Turkish parliamentarians: Egyptian steel wall, new weapon to kill Palestinians
[ 25/12/2009 - 08:45 PM ]
ISTANBUL, (PIC)-- Turkish parliamentarians and politicians criticised the steel wall being built by Egypt on its border with the Gaza Strip describing it as a new killing tool to be used against the Palestinians.
The vice-chairman of the Saadet Party, Muhamad Patuk, said in a statement to al-Alam satellite channel on Thursday: "It is difficult to see the Palestinian people facing new pressures from the Egyptian side which is building a steel wall on its border with the Gaza Strip, to help the occupation in turning the strip into an open air prison where Palestinians will face even more oppression."
For his part, Ansar Yagit, member of the national defence and security in the Turkish parliament, said that the wall being built by Egypt on its border with the Gaza Strip is a new tool for killing the Palestinian people which makes all Muslims sad and prompts the question as to why Egypt is building this wall at a time the Palestinians are reeling under a murderous Zionist siege.
[ 25/12/2009 - 08:17 PM ]
BEIRUT, (PIC)-- The Hamas representative in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, said on Thursday that the building by Egypt of a steel wall at its border with the Gaza Strip constitutes another tier of the siege.
In a press statement, Hamdan said that there were still contacts taking place between Hamas and Egypt and expressed hope that through Egypt the siege will be broken not reinforced.
He, however, did not hide Palestinian concern regarding the building of the steel wall saying that it sends a negative message to the Palestinian people as an a tightening of the siege and a probable signal of a new Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip, adding that Hamas has conveyed these fears to the Egyptian government.
On whether Hamas will ask Saudi Arabia to intervene and ask for a halt of the building of the wall, Hamdan said that Saudi Arabia has always played an important role in Arab issues in general and the Palestinian issue in particular and that he hopes that Saudi Arabia supports the lifting of the siege.
He stressed that Hamas was not dealing with the situation as if there was a crisis with Egypt.
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