Legal Opinion
David Schermerhorn v. State of Israel
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 1, 2017No. 17-7023PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
On May 29, 2010, Plaintiffs—three United States citizens and one foreign national—set sail aboard the U.S.-flagged ship Challenger I as part of the “Gaza Freedom Flotilla.” Compl. ¶ 31. The Flotilla’s stated aim was to “draw international public attention to the situation in the Gaza Strip and the effect of the [Israeli] blockade.” Id. ¶ 24. According to Plaintiffs, when the Challenger I was approximately seventy nautical miles from the Gaza Strip and still in international waters, Israeli Defense Forces attacked the vessel and detained them in violation of international…
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