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In Gaza, actress Mia Farrow voices 'outrage' over blockade
By The Associated Press
Tags: Gaza blockade, Mia Farrow 

Mia Farrow said Thursday she was outraged by conditions for children in the Gaza Strip after a blockade that has stretched for more than two years and a large-scale Israeli offensive against Hamas last winter.

The 64-year-old American actress also criticized Gaza militants' rocket
attacks on southern Israel, saying stopping them could lead to more
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nternational aid for the impoverished coastal strip.

Farrow's comments came during her six-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations children's agency.


She will also visit sites in the West Bank and the southern Israeli town of Sderot, a frequent target of Gaza rockets.

"All people of conscious are offended and outraged by this situation," Farrow told reporters in Gaza. "And we sincerely hope that measures will be taken to alleviate this situation as soon as possible."

In Gaza, Farrow visited a hospital, where she said doctors told her they
lacked essential supplies.

Gaza's 1.5 million residents have been under a strict Israeli-Egyptian
blockade since Hamas militants violently seized control of the area in June 2007. Israel says it will not lift the embargo, which has caused shortages of many basic goods, until Hamas releases kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Farrow also visited a school and spoke of the apparent trauma of children
following Israel's three-week Gaza offensive last winter.

Israel's stated goal in the 3-week campaign was the cessation of cross-border rocket attacks by Gaza militants, which had plagued the country's south for eight years.

Israel says 1,166 Palestinians were killed in the offensive, the majority of whom were militants. Human rights groups say, however, that approximately 1,400 Palestinians were killed, mostly civilians. Thirteen Israelis were killed during the fighting: ten soldiers and three civilians.

Still, Farrow said students were full of hope and determination and spoke of wanting to become doctors and teachers.

In criticizing militant rockets, Farrow advised Gazans not to "give the
international community ammunition to view you in a negative way." Stopping them, she said, could lead to greater international aid.

Farrow has enjoyed a long film career, including roles in Rosemary's Baby, Hannah and Her Sisters and Crimes and Misdemeanors. UNICEF named her a goodwill ambassador in 2000.

Earlier this year, she held a 12-day hunger strike to show solidarity with the people in Sudan's Darfur region and demand President Barack Obama's help in ending the suffering there.

Other goodwill ambassadors have included Audrey Hepburn, Roger Moore, David Beckham and Orlando Bloom.

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      1.   Mama Mia 13:53  |  Gershon 15/10/09
      2.   Mia - only criticize rockets because make life hard for pals? 13:57  |  Richard 15/10/09
      3.   Take that Egypt..."Israeli-Egyptian blockade" 14:03  |  Justine Effort 15/10/09
      4.   Slaughtering women and children in camps is hardly a "War" 14:11  |  Roger Bannister 15/10/09
      5.   Rockets, International Aid & 14:23  |  Brad 15/10/09
      6.   Mia Farrow 14:25  |  fredyr 15/10/09
      7.   Hollywood Ambassadors!! 14:26  |  hf 15/10/09
      8.   In other words, she doesn`t see Palestinian rockets as immoral 14:30  |  McQueen 15/10/09
      9.   who cares what she has to say 14:49  |  Me 15/10/09
      10.   Cry me a river Mia ,but visit Shalit first 14:50  |  Absolute Sweden 15/10/09
      11.   Not only Mia Farrow 14:57  |  Raf 15/10/09
      12.   Mia Farrow and Palestine 15:05  |  Mary O`Sullivan 15/10/09
      13.   Is it her language or that of Haaretz? But the moment Israel is 15:11  |  Eitan 15/10/09
      14.   Richard in Tel Aviv 15:15  |  proud american 15/10/09
      15.   #10 AS: Visiting captive Shalit 15:17  |  Observer 15/10/09
      16.   Mia Farrow 15:28  |  marta kaye 15/10/09
      17.   Mis Who? 15:34  |  Ron 15/10/09
      18.   Collective Punishment. 15:44  |  B. Gold 15/10/09
      19.   Mia , did you talk to Hamas about rockets ? 15:50  |  TOMY 15/10/09
      20.   what a joke... again 16:17  |  corey 15/10/09
      21.   #12 lost in "Mia" land................. 17:16  |  Martin 15/10/09
      22.   Gaza/ Actress Mia Farrow voices outrage 17:32  |  Marlene 15/10/09
      23.   She should have demanded Gilad`s release 17:48  |  Gina 15/10/09
      24.   proud american 18:11  |  as proud israeli 15/10/09
      25.   #23 Gilad 18:27  |  Brit 15/10/09
      26.   Don`t speak out 18:28  |  Ishmael 15/10/09
      27.   Now she will be Labelled Anti Semite!! 19:02  |  ahmet 15/10/09
      28.   Proud American (#14) Less then you killed in 6 years 19:11  |  Gil 15/10/09
      29.   proud American - do the math 19:23  |  A TRUE American 15/10/09
      30.   AGAIN.............. 19:33  |  tiki 15/10/09
      31.   Some really silly comments about Farrow 20:02  |  WHG 15/10/09
      32.   Visiting V1 launching sites and their target London in one visit 20:04  |  Mladen Andrijasevic 15/10/09
      33.   My hat off to you Ms. Farrow 20:11  |  Lou Medel 15/10/09
      34.   Proud American 20:44  |  TRULY PROUD American 15/10/09
      35.   Another person to give the Goldstone treatment to 20:54  |  Richard Pearce 15/10/09
      36.   Gazans don`t want "aid"; they want FREEDOM from oppression 20:55  |  peacelover 15/10/09
      37.   #28, Gil....does that make your killing just? 21:14  |  Silvienne 16/10/09
      38.   Silvienne (#37) Answer 19:48  |  Gil 17/10/09
      39.   Silvienne (#37) Answer 19:49  |  Gil 17/10/09
      40.   Mia Farrow should use the word stunned... 15:52  |  Dutch 21/10/09
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