DAMASCUS, (PIC)--
Hamas political bureau chairman Khaled Mishaal has affirmed that the West Bank would restore its resistance program and that the siege on Gaza Strip would end soon.
Mishaal, speaking in an interview with Jordanian weekly "Al-Sabeel" to be published on Sunday, said that Hamas was ready for resuming indirect negotiations on a prisoners exchange deal with Israel.
He said that his movement would seek to capture more Israeli soldiers if one was not enough to release the Palestinian prisoners.
Mishaal said that resistance was the spearhead in foiling any attempt to turn Jordan into an alternative homeland for the Palestinian people.
He said that a veto was obstructing inter-Palestinian reconciliation, adding that Turkey was not allowed to mediate in the reconciliation file.
In Gaza, deputy premier and minister of local government Ziyad Al-Zaza told reports on Saturday that there was no connection between the issue of the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and the Gaza crossings.
He said that Shalit's freedom is linked to the release of the Palestinian prisoners as demanded by the resistance factions capturing Shalit.
The minister, who was inaugurating a new market in central Gaza, also demanded an immediate and permanent end to the siege on Gaza.
Mash'al: No link between siege, unity deal
Published today (updated) 04/07/2010 14:11 Bethlehem – Ma'an –
Exiled Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mash'al said Sunday that any attempt to connect an end to Israel's blockade of Gaza and the ratification of a Palestinian unity deal was "unacceptable."
Mash'al told the Jordanian newspaper As-Sabil in Damascus that recent comments by Fatah on the reconciliation deal are "attempts to divert attention from breaking siege."
He described the Palestinian Authority's stance toward ending the blockade as "lacking all seriousness."
"Some Palestinian and Arab sides do not want to see Hamas get out of the siege upright," the exiled leader said. Israel is prolonging the siege on Gaza in line with certain "Arab and Palestinian wishes."
The Hamas leader said his movement does not interfere in Jordanian affairs but called on the kingdom to support the Palestinian people and resistance in the West Bank.
On Saturday, Mash'al said Hamas was ready to re-enter indirect negotiations on a prisoner swap based on previous demands. "If one solider is not enough to release the prisoners, then we will detain others."
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