The world needs to know the whole picture and we will ensure that the whole
picture is made public.
Address by PM Netanyahu at The Marker Financial Conference
Translation
(Excerpt)
PMO 09/06/2010
www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/PMSpeaks/speechfinancial090610.htm
We meet here every year to talk about Israel's economic policies, and I
intend to do so today as well. However, before I speak about the economic
policies, I would like to briefly touch on a topic on the international
agenda. We are consulting with several figures within the international
community regarding the appropriate procedure of inquiry that will
corroborate all the facts relating to the Gaza flotilla. We know the truth
and the people of Israel know the truth. The Minister of Defense, Ministers,
the Chief of Staff and I are prepared to testify and provide all the
unembellished facts. But I remain firm to my position that, as always, the
IDF will be the only organization to question our soldiers.
This is the custom in our allies' armies and we shall behave in a similar
fashion. But I ask that the whole truth come to light, and therefore the
inquiry must also include answers to certain questions that many in the
international community prefer to ignore.
Who is behind the radical group on the deck of the ship? Who funded its
members? How did axes, clubs, knives and other types of cold weapons find
their way on to the ship? Why were extremely large sums of money found in
the pockets of those people on the deck of the ship? Who was this money
intended for? The world needs to know the whole picture and we will ensure
that the whole picture is made public.
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