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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9584

22 January 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/palestine
Commission opposed to “collective punishment” of Palestinian people in Gaza

Brussels, 21/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - Israel has the right to defend its citizens and to respond to Palestinian rocket fire on its territory, but its decision to close all crossing points into the Gaza Strip and to cut the energy supply to the territory threatens to further aggravate an already dire humanitarian situation, said External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner on Monday 21 January, and she called for an “immediate ceasefire”. “I am against this collective...

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