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Thu 11 Nov 2006Gaza is a prison camp, says De Rossa
MIDDLE EAST: The Palestinian people were being starved and massacred in the "prison camp" of Gaza, Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa told the European Parliament in a debate on the Middle East.
"Gaza is a prison camp for 1.3 million Palestinians and it is sealed tight by the state of Israel. The occupants of this camp are being systematically starved, their health and education infrastructure is being destroyed and their economy is being laid to waste. At the same time they are being massacred," said Mr De Rossa, who represents Dublin.
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