2010年8月22日星期日

Israel relaxes Gaza restrictions

Israel relaxes Gaza restrictions

Jerusalem - Israel on Monday dropped its long-standing restrictions on allowing consumer goods into the Gaza Strip but retained limits on desperately needed construction materials, redefining the rules of its heavily criticised Gaza embargo on the eve of the Israeli prime minister's trip to the White House.The new rules, which come in response to an international outcry following a deadly Israeli raid on a blockade-busting flotilla, should bring some relief to Gaza's 1.. Since 1952, Ascot Formal Wear has provided quality tuxedos and formal wear to dealers across the cFromal Tuxedos and all types of formal wear for your occasion.. Shop popular fashion pajamas and sleepwear online. Enjoy the pajamas and style of all loungewear for cozy nights. Find your favorite style, buy at discount prices to sa5 million people.. When you participate in a grand banquet,you should select a elegant herve leger dress.. We supply top quality diesel jeans,skirt and more.You find the latest jeans clothing,Denim and Fashion Clothing at bbcjeans.com .
The decision ends the use of a narrow and often arbitrary list of foods and consumer goods allowed into Gaza.
And in a boost to the moribund Gaza economy, officials also said some raw materials would soon be allowed to flow to Gaza's shuttered factories.But prospects for rebuilding the damage from a punishing Israeli military offensive last year remain uncertain.
Materials like steel and cement, which Israel says can be diverted for use by the territory's ruling Hamas militants, would be allowed to enter only under Israeli supervision.And Gazans will still remained largely confined to their tiny territory.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the list was being released later on Monday.Israel has been under intense international pressure to loosen its three-year embargo on Gaza since Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish activists in a May 31 raid on a flotilla carrying international activists trying to breach the blockade.President Barack Obama, who is to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, has called for the blockade to be significantly eased.Israel and Egypt closed Gaza's borders after the Islamic Hamas overran the territory three years ago.But the blockade has failed in its goals of weakening Hamas or winning the release of an Israeli soldier held by Hamas militants since June 2006.Sergeant Gilad Schalit's family, joined by thousands of supporters, has been marching across Israel for the past 10 days to press the Israeli government to free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and win his release.
On Tuesday, an estimated 15 000 Israelis marched with the Schalits through Tel Aviv, snarling traffic in Israel's commercial and cultural center.Israel has balked at Hamas' demand to free prisoners convicted in deadly attacks on Israelis. Security officials fear these prisoners will resume violent activities.

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