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| Norway demands Israel explain seizure of Gaza-bound boat |
| 2018-08-01 |
| [Ynet] Norway has asked Israel to explain the legal grounds for detaining a Norwegian-flagged fishing boat seized while activists tried to sail with aid to the Gazoo Strip, Norway's foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said its diplomats in Israel had been providing consular assistance to five Norwegians who were among the 22 passengers and crew detained onboard the vessel Kaarstein on Sunday. Two Israelis on board were quickly released. "We have asked the Israeli authorities to clarify the circumstances around the seizure of the vessel and the legal basis for the intervention," the front man for the Norwegian foreign affairs ministry in Oslo said. A front man for Israel's Foreign Ministry declined to comment. Torstein Dahle, head of the group Ship to Gazoo Norway which organized the shipment, said it was the first Norwegian aid vessel to attempt to breach the Israeli blockade of Gazoo. The captain had been struck on the head by Israeli soldiers who ordered him to sail for Israel, but no one was seriously hurt, Dahle said. Audun Lysbakken, leader of Norway's opposition Socialist Left party, called on the foreign ministry to protest against what he described as Israel "hijacking" the Norwegian boat in international waters. Among those detained is Mikkel Gruner, a Danish citizen who lives in Norway and is the Socialist Left representative in the municipal council of the Norwegian city of Bergen. Lysbakken said the activists had legal rights to protest against Israel's blockade, demanding the release of Gruner and the others. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Lets trade, we tell you why (if you don't understand yourself), and you give us the real statistics on Islamic crime in Norway. Deal? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-08-01 03:03 |