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INTERVIEW - U.N.'s Ban urges Israel to end Gaza blockade

KAMPALA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel on Tuesday to lift its Gaza blockade, saying that if Israel had heeded international calls to do so the raid on a Gaza aid ship flotilla would not have happened. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks to the media at the Malawi parliament after meeting Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika in the capital Lilongwe May 29, 2010. (REUTERS/Eldson Chagara) "Had the Israeli government heeded international calls and my own strong and urgent and persistent call to...

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Gaza Israel Kampala Photos Wikipedia: 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon answers questions following a meeting of Middle East peace Quartet, Friday, May 2, 2008 in London. The Middle East peace Quartet held talks in London on Friday and called on Israel to freeze continuing settlement construction in the West Bank to keep the peace process from collapsing.

photo: AP / Leon Neal, Pool

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