EU Heads of Mission call for lifting blockade on Gaza

Children in the illegally blockaded Gaza Stripe

The European Union Heads of Mission in Israel-occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the city of Ramallah in Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank call on the Israeli regime to end its blockade of Gaza Strip.

In their first joint visit to Gaza in 2012, the Heads of Mission recently met in the territory with delegates of international organizations, civil society, women, and the private sector.

Following the visit, they reportedly issued a statement, calling for “further efforts and complementary measures to achieve a fundamental change of Israeli policy that allows for the reconstruction and economic recovery of Gaza, including through the resumption of exports.”

“The EU reiterates again its calls for an immediate, sustained, and unconditional opening of crossings for the flow of humanitarian aid, commercial goods, and persons to and from Gaza”, the statement added.

Israel imposed the land, aerial, and naval blockade on Gaza Strip in June 2007 after the democratically-elected Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas took over the administration of the territory.

The blockade has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the impoverished enclave, having turned the territory into the world’s largest open-air prison.

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