Israel detains Turkey national over illegal Gaza aid work

[shaayecanaan]

"The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet arrested a Turkish national suspected of being a member of an outlawed Islamic group, a released gag order revealed on Monday.

Izzet Shahin, a volunteer for the Turkish NGO Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), was arrested in the West Bank by Israeli security forces two weeks ago and had been transferred to a Shin Bet investigation.

IHH, who had been organizing a Gaza aid boat planned to depart at the end of the month, was outlawed in Israel a few years ago.

According to the IHH website, the organization had been organizing a "major initiative…to deliver aid via the sea to the Gaza Strip, which has been under an embargo for over three years."

"Hundreds of concerned people will set out on 10 ships in May to take over 5,000 tons of relief aid and materials to Gaza," the website statement said."

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I wonder what the typical sentence is for delivering illegal humanitarian aid? Its not a crime you hear of every day...

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-detains-turkey-national-over-illegal-gaza-aid-work-1.289488

[bemildred]

1. Well, obviously, he needs to be held without trial until he confesses everything.

These terrorist relief organizations need to be stopped.

[shaayecanaan]

2. Reminds me of a cartoon...

maybe by Gary Larsen or Michael Leunig - a judge is sentencing a defendant whose crime appears to be wearing giant oversized hearts on his sleeves - as he is being led off the judge shouts "make an example out of him! we're seeing far too much of this sort of thing these days"