UN calls on Israel to ease Gaza access

UNITED NATIONS – A senior UN official has reaffirmed world body’s appeal to Israel to ease restrictions on the movement of Palestinians and of goods in the West Bank and Gaza, and urged the prompt resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, also expressed “grave…

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