"Not a week goes by without meetings being held between (Hamas) and representatives of European countries or organizations."
He said the meetings with European officials take place in Gaza.
He said the meetings with European officials take place in Gaza.
Dat is de reden dat de boycot van Hamas niet werkt. Een boycot die geen boycot is heeft geen kans van slagen.
The Hamas leader said American officials admitted that the siege on Gaza hasn't achieved its goals and that he was confident that it would eventually be lifted.
Die heeft haar doelen niet bereikt omdat Israël steeds werd gedwongen van alles door te laten, omdat Egypte toeliet dat de grens bij Rafah werd geopend, en er op grote schaal wapens worden gesmokkeld en allerlei andere zaken. Ondanks de zogenaamde blokkade zijn duizenden Hamas leden op training in Iran geweest en hebben grote sommen geld Gaza binnengesmokkeld. Natuurlijk moet een humanitaire crisis worden voorkomen en moeten hulporganisaties goederen kunnen leveren, maar zolang de wapensmokkel niet wordt aangepakt en Hamas zich verder blijft versterken, lijkt een oplossing voor het Gaza drama ver weg.
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Haniyeh: Gunmen protecting Palestinians' rights
After dozens of mortars, Qassams pound Israel, Hamas leader says, 'We are holding on despite a siege that would have caused large countries to collapse and give in to Israel's demands'
Ali Waked YNET
"We will not recognize Israel even if the siege on Gaza persists," Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said during a Palestinian trade unions conference in Gaza on Thursday, a day in which more than 50 mortars and Qassam rockets were fired toward Israeli territory from the Strip.
"We are holding on despite a siege that would have caused large countries to collapse and give in to (Israel's) demands," he said, adding that "the armed Palestinian organizations, headed by Hamas' military wing, are protecting the rights of the Palestinian people and allowing the Palestinian leadership to uphold its principles."
The Hamas leader said American officials admitted that the siege on Gaza hasn't achieved its goals and that he was confident that it would eventually be lifted.
"The Israeli-American siege policy has begun to collapse, our relations with the surrounding Arab countries are sound and our ties with elements in Europe are improving as well," Haniyeh said. "Not a week goes by without meetings being held between (Hamas) and representatives of European countries or organizations."
He said the meetings with European officials take place in Gaza.
Referring to Thursday's mysterious explosion in the north Gaza home of a Hamas commander, which left four Palestinians dead and 40 others wounded, Haniyeh said, "The daily Zionist onslaught proves that the Israelis are incapable of implementing this wide-scale operation they keep talking about."
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