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"In Dublin, hundreds of people joined a protest march [against Israeli paramilitary operation against the 'aid' convoy to 3Aza last week]. John Buckley, a college lecturer, said: ‘[...] The Israelis have no right to intercept ships in the middle of the sea and they have no right to implement the blockade. It’s completely illegal.’"

You would think a "lecturer" would have more sense than to parrot this outrageous bunch of drivel fielded by the "humanitarian" provocateurs. Intercepting vessels in international waters is perfectly legal, according to maritime law, for a variety of reasons. If it was not, things such as piracy and violating embargoes would be unstoppable activities.

Nor is the blockade illegal: The de facto state of Gaza is ruled by a regime, which is at war with Israel and which has regularly taken hostile actions against Israel (such as firing rockets indiscriminately at Israeli population centers, which actually IS illegal and which attracted nary a peep from the likes of this "lecturer"). The blockade of Gaza is no more illegal than the blockade of North Korea is or than a blockade of Nazi Germany would have been.

No wonder universities are churning out imbeciles if the students are getting their education from the likes of this John Buckley.

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