Turkey's prime minister determined to have a war with Israel.

[MrBubbles]

scottie said:
@ MrBubbles - I suggest you reread my previous post. All I can do is repeat myself. Israel is entitled to use reasonable force to enforce their blockade. If Turkish warships fire upon they, they are legally allowed to fire back. If Turkish soldiers shoot at them with small arms, they are entitled to fire back with small arms. They are not entitled to fire back with their ship's weapons - this would be disproportionate force.

In the example where the 9 died, the soldiers were being attacked with primitive melee weapons, and thus firing back with small arms is legally disproportionate - it is illegal. As I said above, it is enough of a grey area that the law will almost never be applied in such a situation, particularly being as the Israeli soldiers didn't have enough time to return to shore, and come back with riot shields + nightsticks. I am making no comments on whether or not I believe it to be immoral, but, it is illegal.

your link actually says the 9 deaths were legal, and that guns can be used to defend oneself from clubs and knives.

you may wish to reread your own post even "Legal experts say proportional force does not mean that guns cannot be used by forces when being attacked with knives"    this means that guns CAN be used. 

 

one again, please read through the document mentioned in your link.