So much for Israel's 'growing isolation'



So much for Israel's 'diplomatic isolation.' The government of Panama consented to the search of the Klos-C, a ship under Panamanian flag that was carrying weapons from Iran to Gaza.

It turns out the operation had a far simpler legal basis than was previously evident: the ship’s flag state, Panama, consented to the operation.


Because a ship is legally an extension of the flag state’s