[ 31/01/2009 - 08:12 AM ]
GAZA, (PIC)-- Dr. Khalil Al-Hayya, a prominent Hamas leader, stated Friday that it is time for the Palestinian people to see a new leadership carrying their burdens and concerns at home and abroad and protecting their resistance, adding that the Palestinian people would not condone anymore a leadership that accepted humiliation.
This came during a massive rally called for by the Hamas Movement in the Gaza city with the participation of the visiting Turkish delegation. The rally was held in support of Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal's call for forming a new authority for the Palestinian people and to pay a tribute to the position of Turkish premier Recep Erdogan in Davos.
In a speech delivered before the rally, Dr. Hayya underlined that Hamas had always extended its hands for the national dialog and called for the rebuilding of the PLO.
The Hamas leader stressed that the Palestinian people after all these sacrifices would not accept a leadership compromising the national constants and rights, noting that the PLO was silent during the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip awaiting the chance to announce the defeat of Gaza.
Hayya hailed the Turkish premier for the honorable positions he voiced in all forums and meetings in defense of Gaza and its people.
Top Hamas Leader: We are Victors
31/01/2009 A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in a field near the city of Ashkelon, the army said on Saturday, but there were no casualties or damage reported.
It is the third rocket attack since ceasefires on January 18.
Israel had launched its war on Gaza on the 27th of December allegedly to stop rocket fire into occupied territories and change the status-quo in the Strip.
A senior member of the Hamas leadership on Friday made his first public appearance since independent ceasefires were declared by Israel and Hamas.
Khalil Al-Hayya told supporters at a rally that the group had achieved victory in the war and was now engaged in a political battle.
"We promised to come out to you either as martyrs or as victors," Hayya told supporters. "Today I come out to you and you are victors."
Hayya reassured Palestinians whose houses had been destroyed by Israel. "The reconstruction is coming, do not be worried about that," he said, adding the Hamas government intended to pay the salaries of its employees. "I tell the resistance fighters, I tell the Qassam fighters, do not drop your weapons, do not put your weapons aside and do not abandon your trenches," Hayya said.
"I assure our people that the leaders who led the battle of victory are now leading the battle of politics. We are still in the midst of the battle and we are engaging politically," he said.
Hamas had not yielded on its demands that the Israeli blockade of the Gaza be lifted and Gaza's borders opened to normal trade, he said.
Hayya reaffirmed his group's demands to conclude a prisoner swap with Israel that would see the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for the return of Israeli captured soldier Gilad Shalit. "Gilad Shalit will never see the light and life until our prisoners see the light among their families," he said.
BARAK: ISRAEL TO HIT HAMAS AGAIN IF NECESSARY
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday that Israel will strike Hamas again if necessary and if Hamas continues to fire rockets at “southern Israel.”
"Hamas was hit like it was never hit before," the defense minister told Channel 10 TV. "If we need to hit Hamas again, we will."
Israel launched its offensive on Dec. 27 against Gaza and killed within 22 days more 1,350 civilians, half of them women and children, and injured over 5,000 people with internationally banned white phosphorus weapons. Thirteen Israelis were also killed, three of them civilians.
Abu Zuhri: The victory of Gaza is a turning point in the Arab-Israeli conflict
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri stated that the victory of Gaza is a turning point in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, adding that the next stage is the stage of the victory of the resistance.
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