Friday, February 10, 2012

Turkel Committee: Brigadier General, lawyer, foreign observers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed Cabinet Secretary Zvi Hauser to bring a proposal for government approval on Monday, for appointing an independent public committee to investigate the IDF raid on the Gaza flotilla. The announcement from the Prime Minister's Office noted that the committee would be headed by former Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel. The committee will be comprised of professor of international law and Israel Prize laureate Shabtai Rosen, and Brigadier General (res.) Amos Horev, former president of Haifa's Technion. Flotilla Raid Ayalon to CNN: We won't apologize for flotilla raid / Yitzhak Benhorin Deputy FM says Gaza-bound Turkish ship carried 75 mercenaries with links to al-Qaeda, other terror groups. 'They were well equipped and ambushed our soldiers,' he says, 'We found the money on their bodies, $10000 apiece' Full Story Two foreign observers will also be appointed: Lord William David Trimble, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Ken Watkin, international lawyer and former judge advocate general for Canada. The observers will also take part in discussions and consultations. According to the Prime Minister's Office, the committee will: Examine the security aspects of the naval blockade on Gaza and adjusting it in accordance with international law. Examine Israel's actions to enforce the naval blockade and prevent the international flotilla from reaching Gaza on May 31, 2010 with respect to international law. Examine the actions of the ...



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