In an effort to ease the blockade of Gaza without undermining Israel’s efforts to prevent the rearming of Hamas, European officials are reportedly suggesting the opening of a controlled sea corridor between Gaza and Larnaca, Cyprus.
Ships carrying goods to and from Gaza would only be allowed to do so through the Larnaca port, while European observers would oversee the shipments on both ends of the corridor, to ensure they did not include materials intended for rearming Gaza’s armed groups.
According to the Palestinian daily al-Ayyam, quoted by Israel Radio reporter Gal Berger, the corridor would also allow people to enter and leave Gaza.
Europe is searching for a comprehensive and permanent solution to Gaza, the paper reports, at least in part because Europe finds itself spending large sums of money to rebuild Gaza every two to three years. Some of the structures destroyed in the latest round of fighting were built not long ago with EU money, he notes.
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