Lawyers from 60 countries to sue Israel over Mavi Marmara
Lawyers from 60 countries are gathering in Turkey this week to plan a lawsuit against Israel on behalf of the passengers on the Mavi Marmara, the ship on which terrorists attacked IDF Naval commandos who were trying to stop it from running Israel's legal blockade of Gaza. Lawyers from 60 countries, including Indonesia, will gather in Istanbul, Turkey, from July 15-16, to prepare a legal suit against Israel for its attack on the Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla on May 31, Antara news agency reported.No, it can't, because Israel is a sovereign country and - thank God - never signed the treaty to join the International Criminal Court. So the ICC should not be able to get jurisdiction over us.
"There are a number of lawyers from 60 countries who will take legal steps to sue the attackers of Mavi Marmara," Mahendradatta, patron chief of the Indonesian Muslims' Lawyer Team (TPM) said here, Monday.
Mahendradatta said he would represent six Indonesians who became victims of the Israeli soldiers' attack, where two Indonesians namely Surya Fachrizal and Oktavianto were injured.
The lawyers, among others from Turkey, Britain and other European countries, will sue Israel in international legal forum as well as bilateral forums.
TPM, he said would consistently fight the Israeli arrogance.
Meanwhile, Jose Rizal Jurnalis, presidium chairman of MER-C (Medical Emergency Rescue - Committee) Indonesia hoped that the legal suit against Israel could be brought to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
By the way, if we ever were made a party (God forbid), the first thing I would do is move to add the IHH as a necessary and indispensable party and then present all the video evidence the IDF produced about how they planned to attack the IDF soldiers on the ship.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:33 PM
2 Comments:
Good luck with that. A sovereign country is immune from lawsuits for official acts of state.
What we do know is the extent of Turkey's hostility towards Israel.
Good news for a July week's start!
How about this one: The next tsunami, earthquake, forest fire, natural disaster these nations have, no Israel help should come to their aid.
Hell no Jew should give to them at all, EVER!
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