Turkey to challenge Israel’s blockade of Gaza in international court
Turkey does not accept the UN report as it was not endorsed by the UN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/560?OpenDocument
Turkey to challenge Israel’s blockade of Gaza in international court - The Globe and Mail
Turkey is preparing to challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza at the International Court of Justice, the foreign minister said Saturday, ratcheting up tensions between the once close allies.
Ahmet Davutoglu's comments came a day after Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and severed military ties with the country angered over its refusal to apologize for last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine pro-Palestinian activists.
In an interview with Turkey's state-run TRT television, Mr. Davutoglu dismissed a UN report into the raid that said Israel's naval blockade of Gaza was a legal security measure. Mr. Davutoglu said the report — prepared by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, and former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, and presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon — was not endorsed by the United Nations and was therefore not binding.
Turkey does not accept the UN report as it was not endorsed by the UN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/560?OpenDocument
Turkey to challenge Israel’s blockade of Gaza in international court - The Globe and Mail
Turkey is preparing to challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza at the International Court of Justice, the foreign minister said Saturday, ratcheting up tensions between the once close allies.
Ahmet Davutoglu's comments came a day after Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and severed military ties with the country angered over its refusal to apologize for last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine pro-Palestinian activists.
In an interview with Turkey's state-run TRT television, Mr. Davutoglu dismissed a UN report into the raid that said Israel's naval blockade of Gaza was a legal security measure. Mr. Davutoglu said the report — prepared by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, and former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, and presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon — was not endorsed by the United Nations and was therefore not binding.
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