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Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Hamas leader says ‘American policies perpetuate the Israeli occupation’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAhead of the Abbas-Obama joint press conference, Hamas in Gaza head Ismail Haniyeh gives the American president a vote of no confidence.
“We believe American policies perpetuate the Israeli occupation and settlements in Palestine under a slogan of peace,” he said, according to a report in the Palestinian Ma’an news agency.
Earlier in the day, four rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel, breaking a fragile calm in the south, in what was thought to be an attack timed to coincide with Obama’s visit.
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