Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Amnesty: Israel 'collectively punishing' Gaza

Amnesty International on Monday accused Israel of "collectively punishing" the population of Gaza with "border" closures tightened after the democratically elected Hamas movement's 2007 takeover.

Israel's Gaza blockade continues to suffocate daily life: Amnesty International

Full report:

Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, which leaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty, Amnesty International said one year on from the end of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.


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