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| Israel to Ease Blockade |
| 2010-06-20 |
| The Prime Minister's Office on Sunday released the new guidelines for the Gaza blockade, saying "the Israeli government's policy is meant to protect its citizens from terror, rockets and any other hostile activities from Gaza." The measures were approved in a Sunday morning security cabinet meeting. The government will make a new list of products that may not be imported into Gaza, which will include only weapons, materials used to make weapons, and "problematic materials" that can be used for both civilian means and weaponry. [this is a 'victory' of sorts for Tony Blair who negotiated this agreement as emissary of the UN -- the next steps will be to complain about the 'problematic materials', demand 'neutral countries' monitor ships and of course break the blockade entirely] |
| Posted by:lord garth |