Tuesday, November 15, 2011
"U.N. Report Finds Israeli Blockade Legal but Raid Flawed"
By now, I think we all know the media doesn't always report issues concerning Israel accurately.
I must admit surprise that the New York Times did publish this.
Of course, what is "excessive and unreasonable" when missiles are being fired into your country?...
I must admit surprise that the New York Times did publish this.
Of course, what is "excessive and unreasonable" when missiles are being fired into your country?...
Neil MacFarquhar and Ethan Bronner reported this about that issue in the New York Times:
"UNITED NATIONS — A long-awaited United Nations review of Israel’s 2010 raid on a Turkish-based flotilla in which nine passengers were killed has found that Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza is both legal and appropriate. But it said that the way Israeli forces boarded the vessels trying to break that blockade 15 months ago was excessive and unreasonable."
