The new Egyptian Foreign Minister has called the Gaza blockade a violation of int'l law, Angry Arab reports, and David Kenner translates (h/t Ali Gharib). The Foreign Minister is Nabil Elaraby, who was a judge in the historic Int'l Court of Justice Ruling against the separation wall, in 2005, and whose concurrent opinion went further than the other judges, and held that the occupation was illegal.See also Washington Post New Egypt foreign minister likely to be tougher on Israel
Monday, 7 March 2011
Egypt no longer subservient to Israel over Gaza
Philip Weiss draws heartening evidence today of a change of policy in Egypt toward the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

