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20 May 2009 GAZA, (PIC)-- The Hamas Movement
stated Tuesday that the statements made by the Israeli
premier in Washington about the "Jewish" state were an
attempt to market the idea of establishing a racist
and extremist entity in the region, warning that the
existence of such a state would be the greatest danger
to the Palestinian people and the whole region.
In a press statement received by the PIC, Hamas
spokesman Fawzi Barhoum criticized the remarks made by
US president Barack Obama in the presence of Israel’s
premier, stressing that Obama’s statements were no
more than a bunch of wishes that cannot be relied on.
Spokesman Barhoum added that Obama’s statements
mislead the world’s public opinion about the reality
of the American role in supporting the existence of a
racist and extremist "Zionist entity".
He warned that the resumption of negotiations with
Israel would give a cover-up for the establishment of
a "racist Jewish state" on the ruins of the
Palestinian people’s rights and cause.
In the same context, Obama, during his first
meeting with Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu, asked
Israel to cease its settlement activities in the West
Bank and work on ending the conflict with the
Palestinians on the basis of a two-state solution.
Netanyahu, for his part, alleged that his
government is willing to start immediate negotiations
with the Palestinians, but he reiterated his condition
about recognizing Israel as a "Jewish" state.
The Israeli Haaretz newspaper reported Monday that
Netanyahu would reject Obama’s demands about the
two-state solution and instead would compromise on
freezing settlement expansion on condition that the PA
takes stricter security measures in the West Bank.
Israel deliberately kidnaps and maltreats children
The Palestinian ministry for prisoners’ affairs in
Gaza said Tuesday that the IOF troops deliberately
kidnap Palestinian children under age 18, physically
attack them and use violent ways to interrogate them.
In a statement received by the PIC, the ministry
underlined that the international conventions prohibit
the detention of children except in limited special
cases on condition that they are well treated and
given their rights provided for by international law.
The statement highlighted that Israel does not
respect any of these conventions and systematically
kidnap children as many as it can from their homes,
schools or during their presence on the streets and at
the checkpoints.
The kidnapped children, according to the statement,
are exposed to severe beatings and threats by IOF
troops in order to inflict psychological harm on them
so that they cannot think of resisting the occupation
when they grow up.
The statement pointed to the kidnapping of six
Palestinian children a few days ago in one of Ramallah
villages, saying that they were maltreated and
interrogated for 14 continuous hours without allowing
them to eat, drink or use the toilets.
The statement also noted that the number of
children in Israeli jails rose to more than 430
prisoners, many of them are less than 12 years of age,
adding that those children suffer from deliberate
medical neglect, and are forced to wear orange uniform
and sleep on the ground.
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