EU foreign ministers urge Israel to lift Gaza blockade

EU foreign ministers urged Israel to lift the blockade on Gaza, now entering its fourth year, but put off concrete proposals until their next meeting next month.

They reiterated their demand for a full independent inquiry despite the announcement by Israel of its own inquiry to include the former leader of the Northern Ireland Unionists and pro-Israeli, Nobel peace laureate Lord David Trimble.

Foreign Minister Micheál Martin who has been pressing the EU on the issue for some time, said the aid convey, in which Israeli commandos killed nine Turks, had changed things and there was growing international pressure for change.