Israel’s Flotilla Inquiry ‘Farce’
Israel's oldest daily newspaper, Haaretz, condemns the Netanyahu government's "farce" of an inquiry into the deadly flotilla raid: "The conclusions of an ostensible probe are intended to justify retroactively the decision to blockade Gaza and to use deadly force on the deck of the Mavi Marmara".
Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, Haaretz, condemns the Netanyahu government’s “farce” of an inquiry into the deadly flotilla raid: “The conclusions of an ostensible probe are intended to justify retroactively the decision to blockade Gaza … and to use deadly force on the deck of the Mavi Marmara.”
Tony Blair (remember him?), meanwhile, is promising that the Gaza blockade will soon ease to let more humanitarian aid through.
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Rock Solid JournalismHaaretz:
The government’s efforts to avoid a thorough and credible investigation of the flotilla affair seem more and more like a farce. The conclusions of an ostensible probe are intended to justify retroactively the decision to blockade Gaza, to forcibly stop the Turkish aid flotilla in international waters and to use deadly force on the deck of the Mavi Marmara.
To make the costume seem credible, the Prime Minister’s Bureau asked a retired Supreme Court justice, Yaakov Tirkel, to chair the committee. Alongside him will sit foreign observers in order to legitimize the conclusions in international public opinion. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even pledged to testify before the committee, together with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, other ministers and the chief of staff, so “the truth will come out.”
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