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“We need local investments, and from abroad. Hence we also need the possibility to export the goods, which are being produced here [in Gaza]. This can happen only by opening the borders,”

“But the whole truth is: all this will, under most difficult circumstances, happen only when there is real certainty … that [Gaza] is no longer a launching pad for rockets.” (German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a visit to Gaza, 01/06/2015)