Posted on September 1st, 2011 by Marian Houk
The New York Times has posted a leaked, advance copy of the “Final” Report commissioned by the UN Secretary-General on how to avoid a repetition of the mayhem and deaths that occurred during the Israeli naval interception on the high seas of a Freedom Flotilla aiming to break the Israeli siege on Gaza. During the [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Sanctions, Turkey, UN Secretary-General
Posted on February 27th, 2011 by Marian Houk
In the UN Security Council meeting on Libya on Saturday (26 Feb.) the French put their foot down, and insisted that the violence being carried out by loyalists and agents of the current regime in Libya against the people of Libya must be referred to the International Criminal Court. UNSC resolution 1970 was adopted unanimously. [...]
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Filed under: Ambassadors and other diplomats, Human Rights, Libya, Mercenaries, Sanctions, UN Security Council
Posted on December 27th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Israeli activist Jonathan Pollack was sentenced today in a Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court to serve two, concurrent, three-month prison terms for protesting the Israeli military-administered sanctions against Gaza and the continuing Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Pollak’s jail term is to start on 11 January. An earlier three-month prison sentence was imposed [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on September 10th, 2010 by Marian Houk
“Eid Mubarak” (Happy Eid – the three-day post-Ramadan Eid al-Fitr starts today for the world’s Muslims) is trending now on Twitter. Ricky Martin and Paula Coelo have made multiple Eid Mubarak tweets. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held Eid prayers early this morning in his headquarters in the Muqata’a in Ramallah. Hamas has released Fatah prisoners [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
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 11th, 2010 by Marian Houk
There is a silly and irritating — and also dangerous — debate going on about cutting off American military aid to the Lebanese Army in the wake of its firefight with IDF forces who insisted on going ahead with “routine maintenance” along the Blue Line separating the two country’s armies, despite advice and strong requests [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Lebanon, Sanctions, USA
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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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Sanctions
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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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on July 14th, 2010 by Marian Houk
A Libyan-chartered Greek ship flying the Moldovan flag and carrying 2,000 tons of food and medical supplies destined for Gaza has reportedly developed mechanical problems [in the engine? with communications devices?] overnight as it approached its declared destination of the Egyptian port of El-Arish. Israeli warships are reportedly tracking the Amalthea. The Israeli Minister of [...]
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Filed under: Blogging, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Law of the Sea Convention, Sanctions
Posted on July 12th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eiland delivered his report on the Freedom Flotilla fiasco to the IDF Chief of Staff today, and said that “the issue should be viewed with perspective, being that the damage caused to Israel is not as severe as it seemed following the incident”. According to Haaretz, Eiland told journalists after he delivered [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
