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標題:Israel rejects multinational inquiry
以色列拒絕多國調查援助船隊
新聞來源: Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e846e112-7162-11df-8eec-00144feabdc0.html
Israel rejects multinational inquiry
By Vita Bekker in Tel Aviv and Edward Luce in Washington
Published: June 6 2010 13:23 | Last updated: June 7 2010 01:49
The United Nations said on Sunday night that Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General,
was “developing possible terms of reference and logistical arrangements”
for an investigation into Israel’s deadly commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid
ship last week, in which nine activists were killed.
The “Quartet” of the US, the EU, Russia, and the UN would meet on Monday “
to develop a common way forward” on Gaza, he said.
Israel had earlier on Sunday flatly rejected a proposed international inquiry
into the events of May 31.
“Israel has the ability and the right to investigate itself, not to be
investigated by any international board,” Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador
to the US, told Fox News Sunday.
“I don’t think the United States would want an international inquiry into
its military activities in Afghanistan, for example.”
Mr Oren’s remarks came a day after Ban Ki-moonproposed establishing a
multi-national probe that would be headed by Geoffrey Palmer, the former
prime minister of New Zealand and a maritime law expert, according to Israeli
government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The offer called for the committee to include representatives from Israel,
the US and Turkey, under whose flag the ship in which most of the violence
took place was sailing.
Mr Ban’s offer followed criticism of the Obama administration’s role last
week in blunting the UN Security Council’s response to the commando raid. A
senior official for the Obama administration told the Financial Times that
there were no “serious disagreements” between Israel and the US in their
private talks over the composition of the panel.
But the White House official added: “What we are seeking is an Israeli
investigation that is credible and transparent and would include an
international element.”
Meanwhile, the government of Turkey, which has been at loggerheads with the
US over its allegedly one-sided role in the crisis, on Sunday strongly backed
Mr Ban’s proposal. “This is not an issue between Turkey and Israel, it is a
problem between Israel and international community,” Ahmed Davutoglu, Turkey
’s foreign minister, told CNN on Sunday. “It is a problem between Israel
and international law”.
Mr Davutoglu added that he was disappointed with America’s role in the last
week. “Until now, of course, we were expecting a much more proactive
approach [from Mr Obama] in responding to this crisis.”
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli’s prime minister, told cabinet ministers from
his right-wing Likud party on Sunday that “nothing has been finalised or
decided so far. We have to make these decisions calmly without the pressure
of events,” according to a senior official who took part in the meeting.
In addition, Israel would not agree to a “Goldstone-like” inquiry of the
raid, referring to the UN-mandated investigation headed by former South
African judge Richard Goldstone into Israel’s three-week onslaught in the
Gaza Strip that ended in January 2009. Israel had dismissed the resulting
report, which had accused it and Hamas of war crimes, as biased and false.
Mr Ban had spoken both with Mr Netanyahu and with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the
Turkish prime minister, on Saturday “to discuss options for moving forward
with the investigation called for by the Security Council,” according to a
statement on the UN’s Web site.
Eight Turks and a Turkish-American were killed in the raid, and news reports
on Saturday said that Turkey released a preliminary autopsy report showing
they were shot a total of 30 times. Israel says that its forces acted in
self-defence after they were attacked.
Debate over the proposal took place as Israel naval forces on Saturday seized
a seventh ship carrying aid to the Gaza Strip. This time, the raid by Israeli
naval commandos ended without bloodshed, the military said.
Aid workers from Ireland and Malaysia on the MV Rachel Corrie cargo ship
faced deportation from Israel on Sunday.
Additional reporting by Daniel Dombey
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個人評論：
聯合國秘書長潘基文在世界發展問題的會議中表示，以色列扣留援助迦薩的船隊，
應該交由多國機制來做調查，但昨日以色列拒絕了這項提議。以色列認為援助船隊載有
恐怖份子與武器，將會對迦薩的和平的造成傷害，如果以色列阻擋恐怖份子的行動需要
受到國際調查，那美軍在阿富汗的軍事行動是否也要受調查呢？這番言論引來美國的不
滿，自船隊事件爆發以來，唯有美國沒有譴責以色列的行動，這點讓土耳其等國家相當
不快。土耳其外長日前宣稱，扣留援助船隊的問題已非以色列國內問題，而是以色列與
國際社會、國際法之間的問題。這隻援助船隊實際上由美國、土耳其、愛爾蘭、馬來西
亞等公民組成，且在國際水域上受以色列海軍攻擊，實際上以成為國際法上的爭端。美
國國務院亦認為，以色列必須在包含國際因素下進行可信與透明的調查。然而，一旦援
助船隊的問題國際化，迦薩問題就會接連國際化，而這是以色列最不願看見的狀況。事
實上，問題已開始吸引國際注目，今日以色列射殺四名巴勒斯坦的潛水人員，巴勒斯坦
政府宣稱這些人員只是在沿岸進行訓練，並非武裝分子。這起事件使得迦薩問題更加國
際化，個人認為，不論以色列如何向外界解釋，其內部的過度緊張氛圍將使其做出更多
錯誤判斷，要掩蓋一件謊言往往需要更多的謊言，而這只會讓事件更加惡化。
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