Gaza flotilla probe to examine IDF's handling of past war crimes charges

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Investigation by Turkel Commission meant to determine if IDF soldiers would be exposed to prosecution in foreign countries according to international law.

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International law stipulates that for soldiers of one country to be prosecuted by another the country in which the war crime was committed has to be proven as unable to properly investigate the incident.

In order to legally verify that indeed the IDF has conducted a thorough investigation of soldiers accused of war crimes – a determination that would defend IDF soldiers from foreign prosecution –the Turkel Commission, headed by former Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel, requested military advocate general Danny Efroni to hand over information concerning 50 past cases in which IDF soldiers were accused of war crimes.

The Turkel Commission will treat these 50 cases as a sample selection for investigating the way in which the Military Advocate's office treated claims of war crimes in the past. In addition, the commission will look into the way in which those cases were treated by the military's internal affairs unit and whether or not the State Attorney's Office chose to pursue or close the case.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/gaza-flotilla-probe-to-examine-idf-s-handling-of-past-war-crimes-charges-1.386849

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1. Note: some stuff on the IHH list in this OP too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=124x366229

[vminfla]

3. Well sure,

keep running it up the flag pole, hoping that no one notices that the flotilla was caught illegally running weapons:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/gaza-flotilla-organizer-admits-activists-seized-weapons-from-israeli-soldiers-1.293929

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4. Run along Kid, a few more knives and whatnot in Gaza means nothing.

If they were shipping more rockets, something serious, guns even, I'd be willing to listen.

[vminfla]

6. You would not be willing to listen at all

Just because they were poor weapons smugglers, does not mean that their acts were not intended to cause harm to innocent Israelis once their illegal shipment reached the hands of Hamas.

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7. Not unless you say something coherent, no. nt

[azurnoir]

8. well I've been arguing this with him for awhile otherwise I'm busy

pulling old carpet staples out of a wooden floor that we're refinishing not sure which is more fun

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9. Well, I'm in a state of forced convalescence (Nothing serious)., so I have time.

But it hurts, so I'm also grumpy and impatient, unlike my usual pleasant nature.
:-)

[Violet_Crumble]

11. You? Grumpy and impatient? Should I steer clear for a while?

Hope yr up and running on all cylinders soon :hi:

[bemildred]

12. Well, I don't know that you and I have ever gotten into it.

That is something to think about, now that I think about it.
Yes, I think that would be best to avoid,
I'm not sure what would happen, but it wouldn't be good.
The assault unicorns alone are enough to ruin the day.
:-)

[Jefferson23]

10. lol. n/t

[Jefferson23]

2. Screwed by facebook, eh? lol. Kidding aside, this should be interesting. n/t

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5. Anybody that uses facebook and expects "privacy" is confused.

As for the IHH thing, pending further information, I tend to think it's just noise, but it will freak some people out for sure.