Palestinian protesters block France FM from entering Gaza

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A crowd of furious Palestinian protesters have tried to block the French foreign minister on her way into the Gaza Strip, jumping on her vehicle and lying on the road.


Dozens of protesters surrounded Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie's convoy and tried to block her passage through the Erez Crossing from Israel on Friday. The protesters were relatives of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.

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Hamas police eventually dispersed the protesters and allowed her through.

On Thursday, Alliot-Marie met Aviva and Noam Shalit, Gilad Shalit's parents, in Jerusalem, where she said that Shalit had "been held hostage for over four years. His complete isolation and preventing any sign of life from him is completely inhumane. We demand his immediate release."

Shalit is a French citizen, and France "is using all its ties in the region to advance his
release," she said.

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