{"id":49533,"date":"2014-11-10T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=49533"},"modified":"2015-05-05T21:29:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:29:32","slug":"icc-rules-out-investigation-into-israeli-raid-on-gaza-bound-flotilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/11\/icc-rules-out-investigation-into-israeli-raid-on-gaza-bound-flotilla\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC Rules Out Investigation into Israeli Raid on Gaza-Bound Flotilla"},"content":{"rendered":"

War crimes court [<\/em>International Criminal Court] says killing of Turkish activists by Israeli commandos in 2010 not of sufficient gravity to warrant inquiry.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Mavi Marmara arrives in Istanbul in December 2010. The Israeli navy raided the vessel, part of a flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza, killing several passengers. Photograph: AFP\/Getty<\/p><\/div>\n

The international criminal court (ICC) will not prosecute over Israel\u2019s raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, in which 10 Turkish activists died, despite a \u201creasonable basis to believe that war crimes were committed\u201d.<\/p>\n

The chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, said there would be no investigation leading to a potential prosecution because the alleged crimes, including the killing of 10 activists by Israeli commandos, were not of \u201csufficient gravity\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe information available provides a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes were committed on board the Comorian-registered vessel, the Mavi Marmara, during the interception of the flotilla,\u201d Bensouda said on Thursday. \u201cHowever, after carefully assessing all relevant considerations, I have concluded that the potential cases likely arising from an investigation into this incident would not be of \u2018sufficient gravity\u2019 to justify further action by the ICC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nine Turkish nationals died when Israeli commandos staged a botched a raid on a six-ship flotilla seeking to break Israel\u2019s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip on 31 May 2010. A 10th activist later died of his wounds.<\/p>\n

Israel imposed its blockade on Gaza in 2006 after militants seized an Israeli soldier, who was eventually freed in 2011 in a trade for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.<\/p>\n

The blockade was strengthened in 2007, when the Islamist Hamas movement took control of Gaza, then eased somewhat after an international outcry over the killing of the Turkish activists.<\/p>\n

The maritime assault severely damaged relations between the former regional allies Israel and Turkey, with Ankara demanding a formal apology and compensation for the families of the raid victims, as well as the lifting of the blockade. Israel has refused to comply.<\/p>\n

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