Hamas urges Egypt's new leaders to revise Mubarak's policies towards Gaza

Sunday 13 February 2011

Hamas urges Egypt's new leaders to revise Mubarak's policies towards Gaza

[ 13/02/2011 - 05:08 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri called on the new Egyptian leadership to reconsider ousted president Hosni Mubarak's policies towards the besieged Gaza Strip and to immediately issue a decision to open the Rafah border crossing before individuals and goods.

In a press release on Sunday, spokesman Abu Zuhri said his Movement hopes that the political developments in Egypt could be a gateway to a new page of relations between Cairo and Gaza.

"We, in Hamas, were constantly keen on special relations with Cairo even under the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak because we considered that this relationship was with Egypt and not with persons," he added.

"We believe that the new Egyptian leadership is required to reassess the policies of the former regime towards Gaza and Hamas or towards the Palestinian cause in general," the spokesman stressed.

Crossings authority working hard to re-open Rafah terminal

[ 13/02/2011 - 05:34 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- The crossings and borders authority in Gaza Strip has announced that it was working hard to restore traffic to normalcy at the Rafah border terminal between Egypt and the Strip.

It said in a statement on Sunday that contacts with Egyptian officials and other concerned parties were ongoing to re-open the terminal before the citizens who were harmed by the closure, especially those stranded in Egypt.

The authority appealed to Cairo to open the crossing the soonest so as not to aggravate the humanitarian suffering of the Palestinian citizens, especially the patients.

It finally urged the citizens not to listen to rumors about the crossing so as not to spread chaos and only wait for official statements by the authority.