Interesting omission in the BBC

[skull_bearer]

I can't find the page, but I read a few days ago on the BBC website that a recent investigation into Israel's attack on the Turkish flotilla last year found the Israeli forces not guilty of wrongdoing. My mindset on the topic is that it doesn't matter what happened on the flotilla, since it's endangered Israel's relations with one of its few Middle Eastern allies, Turkey. But anyway, todday I was browsing the Al-Jazeera website, and found that this investigation was actually done by the Israelis.

I didn't go into too much detail, I know Al-Jazeera's stance on Israel and my stance is simply that if Israel carries on the way it has there isn't going to be an Israel in 50 years whether I support them or not, so whether or not they fudged the document is beside the point. My puzzlement is simply, why didn't the BBC say this? It seems like a pretty vital piece of info.

Anyway, just typing out loud here.

Comments

[deborahkla.livejournal.com]

Were they asked to do their own investigation? Or did they simply do it, the way the USA conducted their investigations of Pearl Harbor and 9/11? As I said, many countries conduct internal investigations of major incidents.

What I suggested is that someone ask the UNITED NATIONS to conduct an independent investigation, not that someone ask Israel to conduct another investigation. If great fault is found with Israel's investigation, the UN has every authority to conduct its own investigation. Let's see if they decide that there are enough questions and concerns to do so.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Israel wouldn't budge on that any more than Iran would on nuclear investigations or the US would on the lead-in to the Iraq War. If it turns out the Israelis knew damned good and well those were unarmed civilians...it would make a few people here unhappy and nobody would really give a shit.