Germany Smacks Israel With Critical Resolution on Flotilla Raid

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All parties in the German Parliament passed a resolution last Thursday slamming the Jewish state for its interception of a flotilla heading for Gaza in open violation of Israel’s naval blockade.


The major democratic parties – ranging from the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union and its governing coalition partner the Free Democrats, to the Social Democrats, and the Green Party – drafted a resolution urging Israel to agree to an international inquiry and end its blockade of Gaza. The resolution further criticized Israel for “violating the principle of proportionality” by employing violence against the radical activists aboard the Mavi Marmara.

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