The security council statement was finally agreed after the United States -- Israel’s strongest ally -- successfully watered down an earlier wording that called for the action to be condemned “in the strongest terms”.
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Clegg: lift untenable Gaza Strip blockade
Nick Clegg urged Israel to lift its “unjustifiable and untenable” blockade of the Gaza Strip as world leaders welcomed a United Nations Security Council statement calling for a credible and transparent investigation into the attack by Israeli commandos.
