...to keep weapons out of Gaza.
Bowing to worldwide pressure and condemnation, Israel on Sunday formally announced an eased blockade of Gaza that could significantly expand the flow of goods overland into the impoverished coastal Palestinian enclave, isolated by the Israelis for three years.
So either the US Media kissing the ass of the Israeli government (notably excepting McClatchy as seemingly always) has been exposed...or it's just continuing on as before. After all, preventing the import of arms was just the stated aim and the indirect benefit of the real policy -- economic warfare upon Gaza.