I’ve heard that Turkey is going to send its navy in support of the next humanitarian flotilla.....this could get very interesting....Israel doesn’t need to mess with the Turks.
They need to mess with them if they enter their territorial waters...
The Turkish military won’t get involved. The Turks don’t like Arabs and the Arabs don’t really like the “Palis.” This is just a political move to establish a sphere of influence in the Middle East.
I don’t know Israeli maritime law but in the Convention on Maritime Neutrality (which the US signed):
FREEDOM OF COMMERCE IN TIME OF WAR
Article 1. The following rules shall govern commerce of war:
(1) Warships of the belligerents have the right to stop and visit on the high seas and in territorial waters that are not neutral any merchant ship with the object of ascertaining its character and nationality and of verifying whether it conveys cargo prohibited by international law or has committed any violation of blockade. If the merchant ship does not heed the signal to stop, it may be pursued by the warship and stopped by force; outside of such a case the ship cannot be attacked unless, after being hailed, it fails to observe the instructions given it.