Netanyahu asks UN's Ban to help stop Gaza flotilla in May
By JPOST.COM STAFF
01/04/2011
PM tells UN secretary general that fleet of ships scheduled to arrive in Gaza in May is being organized by "radical Islamists."
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday spoke with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and asked him to work towards stopping a planned flotilla which is scheduled to arrive in Gaza in May. Netanyahu told Ban that the flotilla is being organized partly by radical Islamists, whose aim is to provoke and cause violence.
Netanyahu said that today Gaza is open to all types of goods through land borders. "Because of the attempt to smuggle weapons into Gaza by sea, Israel must act with force against the flotilla," Netanyahu said.
Earlier in March, pro-Palestinian movements in Europe, including the Free Gaza movement, said they planned to send another flotilla to Gaza in mid-May. Organizers have said that the flotilla will include 15 ships from a number of different countries, and thousands are expected to participate.
I think this is a good move by Bibi.
If Israel can get the UN to adopt "responsibility to protect" regarding missile and mortar attacks coming out of Gaza he will have pulled off a miracle.
I don't think Israel will be successful in this effort and must start a media blitz starting now in the EU and USA about the arms being smuggled into Gaza and the attacks coming out of Gaza against Israeli civilians.
