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On February 21, the Jerusalem Post headlined "Turkey resumes Gaza flotilla trial for four ex-IDF heads," saying:
Israel dismisses proceedings as politically motivated. An unnamed legal official called it a "show trial."
Last year's proceedings focused on murder charges. Current ones address mistreatment, sexual harassment, property theft, and violations of press freedom. Citizens of 37 countries are involved. Hundreds demand justice.
On February 26, Mondoweiss contributor James Marc Leas headlined "Years of impunity for Israeli leaders may draw to a close in Turkish flotilla trial."
Uneditied raw video is damning. It's authentic. It points fingers the right way. Videographer Iara Lee took it. It provides over an hour of "minute-by-minute" documented evidence.
It "shows Israeli soldiers firing weapons at the ship at least 5 minutes and 30 seconds before other Israeli soldiers are seen rappelling down to the ship from a helicopter."
In other words, it was premeditated. It's well before anyone on board had time to react.
Israeli officials lied. They claimed boarding commandos acted in self-defense.
They initiated attacks guns blazing. They singled out targeted victims. They murdered them in cold blood. They did so at point blank range.
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