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US hits out at allies for not preventing activist flotilla from departing for Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe US State Department condemns an activist flotilla headed to Gaza that was intercepted by Israel and says that US allies, from whose territory the ships sailed, should have blocked the “stunt.”
“Consistent with international law, ports constitute internal waters over which coastal states exercise full territorial sovereignty. The United States expects all our allies…to take decisive action against this meaningless political stunt by denying port access, docking, departure and refueling to vessels participating in the flotilla,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott says.
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