Japanese Communist lawmaker slams Israel’s Gaza aid blockade, demands Tokyo take action

Japanese Communist lawmaker slams Israel’s Gaza aid blockade, demands Tokyo take action

TOKYO—Japanese Communist Party lawmaker Kami Tomoko is demanding that the Japanese government take concrete action to pressure Israel to end its blockade of humanitarian supplies into Gaza.  Instead of working to cut an economic deal with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country should instead be imposing sanctions on Israel and upping its own supply of aid to Palestinians, Kami says. She blasted the government on May 23 at a House of Coun…