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| Olmert gives green light to limited Gaza fuel |
| 2008-01-28 |
| 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 |
| #2 Ah, so this means the rocket attacks have ceased. Wait. You mean they haven't? Oh dear. Why would Olmert allow the resumption of fuel then? After all, wasn't the purpose of cutting it in the first place the goal of ceasing the rocket attacks? |
| Posted by: Crusader 2008-01-28 10:46 |
| #1 Israel sometimes seemed to get harsher treatment from its own High Court than from its international critics. Cause most "international critics" are amateur anti-Zionists, whereas Israel's High Court are professionals. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-01-28 05:49 |