Peres: Israel Would Lift Gaza Blockade if Hamas Ended “Terror”

War Criminal Perez : Israel Would Lift Gaza Blockade if Hamas Ended “Terror”

20/06/2010 Israel would lift the blockade on Gaza if the rules of the Hamas-controlled strip would prove they are interested in “peace” and halt all “terror activities”, Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Sunday.

Addressing the Jewish Agency Assembly in occupied Jerusalem, Peres said that Gaza resistance fighters have continued attacking Israel despite the fact that it had “withdrew” from the coastal enclave, saying that "there is no Israeli left in the Gaza strip."We did not understand then, nor do we understand now, why after evacuating Gaza, its rulers started to fire thousands of missiles against our civilians. For what reason? For what purpose?," Peres Asked, adding that he felt the "question remains unanswered today."

Israeli occupation soldiers have repeatedly attacked and killed Gazans deprived them from the electricity, food, medicine and the essential needs for life.

The Israeli president added that "would Gaza agree to peace, to negotiations, to denounce terror, to stop the building of tunnels, to halt the shooting of missiles, to cease the attempts to kidnap Israeli soldiers, and to release the abducted Gilad Shalit, there would be no closure or blockade," saying that if indeed Gaza turned toward peace, "it would have peace, and there would be no need for flotillas.”

In his address, Peres underlined what he called Israel's "commitment to peace," saying that "during the Oslo negotiations, Israel agreed to the two-state solution, a Palestinian state living alongside a Jewish state." "We felt then, as we feel today, that for the two of us to live side by side in peace is right and better than living one inside the other in an incurable conflict,” Peres said.

The President also commented on what he saw as attempts by “radical groups” to delegitimize Israel, saying that "delegitimizing Israel means to legitimize, directly or indirectly, lawless terror organizations like Al-Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah, as well as their supporters, including dictatorial regimes that kill their own people with no regard or respect. Our efforts for peace will not and should not diminish." "They emanate neither from pressure nor from submission, but rather from ethical convictions and strategic interests,” Peres said.


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