Israeli Arab MK Zuabi: IDF boarded Gaza flotilla ships with intent to kill

September 1, 2010 by legitgov

Israeli Arab MK Zuabi: IDF boarded Gaza flotilla ships with intent to kill 31 Aug 2010 Israeli Arab MK Hanin Zuabi testified before a United Nations panel probing Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May, telling the panel that commandos who boarded the ships intended to kill, Army Radio reported on Tuesday. A UN inquiry team began hearings on Monday with Jordanian activists about the May 31 Israeli raid on a Turkish ship trying to break an Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Nine Turkish activists were killed in the raid. "It was evident from the beginning that the commandoes viewed all of us activists as terrorists," Zuabi told The Associated Press after her testimony before a three-member UN team headed by Karl Hudson-Phillips, former judge of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.