minds) about the applicability of international law, prior to the Israeli naval assault on the Freedom Flotilla in the pre-dawn hours of 31 May, the Israeli government has now rediscovered its value. Professor Ruth Lapidot, a former legal adviser to Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is one of [...]
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Filed under: Academic studies and research, Ambassadors and other diplomats, Boundaries & Borders, Egypt, Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians
