Friday, June 17, 2011

Israel's Three-Pronged Attack To Stop The Gaza #Flotilla--And It's Working

On Pajamas Media, there is a video of an interview with attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of Shurat HaDin about how Israel is using the law to battle the Flotilla.

While the video itself can not be embedded,there is an outline of the legal actions being taken to stop the Flotilla:

Shurat HaDin (SH), the Israeli Legal Center, is implementing several strategies to stop the international flotilla against Israel. One is a civil lawsuit against 14 ships set to participate in this flotilla.  A second action is Shurat HaDin's legal warning to Inmarsat that under U.S. law they will be open to charges of aiding and abetting terrorism if they provide services to these Gaza-bound ships. A third action by SH is their letter to maritime insurance companies informing them that by insuring sea vessels used by terrorists their company will be liable for any future attacks carried out by those terrorists. Read the sections below for the details of SH's actions.  


The civil lawsuit being filed against the 14 ships--including the American-registered vessel The Audacity of Hope, is on behalf of plaintiff Dr. Alan Bauer, a Harvard-educated biologist and terror victim injured in a 2002 Jerusalem bombing.The suit was filed in Federal Court in New York City.

According to Darshan-Leitner, some insurers--such as Lloyds of London--have stated publicly that they will not provide the necessary insurance to ships in the flotilla.

The results so far sound promising--listen to the video interview with Darshan-Leitner.

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3 comments:

NormanF said...

Yup. It comes down to the money, stupid. And as well financed as Hate Israel groups are, they don't have those kind of deep pockets.

Heh

Anonymous said...

the links do not seem to work for the letters to send to Inmarsat or to Holder. Please connect so I can send out!

Daled Amos said...

Sample letter to Holder can be found at: http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=427&link=749

Sample letter to Inmarsat is here: http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=427&link=750