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Criticism against Gamliel: "Presenting the tar disaster as terrorism - the refuge of the helpless"

Former Navy Commander Ami Ayalon rejected the Minister of Environmental Protection's determination that it was Iranian terrorism, saying that such a claim is "a statement by anyone who does not know how to deal with a problem."

Greenpeace also attacked: "Attempt to accumulate political capital at the expense of an ecological disaster"

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• Gila Gamliel

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• Ami Ayalon

Yoav Itiel

Friday, 05 March 2021, 16:30 Updated: 16:33

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In the video: Gamliel - the ship responsible for oil pollution is a pirate ship owned by a company from Libya (Photo: GPO)

Maj. Gen. Ami Ayalon, former commander of the Navy and head of the Shin Bet, and chairman of the Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy at the University of Haifa today, sharply criticizes the determination of the Minister of Environmental Protection, Gamliel revealed that the tar disaster was "ecological terrorism" perpetrated by Iran .

"'Terrorist attack' is a statement by anyone who does not know how to deal with a problem," says Walla!

Ayalon, "I do not rule out that there is such a possibility, but Sarah has no information that says it was a terrorist attack. I mention that the fire in Haifa was a 'terrorist attack' until it turned out not to be. The incident in al-Hiran was a 'terrorist attack' until it turned out not to be a 'terrorist attack'. It is a refuge for the helpless in the state authorities whenever there is no one to blame. "

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"We are not asking the right question at all."

Ami Ayalon (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

Elon emphasizes that the oil leak could indeed "endanger the vital existential interests of the State of Israel."

He said, "We must remember that the State of Israel depends on the sea. 98% of our trade with the world in imports and exports goes by sea, the energy to the State of Israel is in the sea and comes by sea and what even less people know is that drinking water in Israel comes from the sea and allows us to exist here. Disaster. "Marine, what we experienced is just an illustration of it, could be a tanker malfunction or a leak of oil or other toxins that are transported in the sea or are generated while producing energy from the sea. You can kill all the fish in the area in such an event."

"We ask who caused it, Sarah has a theory of a terrorist incident, while others say it was a leak. I understand, at the moment we do not have the information that really tells us what happened," explains Elon, who claims that "we do not ask the right question at all," which is , He said - who is responsible for dealing with such a disaster.

Not the only Iranian vessel that sailed near the oil slick.

The ship "Emerald", under its previous name (Photo: official website, www.vesselfinder.com)

"We invest billions in the navy and no one thinks the navy is responsible for the problem. We look at the environment minister but everyone knows it's an office that sets guidelines, and his ability to really criticize and deal with the problem no one imagines. It's not budgeted that way. Nor does he see himself as such, I understand. The Ministry of Transportation has a shipping and port authority, but enforcement is done for him by the Israel Police. "The key that should be asked in the context of such an event, which cannot be assumed to happen, is who is responsible for recognizing that such an event occurs as early as possible, alerting and preparing to deal with it. It is quite clear that Israeli governments do not address this question at all."

“So this event should first of all be a point in time where this issue comes up for discussion and of course should have come up a very long time ago.

Greenpeace: Gamliel's words smell of election propaganda

The environmental organization "Greenpeace" also today sharply attacked Gamliel and her rulings regarding the incident, accusing them of being unfounded at this stage.

The organization even claims that apart from the ship "Emerald", which was blamed for the incident, another Iranian oil tanker hovered in the area near the suspected oil slick.

"The determination of the Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel, according to which the tar crime on the shores of Israel is an 'act of terrorism by Iran,' is scandalous and lacks a factual basis at this stage," Greenpeace said.

"In doing so, the minister underestimates the well-known and widespread phenomenon of destructive sea pollution from oil spills by ships. For the protection of the environment. "

Minister of Environmental Protection, Gila Gamliel (Photo: Reuven Castro)

After a request was made at the beginning of the investigation to impose a restraining order on the investigation of the incident, the branches of the international organization began an independent investigation of the ecological crime.

"Oil spill at sea by tankers is routine," Greenpeace recalls. "The tar disaster is undoubtedly an environmental crime because even if it was a technical malfunction, the ships had to notify it in advance and thus allow the damage to be minimized. In any case, there is no basis. I worked to make it a terrorist activity other than the country of origin of the ship.This is a focus on care and not primarily, since the real problem here is the abandonment that is celebrated in the field of production and transportation of fossil fuels, Oil and gas. "

Greenpeace notes that it is quite possible that the emerald ship is responsible for the pollution that hit Israel, and even though it committed a terrorist act, but emphasize that "such a determination at this stage is an unfounded determination and its publication is an irresponsible act."

According to the organization, this cannot be determined at this stage, among other things, because the only way to confirm with certainty that a ship is the source of the pollution is by crossing laboratory samples of the chemical composition of the oil, or in Israel's case of tar samples from the shores and samples of the ship.

The organization calls for the initiation of proceedings for an international investigation into the matter immediately.

More on Walla!

The conduct of the tanker raises suspicion, but the likelihood of deliberate pollution on the part of Iran is small

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The organization mentions that many Iranian oil tankers pass through the Suez Canal, even openly, and sail in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean.

"For years, Iranian oil tankers have been passing through the Suez Canal, in fact smuggling oil and its products into Syria while breaking the sanctions imposed on Iran and Syria. "Their seas, shortly after entering the Mediterranean via Egypt. From August 2018 to July 2019, Syria received about 17 million barrels of crude oil from Iran," the organization states.

As mentioned, Greenpeace claims that during their interrogation, they identified another Iranian oil tanker carrying the Iranian flag and operated by a company from Lebanon, and was previously marked by the US authorities as a ship that violated the international embargo on Syria.

According to the organization, this ship left Iran on December 25, crossed the Suez Canal on January 9 and then turned off its monitoring system until February 4, near the oil spill area identified on February 5.

Five days later, she crossed the Suez Canal on her way back.

"The presence of Iranian oil tankers in itself is not an exception and is not an indication of terrorist activity," Greenpeace emphasizes.

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