Israel reacted angrily to comments made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, who called for an immediate end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip, which she said breached international and humanitarian law. Israel's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Aharon Leshno-Yaar, accused Pillay of being utterly shortsighted and declared the overall responsibility for the situation in the Gaza Strip lies with Hamas, which invests all of its resources in arms and terrorism. instead of providing for the civilians that it brutally controls.11/19/08
