On his first day in office Barack Obama made a round of phone calls to key players in the Middle East. At the same time, Israel and Hamas have declared unilateral ceasefires and Israel has agreed to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. GRITtv spoke to Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, in Washington, DC about US policy in the Middle East under Obama. Bennis is the author of Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer.
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Will the Blockade of Gaza Continue?
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One would assume that the blockade of Gaza will be eased, not discontinued.
It will probably remain in force until such time as there is an international effort to prevent the importation of rockets and rocket parts into Gaza.
By macaquerman on January 24th, 2009 at 4:50 pm