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French FM Calls on Israel to Lift Blockade on Gaza
RAMALLAH, February 16, 2008 (WAFA)-French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner called on Israel ,on Saturday, to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip and to freeze its policy of building settlements in the West Bank.
"The economic and humanitarian situation in Gaza is especially bad. The blockade directly affects the entire economy and living conditions as well," he said in an interview with Al-Quds newspaper.
"We call for the Gaza blockade to be lifted -- there must be free movement of both people and goods," Kouchner told the main Arabic daily in the Palestinian territories.
