Israeli Easing of Gaza Blockade Painfully Insufficient, Senior UN Official Says

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 April 2010 – The recent easing of some Israeli restrictions on the entry of goods into Gaza is welcome but infinitesimal when compared to the needs of the 1.5 million Palestinians living there, the top United Nations official in the Strip said today.

“[It is] a drop in the bucket,” said John Ging, Director of Operations in Gaza for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East…