Palestinians demand end to eight-year blockade

Irish Times - As their price for peace in Gaza, the Palestinians demand an end to Israel’s tight eight-year siege and blockade of the strip and the opening of all crossings between Israel and Gaza and Egypt and Gaza.

Egypt has fully backed the Palestinian demand for the lifting of the Israeli siege “in accordance with Israel’s obligations as an occupation force,” but Cairo also insists that the opening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt is a separate issue to be negotiated on a bilateral level.  Read more.