The Israeli navy intercepted the Liberian flagged ship 200 nautical miles from Israeli coast. Israeli Army Spokesman said that the “Victoria” originated from the Lattakia port in Syria and sailed to Mersin, Turkey. It was seized while on its way from Turkey destined for the El-Arish port in Egypt.Are the two events connected? Without a future Wikileaks, we are unlikely to ever know.
Israeli Navy commando unit took control of the ship early Tuesday morning, without a struggle, when it was around 200 nautical miles off Israel’s coast and towed it to the port in Ashdod. According to the IDF Spokesman Unit, the ship was carrying “tons” of concealed weapons that are allegedly destined for Hamas in the Gaza Strip
Security source told Fox News that the ship was monitored and tracked for the past few days, and while the time was right, on Monday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorized the operation.
A joint statement from the IDF and Israeli Foreign Ministry said that German officials have been alerted of the ship’s seizure, as the ship belonged to a German company. Liberian officials have also been alerted due to the Liberian flag on the ship. The operating company of the ship was from France, and thus French officials were also made aware of the situation.
It boggles the mind that there is an armada of NATO ships in the Mediterranean Sea supposedly enforcing a UN resolution by blocking arms smuggling into Libya, and yet the tiny Israeli Navy is intercepting a shipment of arms heading to Egypt without any problems.
It highlights how NATO uses naval power to demonstrate the potential of political power, while Israel uses naval power as an extension of political power. If Libyans really wanted help, they would be pleading for help from Israel, not NATO.
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