A-G closes case against Israeli flotilla members

23.12.2011                      27.Kislev. 5772                       Channuka 3

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A-G closes case against Israeli flotilla members

Weinstein cites evidential, legal difficulties as reasons for dropping case; Zoabi: MKs should apologize to me for incitement.

The attorney-general, Yehuda Weinstein, cited “evidentiary and legal difficulties” as reasons for his decision to close the investigation on Israeli citizens suspected of committing offenses in connection with the “Gaza Freedom Flotilla” in May 2010, the Justice Ministry announced on Thursday.
Police had investigated suspicions that several Israeli citizens, including MK Haneen Zoabi (Balad), participated in the flotilla and attempted to enter Gaza illegally, in contravention of the Disengagement Implementation Law passed in 2005. None of the Israelis was suspected of attacking the IDF soldiers who took over the flotilla, the ministry said in a press statement….