‘Gaza Cannot Remain An Open-Air Prison Forever’

[Purveyor]

Monday, March 30, 2009
PARIS/OCCUPIED-ALQUDS: France has warned that the Gaza Strip cannot remain an ‘open-air prison’ forever, urging Israel to lift the blockade on the territory.

Tel Aviv should ‘permanently’ open Gaza’s border-crossings, said French Foreign Ministry Spokesman Eric Chevallier, IRNA reported.

The lifting of the Gaza blockade is a fundamental key to a long-lasting ceasefire and ending the crisis in the territory, he went on to say.

The French spokesman further urged Israel to permit the entry of humanitarian aid and merchandise so that the Gaza inhabitants could lead a normal life.

According to Chevallier, the European Union and France have been in contact with the Israeli authorities to convince them to open Gaza to humanitarian aid.

Israel has enforced a 20-month blockade on the Gaza Strip and has managed to cripple the costal strip’s economy with its recent war that inflicted over $1.6 billion in damage on the Gazans.

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[Donald Ian Rankin]

1. If they said "should not", I would agree with them.

But just because something is bad doesn't mean it can't happen.