Editing David Trimble (section)

===Turkel Commission of Inquiry===
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{{details|Legal assessments of the Gaza flotilla raid}}
On 14 June 2010, Trimble was appointed an observer to the Israeli special independent public [[Turkel Commission|Turkel Commission of Inquiry]] into the [[Gaza flotilla raid]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Zrahiya |first=Zvi |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israeli-members-of-flotilla-inquiry-panel-meet-for-first-time-1.296644 |title=Israeli members of flotilla inquiry panel meet for first time |newspaper=Haaretz |date=17 June 2010 |access-date=17 June 2010 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807171825/https://www.haaretz.com/1.5135248 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="autogeneratedil"/>

The Commission investigated whether Israel's actions in preventing the arrival of ships in Gaza were in accordance with [[international law]].<ref name="autogeneratedil"/> It focused among other things on the security considerations for imposing a [[naval blockade]] on the [[Gaza Strip]] and the conformity of the naval blockade with the rules of international law; the conformity of the actions during the raid to principles of international law; and the actions taken by those who organised and participated in the flotilla, and their identities.<ref name="autogeneratedil">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2010/Cabinet_to_approve_independent_public_commission_13-Jun-2010.htm |title=Cabinet asked to approve independent public commission |publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |date=13 June 2010 |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622080542/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2010/Cabinet_to_approve_independent_public_commission_13-Jun-2010.htm |archive-date=22 June 2010 }}</ref>

On the commission were former [[Israeli Supreme Court]] Justice, [[Jacob Turkel]], and former [[Technion University]] President, [[Amos Horev]], as well two other members added in July 2010. ([[Bar Ilan University]] Professor of International Law [[Shabtai Rosenne]] also served on the commission from its establishment until his death on 21 September 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/turkel-committee-member-shabtai-rosenne-dies-at-93-1.315062|title=Turkel Committee Member Shabtai Rosenne Dies at 93|first1=Barak|last1=Ravid|first2=Amir|last2=Oren|date=22 September 2010|work=Haaretz|publisher=Haaretz Daily Newspaper|access-date=5 October 2010|archive-date=7 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007164233/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/turkel-committee-member-shabtai-rosenne-dies-at-93-1.315062|url-status=live}}</ref>) In addition, the commission had two foreign observers, Trimble and former head of the Canadian military's judiciary, [[Judge Advocate General (Canada)|Judge Advocate General]], [[Ken Watkin]], who took part in hearings and discussions, but did not vote on the final conclusions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10309872|title=Gaza flotilla inquiry panel members|date=14 June 2010|work=BBC News|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819131519/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10309872|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/who-s-who-on-israel-s-committee-on-the-gaza-flotilla-raid-1.296102|title=Who's Who on Israel's Committee on the Gaza Flotilla Raid|date=14 June 2010|work=Haaretz|publisher=Haaretz Daily Newspaper|access-date=22 June 2010|archive-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017115759/http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/who-s-who-on-israel-s-committee-on-the-gaza-flotilla-raid-1.296102|url-status=live}}</ref> The panel, in January 2011, concluded both Israel's naval blockade of Gaza and the interception of the flotilla "were found to be legally pursuant to the rules of international law".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0124/1224288164716.html | newspaper=The Irish Times | first=Mark | last=Weiss | title=Israeli inquiry clears soldiers over Gaza flotilla raid | date=24 January 2011 | access-date=24 January 2011 | archive-date=27 January 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127053544/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0124/1224288164716.html | url-status=live }}</ref>