6 June 2010 -  PUIC Desk

Turkish PUIC Group strongly denounces the barbaric aggression and sea piracy perpetrated by Israel in international waters by attacking the “Freedom Flotilla” on 31st May 2010, which is manned by civilians and carries humanitarian assistance to the blockaded inhabitants of Gaza Strip.

We protest in the strongest terms the use of force by the Israeli Forces against the civilians from many countries who want to transport humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, and among whom there are women and children, which, according to the initial information available, resulted in the death and injury of many people.

Israel has once again clearly demonstrated that it does not value human lives and peaceful initiatives through targeting innocent civilians. We strongly condemn these inhuman acts of Israel. Whatsoever the motives might be, such actions against civilians who are involved only in peaceful activities cannot be accepted. Israel should bear the consequences of these actions which constitute a violation of international law.

We believe in that, the ignorance of the International Organizations in Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the lack of effective reactions of International Organizations partly encouraged the Israeli aggressions. This violation of international law showed that International Organizations should pay more attention on this issue and not to restrict this tragedy only as a matter of Middle East Questions and should treat this as a Human Rights matter.