Some funny lines in this UN presser about Gaza..

“We need access; it’s the number one issue, it’s the number two issue, it’s the number three issue,” said John Ging at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

He emphasized, however, that it was not enough to be content with ensuring the survival of Gaza’s people. Beyond keeping them alive, it was important to give them a life and a reason to live.

He stressed that neither side should be allowed to claim that the illegal acts of the other legalized an illegal act in response.

In response to a question on inquiries to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs about UNRWA’s use of the Commercial Bank of Syria, which was on a United States money laundering list, he said decisions about UNRWA’s banking relations were above his pay grade.

To a question about the psychological services UNRWA provided to the people of Gaza, he said its psychosocial programmes were large and growing larger,