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February 23, 2009

Amnesty Calls for Arms Embargo on Israel and Hamas
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Amnesty International is urging the UN Security Council to impose an
immediate arms embargo on Israel, Hamas and other Palestinian armed
groups. Amnesty said it’s found evidence that Israel and Hamas had
committed war crimes and used weapons supplied from overseas to carry
out attacks on civilians during Israel’s three-week attack on Gaza.
Meanwhile, Kevin Cahill, a top humanitarian official at the UN, says he
is shocked by the current conditions inside Gaza following the Israeli
attack.

Kevin Cahill: “One of the more horrific sites that I have seen. That’s
in a career that has allowed me to work in sixty-five countries, often
in war zones. This is about as dramatic as you can get.”



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