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Media Statement by Lim Kit Siang in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 5th January 2009:  UN SG Bank Ki-moon should t spearhead world condemnation of Israeli invasion of Gaza with US President-elect Obama pledging to end all carte blanche support of Israeli aggression  The United Nations Secretary-General Bank Ki-moon must spearhead the world condemnation of Israeli invasion of Gaza. The failure of the United Nations Security Council to call for an immediate ceasefire and the role of the United States government in blocking a United Nations Security Council ceasefire resolution must be deplored by all peace-loving nations and peoples. The United States President-Elect Barrack Obama, who will be inaugurated as US President in a forthnight’s time, should pledge to end all US carte blache support to Israeli aggression under his administration. The Israeli invasion of Gaza, wreaking death and destruction, chalking up a death toll of more than 510 people, mostly civilian casualties including women and children, is a crime against humanity. Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas on the planet with roughly 1.5 million people which even prior to the most recent escalation was undergoing a humanitarian crisis as the region has been held under siege for almost 18 months and was already struggling with lack of food, medical supplies, power, and other necessities. The governments of the world must support all international efforts to condemn the Israeli invasion of Gaza, call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza imposed by the United Nations and backed unequivocally by the United States to create sustainable peace in the Middle East. * Lim Kit Siang,  DAP Parliamentary leader & MP for Ipoh Timor