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Olmert gives green light to limited Gaza fuel
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided to allow limited amounts of fuel to enter the Gaza Strip, after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Israel had ordered the blockade of Gaza in what it said was a response to continued Palestinian rocket attacks across the border.The Israeli Government's announcement was made to pre-empt a possible ruling on the issue by the country's High Court. Human rights groups have brought a petition, arguing that cutting the fuel supply was collective punishment, illegal under international law. Israeli Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann bitterly criticised the judge's willingness to entertain such arguments. He told the weekly Cabinet meeting that Israel sometimes seemed to get harsher treatment from its own High Court than from its international critics. Posted by: Fred 2008-01-28 |
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