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Obama calls for new approach on Gaza blockade
Loading ...President Obama called Wednesday for a “new conceptual framework” to replace Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, saying he thinks the effort should be narrowed to focus only on arms shipments.
Obama said a new blockade could target the weapons that Israel says are being used against its citizens, “rather than focusing in a blanket way on stopping everything and then, in a piecemeal way, allowing things into Gaza.”
The comments, made Wednesday after a White House meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, reflect the administration’s willingness to pressure Israel since commandos stormed an aid flotilla headed for Gaza on May 31, killing nine people. The commandos had come under attack by passengers wielding pipes.
Obama’s remarks reinforced the message sent by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton last week, in which she indicated the United States believes Israel must relent in its efforts to cut off all shipments to Gaza. “The situation in Gaza is unsustainable and unacceptable,” Clinton had said in a statement after the incident.
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