The vessel’s beneficial owner is Zodiac Maritime Ltd., part of Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Group, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. No one responded to a call to Zodiac’s office in London, outside of normal business hours.
The vessel last called at the United Arab Emirates’ Khalifa Port and was sailing east toward the Strait of Hormuz as of Friday evening local time. Security and intelligence firm Ambrey Analytics said it received information of a “boarding” around 50 nautical miles northeast of the UAE’s Fujairah.
That excuse opens a tremendous can of worms. Are US embassies fair game because they knowingly have CIA agents? Can the UK raid the Ecuador embassy because Julian Assange was inside?
No, embassies are considered sovereign territory and attacking one is like bombing the country itself. Israel knew this but was willing to start a war anyway.