The Israelis would not want to have an economic blockade imposed on them, but they impose one on Gaza, and they say, Well, the Palestinians, or some of them, have brought this on themselves.

I strongly opposed the international call a year ago to boycott Israel s universities. But the Gaza blockade means that Israel boycotts Palestinian academic life.

Israel has continued its blockade of the occupied city of Jerusalem and has prevented Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip from reaching it.

It would also entail lifting the blockade and opening Gaza to the world. The price Hamas would have to pay is complete disarmament and demilitarization of Gaza under international supervision, with Abbas s Palestinian Authority controlling the border crossings into Israel and Egypt.

Israel is now expected, for example, to ease its blockade of Gaza and allow the transport of humanitarian and construction supplies. But more complicated issues, such as the release of Palestinian prisoners and the establishment of a Gaza airport and seaport, will be left for next month s discussions.

As a result of that conflict, a continuous blockade had been imposed on Armenia.

The short lived hope of achieving a just settlement of the Palestinian question as a result of Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip had evaporated as a result of its continuing policy of arrest, blockade and collective punishment.

My Special Representative and his colleagues continue to seek the earliest removal of the blockade at both the local and state levels but the blockade remains in place and continues to have deleterious effects on the population.

Turkey had declared neither a blockade nor a pacific blockade against Armenia and did not obstruct vessels flying the Armenian flag or carrying commercial goods to Armenia.

Moreover, Palestinians are not convinced that UN recognition will change their daily lives as long as the international community takes no action to end the Israeli occupation on the West Bank and the siege and blockade of Gaza. However, the Palestinian bid at the UN will internationalize the Palestinian Israeli conflict and discredit US mediating leverage.

Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, Gaza

National Society for Rehabilitation Gaza Strip, Gaza

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The Armenian allegation about a blockade had no legal basis and was untrue.

There is absolutely no rule of international law that justifies a blockade in peacetime.

The result will probably be the same at the end of the campaign, Hamas will have increased its popularity in Palestine and in the Arab world. Indeed, the current military operation follows Israel s two year blockade of Gaza, which was supposed to have damaged Hamas, but failed to do so.

JERUSALEM Although the crisis over Israel s naval interventions to defend its blockade of Gaza is gaining all the headlines around the world, something of far more historic importance is taking place in the Middle East. The Palestine National Authority is preparing to issue a unilateral declaration of independence, and it is taking concrete steps on the ground to make any such declaration viable.

Nothing relating to the well being of our youth escapes the consequences of the blockade.

Gaza

Strongly condemns the closure and blockade imposed on corridors, and on the Palestinian towns and villages, which have resulted in heavy losses and serious damage to the social and economic life of the Palestinian people, and are detrimental to the Palestinian economy and calls upon the international community to force Israel to end the closure and lift the blockade imposed on the Palestinian territories.

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Remembering Gaza

The blockade of the refugee camps should be lifted so that his organization could enter the camps.

The commercial blockade of Kalma camp by the Government, following the 20 May riots, is still ongoing.

Policy reasons indicate the inclusion of a blockade even in the absence of armed actions between the parties.

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The Gaza Trap

The Gaza Prison

The ongoing blockade of the Kalma camp for internally displaced persons demonstrates the perpetuation of protection problems in Darfur.

This has included, for example, organizing a blockade of Aru and Ariwara border posts in Uganda for several weeks.

Her Government dismissed Armenia's accusations of a blockade against Nagorny Karabakh, since a State could not blockade its own territory on the contrary, it was Armenia which was blockading Azerbaijan, with Nakhichevan completely cut off from the rest of Azerbaijan except by air, to the detriment of the 50,000 jobless people there, including 1,400 families forced out of Nagorny Karabakh.

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Agricultural Development Association, Gaza

Women's Affairs Centre, Gaza

The evacuation of approximately 8,500 Gaza Strip and West Bank settlers had been completed by 23 August the Israeli military withdrew from the Gaza Strip on 12 September and from the four West Bank settlements on 20 September.

This situation is unacceptable, and I strongly urge the Government to lift the blockade without any further delay or precondition.

Argentina's concerted efforts to disrupt that industry by imposing an economic blockade on non scheduled charter flights to the islands was completely unacceptable and should cause outrage at the United Nations.

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Palestinian Medical Relief Society, Gaza

Another witness mentioned the case of three children allegedly injured on 14 January 2005 in Gaza.

Israeli air force strikes on 6 December and 8 December killed four suspected militants in Gaza.

The United States has run out of pretexts for explaining the maintenance of the criminal blockade and other anti Cuban measures.

GAZA CITY This summer s 51 day war on Gaza left more than 2,100 Palestinians dead, over 11,000 injured, and vast areas of devastation that will take years to rebuild. After the third Israeli war on Gaza in less than six years, many Palestinians are questioning the purpose of continuing to fight and hoping for a solution that does not increase their suffering.