Obama On Gaza Ban

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned on Wednesday that human rights were "under attack" throughout the world as he opened the General Assembly debate.

US Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Cairo early on Monday for crisis talks on Gaza, following President Barack Obama's call for an "immediate ceasefire" between Israelis and Palestinians.

Israel is easing its blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza to allow in virtually all consumer goods that have been barred from import for years.But because Israel will continue to restrict the import of desperately needed construction materials, and to ban most travel and exports, the new rules are unlikely to restore the territory's devastated economy.Whit...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned on Wednesday that human rights were "under attack" throughout the world as he opened the General Assembly debate.

US Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Cairo early on Monday for crisis talks on Gaza, following President Barack Obama's call for an "immediate ceasefire" between Israelis and Palestinians.

Israel is easing its blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza to allow in virtually all consumer goods that have been barred from import for years.But because Israel will continue to restrict the import of desperately needed construction materials, and to ban most travel and exports, the new rules are unlikely to restore the territory's devastated economy.Whit...