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International Criminal Court prosecutor opens initial probe into Gaza flotilla
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said on May 14 she would open a preliminary examination into the events surrounding the 2010 Israeli raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound from Turkey to the Gaza strip.
The prosecutor said in a statement that she was obliged to open a preliminary examination following a referral from the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros, where one of the vessels that were raided was registered.
Few preliminary examinations ever lead to a full investigation, let alone a trial. Activists have repeatedly attempted to involve the court in The Hague in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it has so far declined to investigate events in the Palestinian territories.
“My office will be conducting a preliminary examination in order to establish whether the criteria for opening an investigation are met,” Bensouda said.
The referral from the Comoros was relayed to the ICC by a Turkish law firm, Elmadağ.
Nine Turkish citizens were killed during the Israeli raid on the Mavi Marmara ship on May 31, 2010. After Israel apologized on March 22, nearly three years after the incident, both countries began a series of talks that are still continuing on the compensation to be paid to the families of the victims.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/interna…sCatID=352
Source: http://yeoldefalseflag.com/thread-international-criminal-court-prosecutor-opens-initial-probe-into-gaza-flotilla
