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Israel lifts Gaza cheese blockade

Israel is lifting restrictions on cheese entering Gaza, outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says, announcing an end to one of the more bizarre blockades on the Palestinian enclave.
U.S. President Barack Obama had protested the embargo on cheese and other foodstuffs, including pasta, certain types of noodles and fruit preserves, to 1.5 million conflict-hit Palestinians.