# Turkish flagged vessel attack \[What if?--becomes What now?\]

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**Created:** [May 25, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-flagged-vessel-attack-what-if-becomes-what-now/540765 "2010-05-25T23:32:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-flagged-vessel-attack-what-if-becomes-what-now/540765/628 "2010-06-02T14:40:34Z")

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> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> We’ve had people claim that they only exist for self-identified occupiers, which they never could cite.

Except we didn’t. As you seem to need to be hand-held through everything, here are the basics:

1. As Israel does not see itself as an occupying power Israel does not feel the need to act as an occupying power as set by the Geneva Conventions.
2. The UN argues that Israel is an occupying power.
3. (My guess) The UN Security Council is responsible for enforcing such things and creating resolutions regarding Israel and the occupying power status.
4. The US, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council with veto rights, throws a hissy fit whenever Israel is even remotely criticised and hence nothing gets done.

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