Wednesday, 30 December 2009

Hamas will Extend Gaza Cabinet Portfolio - Attend Meetings in Cairo


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12/29/2009 08:37:00 PM

Posted by Editor Publisher Hiyam Noir

Hamas officials in Cairo
Hiyam Noir

 

December 29 2009 5: 47 PM


EGYPT- According to official sources in Gaza, the Palestinian PM, Ismail Hanieh is planning to appoint some new cabinet members to the Gaza based Palestinian administration.The complement of minister posts are needed. The intention is to ease the workload of and support the Gaza administration in providing subsistence of and maintain good service to the Palestinian public.

The last addition to Haniyeh’s cabinet was that of Interior Minister Fathi Hammad, Hammad replaced Said Siyam, who was killed in an Israeli attack.In the last days of the Israelis wantom war on Gaza, that killed over 1.400 and wounded over 5.000 Palestinians.After the assassination, rumors in Gaza said that Siyam was targeted and murdered that day, in a treacherous, covert action of retaliation,
carried out by a group of people in order to settle a grudge.

Said Siyam was targeted while he was walking to his brother’s home January 16 2009, the 21th day of the Israelis genocidal assault on Gaza..Over night the Israelis attacked forty targets across Gaza.Said Siyam died along with his brother Iad, his son, and General Salah Abu Shrakh, head of the Hamas General Security Service, at the property of Iad Siam's residence in Jabalya.

On Monday, a delegation of prominent Hamas leaders including Mahmoud Zahhar and Khalil Al-Hayya, conveyed in Damascus Syria.The meetings are expected to last until Tuesday evening. One important issue is probably the Israeli response to a suggested mediated prisoners swap talk, according to a source quoted in the Syrian newspaper Al-Watan.

In order to meet the demands of Hamas and other Palestinian factions in the release of 450 political prisoners specifically listed, in addition to 550 political prisoner selected by Israel.
The latest bid in the prisoner swap talks, offered by the Israelis, is deportation of about 100 of these special prisoners(resistance fighters) to Gaza and abroad.

The Israel's claim that the release of approximately 100: ( " the prisoners with blood on their hands" ) ie. members of the Palestinian resistance, of the 450, into the West Bank would pose a security risk and has refused their release,that has become an issue.Hamas high profile political prisoners must be included in the prisoner swap deal with Israel. There is a discussion within Hamas whether a deportation option of the 450 would meet the quality of the conditions, or perhaps it might weaken the status of Hamas dealing in this particular sensitive issue.

Hamas delegates are likely to address the issue of the Egyptian border wall, which the Egyptians began digging at the beginning of December. According to the Egyptians, the building of the Iron wall is an effort to block the Palestinians use of smuggling tunnels (for survival), beneath the border between Egypt and Gaza.

Furthermore,the issue of ending the almost four year long siege on Gaza ,is the top priority matter on the agendum, so is the reconciliation with Fatah.Hamas movement are ready to talk unity, but not with any helper and not to any price.According to Hamas second-in-commander,Musa Abu Marzouq: If the Egyptians are not capable of brokering a deal with the Palestinians, Hamas would get coadjutant
support elsewhere.


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