"Maj.-Gen tells Turkel C'tee decisions made for protection of Israelis.
The maritime blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip is motivated strictly by security considerations and is in total compliance with international law, Military Advocate- General Maj.-Gen. Avichai Mandelblit on Thursday told the panel investigating the May 31 flotilla incident.
Mandelblit told the Public Commission to Examine the Maritime Incident of May 31, 2010, headed by retired Justice Yaakov Turkel, that he had first called for imposing a blockade in response to the news in August 2008 that a yacht planned to reach the Gaza Strip to challenge Israel’s policy of prohibiting foreign vessels from reaching Gaza’s shores."
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