June 21, 2010 11:11 AM

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Israel announces policy details to allow civilian goods into Gaza

<br/>Israel has announced the details of the policy to allow civilian goods into Gaza while preventing certain weapons and dual-use items from entering the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. <br/> <br/>According to a statement of the Israeli Prime Minister’s office, the Government has decided to implement its policy which seeks to keep weapons and war materiel out of Gaza while liberalizing the system by which civilian goods enter Gaza. <br/> <br/>The statement says that Israel also welcomes cooperation and coordination with its international and regional partners in implementing this policy and will continue to discuss with them additional ways to advance this policy while the current security regime for Gaza will be maintained. <br/> <br/>The new policy is a response to mounting calls to ease Israel's four-year siege on the coastal enclave after Israeli forces killed nine activists during a May 31 raid on a flotilla of aid ships attempting to break the blockade.<br/>

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