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| Hamas: Next U.S. President should lift Gaza embargo |
| 2008-11-02 |
| Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Saturday that the next United States president should reverse current policy toward the Palestinians by lifting the embargo on the Gaza Strip and cutting back support for Israel. Shunned by the West for its refusal to coexist with Israel or renounce violence, the Palestinian militant group Hamas has generally withheld public comment on next week's U.S. election. "The current American administration exhausted the international community because of the cover it gave to the occupation and its aggressions on the Gaza Strip," said Haniyeh, Hamas' top politician in Gaza. "We hope the new administration will learn today's lessons and seek to prove it's a balanced and a neutral administration," he said, stopping short of voicing support for Democratic candidate Barack Obama or his Republican rival John McCain. On the campaign trail, both candidates have spoken in favor of continuing to isolate Hamas. But Obama has criticized the Bush administration for overseeing unproductive talks between Israel and Hamas' secular Palestinian rivals, and pledged to find diplomatic "breakthroughs" if elected president. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 #1 Hopefully, the next US president will tell the Israelis to push the Gazans into Posted by: Anonymoose Fixed it for ya, Anonymoose. Egypt doesn't want them either. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-11-02 12:44 |
| #1 Hopefully, the next US president will tell the Israelis to push the Gazans into Egypt. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-11-02 09:28 |