Radwan suggests five steps in response to the flotilla massacre

[ 04/06/2010 - 04:21 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- Dr. Ismail Radwan, a leader of the Hamas movement, said that Hamas demands five steps in response to the Israeli massacre which was committed on Monday on board the ships of the Freedom Flotilla.

During a rally organized by Hamas on Friday, Radwan said the steps are: the withdrawal of the Arab peace initiative, the expulsion of Israeli ambassadors from all Arab and Islamic countries, lifting the Arab cover for the Fatah-Israeli negotiations, breaking the siege on the Gaza Strip and opening the Rafah crossing once and for all.

He greeted the Turkish government and people and said: "We stand today in honor of those who fell and those who were wounded on the Freedom Flotilla, and those heroes who came to break the siege of Gaza [..] We send special greetings to the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan who represents a towering example of how leaders should be. All greetings to you from Gaza and from these persevering masses."

Radwan called on the international community to expose Israeli crimes, the latest of which was the flotilla massacre which he described as an act of piracy in international waters and state terror against activists who carry a humanitarian message.

Commenting on Ban Ki-moon's statement that the siege failed to break Hamas and that it should be lifted immediately, Radwan said: "To all the hypocrites we say that Hamas is a movement that is very difficult to break. It will not bow or break as long as the whole population is behind it with its strong will and steadfastness."

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