Diplomacy : Israel & the Middle-East

Israel will allow the U.N.'s secretary-general and a top European Union official to enter the Gaza Strip from Israel.

Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations and Catherine Ashton, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, will be allowed to enter Gaza through border crossings with Israel, an exception to Israel's current, but unwritten, policy of preventing foreign officials who visit Israel from crossing into Gaza.

Both officials are scheduled to visit the region next week.

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