Shlomo Shamir (Haaretz) and Haaretz Service

Security Council Members Urge Israel To Lift Gaza Blockade

Members of the United Nations Security Council on Monday urged Israel to lift its economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, in an emergency session to discuss the deadly Israel Navy raid on a convoy of international activists sailing to the coastal territory. Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco said in his briefing to the UN’s most powerful…