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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
Look at a map.... It was only 36 miles off of the israeli coast. Well within the 200 miles established by the EEZ conventions.
Relevant.
And by the way, US coast guard vessels and have stopped vessels over 2000 miles offshore... and I can give you a link for that also.
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Again , wrong :
Exclusive economic zone
An exclusive economic zone extends from the outer limit of the territorial sea to a maximum of 200 nautical miles (370.4 km) from the territorial sea baseline, thus it includes the contiguous zone.[3] A coastal nation has
control of all economic resources within its exclusive economic zone, including fishing, mining, oil exploration, and any pollution of those resources. However, it cannot prohibit passage or loitering above, on, or under the surface of the sea that is in compliance with the laws and regulations adopted by the coastal State in accordance with the provisions of the UN Convention, within that portion of its exclusive economic zone beyond its territorial sea. Before 1982, coastal nations arbitrarily extended their territorial waters in an effort to control activities which are now regulated by the exclusive economic zone, such as offshore oil exploration or fishing rights (see Cod Wars). Indeed, the exclusive economic zone is still popularly, though erroneously, called a coastal nation's territorial waters.
You are not stupid .. you know what the EEZ is for ....
Now, do you support a country abusing the purpose of the zone ?
And as asked by another poster , has Israel ever did anything wrong in your eyes ?