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# Gaza flotilla attack: Israel 'considers easing blockade'
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## Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, could ease the blockade
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imposed on Gaza following international criticism of the deadly raid on an aid
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flotilla, according to reports.
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![Gaza flotilla attack: Israeli 'considers easing blockade'][1]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected criticism of the raid
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Photo: EPA
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7:00AM BST 04 Jun 2010
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The prime minister could allow merchant ships to carry goods to the Hamas-
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ruled Gaza Strip but only after an inspection, public television said.
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The private Channel 10 television said meanwhile that the prime minister could
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seek international help to inspect shipments heading for Gaza.
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The reports said Mr Netanyahu hopes this would ensure that no arms reach Gaza
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and that it would help deflect international criticism following Monday's
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deadly raid that killed nine foreign aid activists.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon demanded Wednesday that Israel lift the blockade
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immediately in the wake of the raid.
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Mr Ban said the crippling Israeli siege of the impoverished Palestinian
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coastal enclave was "counter-productive, unsustainable and wrong."
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In recent months, Mr Ban has consistently urged Israel to lift the blockade
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and allow the United Nations and other humanitarian relief supplies into Gaza.
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"If this had been done, this tragedy would have been avoided," he noted.
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The diplomatic Quartet seeking to bring about Middle East peace - The European
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Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States - has stressed the
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need "to fundamentally improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza," according
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to Ban.
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Mr Netanyahu on Wednesday defended the Gaza blockade, insisting that it was
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key in preventing weapons from reaching the Palestinian territory, where the
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Islamist rulers use tunnels on the Egyptian border to smuggle in weapons.
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"Hamas continues to arm itself and Iran continues to transfer weapons to
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Hamas," the premier said.
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The Jewish state withdrew from Gaza in 2005, but maintained control of all the
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crossings, with the exception of the Rafah border crossing, which is now
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policed by Egypt.
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Since 2007, Gaza's economy has been largely sustained by international aid and
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the smuggling of goods through a vast network of tunnels from Egypt.
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