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And the legality of the Israeli blockade has been confirmed even by the highly suspicious UN itself.
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Terms and conditions apply. A small fact that skybird as usual ignores.
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Excuse me for being ignorant, but why do Israel has the right to blockade gaza? I thought that only was allowed during wars between states...
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Like the report said, Gaza has to be treated as a war between states but not be treated as a war between states as if it isn't a war between states then the legality of the blockade goes out the window and if it is a war between states then Israel is buggered on lots of other legal grounds.
It should also be noted that if in the singular example Gaza is recognised as a State to legalise the blockade it only legalises the blockade on arms which is why the naval blockade must be seperated from the land blockade as looking at the two together would make the naval blockade illegal as they ban stuff via the naval blockade that they are not allowed to do.
For an example of some Sky spin on it take....
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A blockade must be maintained against ALL attempts to breach it, making one single exception, or being unable to prevent just one single breaching, nullifies the formal legality of the whole blockade alltogether.
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That could be true at a stretch if the vessel was breaching the blockade carrying material that was legally banned under the naval blockade.
So if a ship was illegally carrying weapons to Gaza it might bring in questions about enforcement and effectiveness, but succesful blockade runners have existed since blockades began and getting one through doesn't magicly make a blockade illegal.