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"By function of this blockade, 1.5 million Palestinian men, women and children have been forcibly deprived of their most basic human rights for months. This is in direct contravention of international human rights and humanitarian law. It must end now."
Navi Pillay
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, was calling for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

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Detroit
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  • Sikh woman in New York fights harassment, wins
  • US seeks help of Indian American doctors in Afghanistan
  • Daschle wants to be White House health

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    UN says Gaza children being held hostage by blockade
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