ICC rules out investigation into Israeli raid on Gaza-bound flotilla
*Interesting they found reasonable basis to believe war crimes committed...Palestinians
taking their cause to the international courts for OCL and OPE, the occupation..this is
just the beginning of how they would likely rule on the bigger issues.
November 6, 2014
War crimes court says killing of Turkish activists by Israeli commandos in 2010 not of sufficient gravity to warrant inquiry
The international criminal court (ICC) will not prosecute over Israel’s raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, in which 10 Turkish activists died, despite a “reasonable basis to believe that war crimes were committed”.
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 “sufficient gravity”.
“The 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,” Bensouda said on Thursday. “However, 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 ‘sufficient gravity’ to justify further action by the ICC.”
Nine Turkish nationals died when Israeli commandos staged a botched a raid on a six-ship flotilla seeking to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip on 31 May 2010. A 10th activist later died of his wounds.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/06/israel-raid-gaza-flotilla-turkey-icc