Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Hamas says it appreciates Turkey's efforts to help ease Gaza blockade

Islamic Hamas movement said late on Monday night that it highly appreciates the Turkish efforts to ease an Israeli blockade that has been imposed on the Gaza Strip for ten years.

The movement said in an emailed official statement in comment to an agreement reached between Turkey and Israel that Hamas appreciates the Turkish efforts "to help our people in Gaza and to relax the Israeli siege."

"Hamas thanks Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey for supporting the Gaza Strip which expresses the clear supportive Turkish position towards the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people," said the statement.

However, Hamas said that it is still sticking to its stable positions towards the Israeli occupation, mainly ending the occupation of the Palestinian territories and give the Palestinian people their legitimate rights.

"Hamas hopes that Turkey would keep playing its role to back the Palestinian cause and completely end the Israeli siege and keep also pressuring the Zionist occupation to stop its assaults on our people and their holy sites, mainly al-Aqsa Mosque," said Hamas statement...
[Xinhua - globaltimes.cn]
28/6/16
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