Israel Matzav

Another brilliant attempt to stop the flotilla

An Israeli resident of Sderot has filed a lawsuit in Florida State Court to stop Inmarsat from providing satellite tracking services for the boats in the flotilla of fools. Inmarsat is a British company that provides such services worldwide. Every country in the World requires that boats flying under its flag have such services. The suit was filed through the Israeli human rights group Shurat HaDin.

The suit was filed by Attorney Isaac Jaroslawicz. The plaintiff, Michelle Fendel, a resident of the southern Israeli town of Sderot, asserts in her complaint that under US law, Inmarsat and is officers have aided and abetted terrorism by providing satellite services to the Gaza-bound ships.

Prior to filing the lawsuit, the attorneys for Fendel sent Inmarsat a warning letter demanding that it discontinue all satellite services to the boats being utilized to engaged in hostile operations against Israel. The letter noted that by providing services during the upcoming flotilla, Inmarsat and its corporate officers were violation of US criminal statutes prohibiting the provision of material support for acts of violence and terrorism (18 U.S.C. § 2339A and § 2339B) and the provision of material support for naval expeditions against U.S. allies (18 U.S.C. § 960 and § 962), and would also be held civilly liable for any damages or harm caused by participants in the flotilla.

Heh.

Elder has the complaint embedded on his site. Curiously, all they are seeking is a permanent injunction and a declaratory judgment. It's strange to me that they're not requesting a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to prevent the satellite tracking services from being provided NOW. Hmmm.

Labels: flotilla of fools, Gaza plenty, Inmarsat, Shurat HaDin

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:34 PM