Mideast Just Peace

“EU to open market fully to Palestinian exports” (Ynetnews.com

The European Commission plans to open European Union markets fully to Palestinian exports in the coming months to help strengthen the Palestinian economy, the EU trade chief said on Thursday.

“Presbyterian report condemns Israeli policies in Palestinian territories” by David Waters (The Washington Post)

America’s largest Presbyterian denomination is preparing for a contentious General Assembly next month as delegates will be asked to consider approving a strongly worded report that calls on the U.S. to stop sending billions of dollars in aid to Israel until it changes its policy toward Palestinians.

“Arab chief on landmark visit to Gaza” (AFP)

Arab League chief Amr Mussa on Sunday called for Israel’s four-year siege of the Gaza Strip to be “broken” as he made a landmark visit to the impoverished Palestinian enclave.

“ICRC says Israel’s Gaza blockade breaks law” by Imogen Foulkes (BBC)

Israel’s blockade of Gaza is a clear violation of international humanitarian law, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said.

“Pressure on Israel to lift Gaza blockade” by Donald Macintyre (The Independent)

Israel’s cabinet meets today under the heaviest international pressure yet - in the aftermath of its lethal naval commando assault on a pro-Palestinian flotilla a fortnight ago - to relax the three-year economic embargo on Gaza.

“Oxfam calls for end to Gaza blockade” (CNN.com)

Oxfam, a UK-based International Aid agency, is calling on EU officials and the Middle East Quartet to pressure Israel into lifting the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

“Don’t single out Helen Thomas” by Saree Makdisi (Los Angeles Times)

Unconscionable. Offensive. Hurtful. Bigoted. Terrible. Hateful. These are the words being used to describe Helen Thomas’ recent comment about Israel and Palestine.

“Those complicit in the siege are now its curious critics” by Tony Karon (The National)

The Gaza blockade is “untenable and unsustainable”, says the US president Barack Obama, echoing the sentiments in the corridors of power throughout the West since the flotilla debacle. The Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak even ordered the Rafah crossing permanently opened, while the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the blockade “should end once and for all”.

“EU presses Israel to lift Gaza blockade” by Slobodan Lekic (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

The European Union pressed Israel Monday to lift the blockade of Gaza, deeming it “unacceptable” while the Israeli Cabinet approved an investigation into the deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in an effort to counter international criticism.

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