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Friday, July 25, 2014
End the chokehold on Gaza, says UN chief
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUN chief Ban Ki-moon says the bloodshed in Gaza has to stop.
First, stop the fighting, he says — initially for a seven-day period, beginning with a 12-hour pause; second, start talking; third, tackle the root causes of the crisis.
Ban says the fighting emphasizes the need to end the 47-year occupation and “the chokehold on Gaza,” and achieve a viable two-state solution.
The UN leader is speaking in Cairo at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri.
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