Israel eases Gaza blockade

Israel has decided to relax its blockade of the Gaza Strip. A necessary step, writes the daily Berlingske Tidende, warning that pressure on the radical Hamas leadership should be maintained: "Hamas refuses to acknowledge Israel's right to exist, and its connections to other terrorist organisations are well-known. Its friends include Hezbollah in Lebanon, above which hovers the Iranian regime which will do anything to wipe Israel from the face of the earth. In this context it is important that Israel and the Palestinian authorities on the West Bank continue their peace talks. That is the only chance for lasting peace, and the only way to ensure that Hamas will remain no more than a footnote in the all-too bloody Palestinian history."

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