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commanderkai commanderkai:

Also, don't you think using a former spokesperson for the PLO for their assessment on Israel a bit questionable?

In his little mind the PLO is an unbiased source.

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desertdude desertdude:

Newfy Newfy:

And you can't use just one article to prove your case either.

Here's just one paragraph in support of the legality of Israels actions:

Abbas Al Lawati, a Dubai-based Gulf News journalist on board the flotilla, opined that Israel is likely to cite the Gaza–Jericho Agreement (Annex I, Article XI) which vests Israel with the responsibility for security along the coastline and the Sea of Gaza.[15] The agreement stipulates that Israel may take any measures necessary against vessels suspected of being used for terrorist activities or for smuggling arms, ammunition, drugs, goods, or for any other illegal activity.

With regard to the Gaza–Jericho Agreement, Diana Buttu, a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer and former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization, said that Israel declared the Oslo Accords dead in 2001, and actually breached the agreements, so that a call to the applicability of the Gaza-Jericho Agreement is not plausible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_asse ... tilla_raid

My point is that UN conventions aren't the be all and end all. Article 30 of that same convention states:

The provisions of this Convention shall not affect conventions or other international agreements already
in force, as between States Parties to them.