UN Palmer Report says Israel maritime blockade of Gaza is legal
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“The UN's Palmer Report, chaired by Sir Geoffrey Palmer, affirmed that Israel's maritime blockade of Gaza is legal as a security measure.”
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The United Nations‑appointed Palmer Report, chaired by Sir Geoffrey Palmer, concluded in 2011 that Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza was lawful as a security measure. This finding has been consistently reported by major news outlets and official analyses.
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- Ambassador Oren Anolik on the legality and the necessity of Israel’s naval blockade on Gaza | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This is not simply Israel’s interpretation. The United Nations itself examined the matter after the 2010 flotilla incident ("Mavi Marmara"). The resulting Palmer Report, a rigorous inquiry led by international experts, concluded in 2011 that Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza was lawful.
- U.N. experts say Israel's blockade of Gaza illegal | Reuters
The so-called Palmer Report on the Israeli raid of May 2010 that killed nine Turkish activists said earlier this month that Israel had used unreasonable force in last year's raid, but its naval blockade of the Hamas-ruled strip was legal.
- U.N. experts say Israel's blockade of Gaza illegal | Reuters
The four-man panel headed by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer found Israel had used unreasonable force in dealing with what it called "organized and violent resistance from a group of passengers."
- تقرير لجنة تابعة للأمم المتحدة يقول ان حصار غزة قانوني | رويترز
الامم المتحدة ... الى ان حصار اسرائيل لقطاع غزة كان قانونيا لكنه أشار الى ان القوات الاسرائيلية استخدمت قوة مفرطة....
- Gaza ship raid excessive but blockade legal, says UN - BBC News
Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last year was excessive but the blockade itself is legal, a UN report leaked to the New York Times says.
- حرب غزة: الأونروا تصف حصار القطاع بـ"الفضيحة الحقيقية"، ومحكمة العدل الدولية تواصل جلساتها العلنية بشأن التزامات إسرائيل الإنسانية - BBC News عربي
كما قُتل صيّادٌ إثر إطلاق النار عليه من قبل زوارق حربية إسرائيلية على شاطئ بحر مدينة غزة، فيما قتل آخر في بلدة بني سهيلا شرق خان يونس جراء قصف منزل يؤوي نازحين، بحسب الوكالة.
- Report Finds Naval Blockade by Israel Legal but Faults Raid (Published 2011)
UNITED NATIONS — A long-awaited United Nations review of Israel’s 2010 raid on a Turkish-based flotilla in which nine passengers were killed has found that Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza is both legal and appropriate.
- أساطيل كسر الحصار عن غزة.. تاريخ النجدة البحرية لشعب يختنق | موسوعة | الجزيرة نت
وقد حظي هذا الموقف ... المتحدة الصادر عام 2011، والذي اعتبر أن الحصار البحري يمثل إجراءً أمنياً مشروعاً، رغم انتقاده الواضح لاستخدام ...
- II. THE PALMER REPORT AND THE LEGALITY OF ISRAEL'S NAVAL BLOCKADE OF GAZA | International & Comparative Law Quarterly | Cambridge Core
The Israeli Report cites two further examples of state practice to support the claim that customary international law recognises the right to impose a naval blockade during times of non-international armed conflict (see Israeli Report (n 2) fn 131).
- Palmer Report Did Not Find Gaza Blockade Legal, Despite Media Headlines|Palmer Report Did Not Find Gaza Blockade Legal, Despite Media Headlines|Palmer Report Did Not Find Gaza Blockade Legal, Despite Media Headlines|Palmer Report Did Not Find Gaza Blockade Legal, Despite Media Headlines|Palmer Report Did Not Find Gaza Blockade Legal, Despite Media Headlines|Palmer Report Did Not Find Gaza Blockade Legal, Despite Media Headlines
The Palmer report's finding that the naval blockade is lawful does not mean the entire blockade on Gaza is legal. The blockade is a collective form of punishment that breaches international law.|The Palmer report's finding that the naval blockade ...
- How can Israel’s blockade of Gaza be legal? – UN independent experts on the “Palmer Report” | OHCHR
“In pronouncing itself on the legality of the naval blockade, the Palmer Report does not recognize the naval blockade as an integral part of Israel’s closure policy towards Gaza which has a disproportionate impact on the human rights of civilians”, stressed the experts.
- UN independent panel rejects Palmer report | İHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
"In pronouncing itself on the legality of the naval blockade, the Palmer Report does not recognize the naval blockade as an integral part of Israel's closure policy towards Gaza which has a disproportionate impact on the human rights of civilians," ...
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