Hamas leader Meshaal demands end to occupation
30 July 2014 4:38 AM IST
The leader of Hamas is demanding anew that Israel end its occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.
Khaled Meshaal said in an interview broadcast on Monday that he believes the world hasn’t taken an even-handed view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
‘Unfortunately the world doesn’t blame the Israelis,’ said Meshaal, interviewed by CBS news anchor Charlie Rose from Cairo.
Meshaal complained that Palestinians too frequently have to hear pleas for the security of the Jewish state, asking ‘why don’t you give it to Palestinians?’
Asked if Hamas believes there’s only a military solution to the longstanding regional conflict, he said, ‘As a Palestinian, I want to be liberalised. I want to live without occupation.’
‘Did you not kick the British out,’ he asked Rose, speaking through a translator. He called occupation ‘the worst thing you can imagine.’
Khaled Meshaal said in an interview broadcast on Monday that he believes the world hasn’t taken an even-handed view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
‘Unfortunately the world doesn’t blame the Israelis,’ said Meshaal, interviewed by CBS news anchor Charlie Rose from Cairo.
Meshaal complained that Palestinians too frequently have to hear pleas for the security of the Jewish state, asking ‘why don’t you give it to Palestinians?’
Asked if Hamas believes there’s only a military solution to the longstanding regional conflict, he said, ‘As a Palestinian, I want to be liberalised. I want to live without occupation.’
‘Did you not kick the British out,’ he asked Rose, speaking through a translator. He called occupation ‘the worst thing you can imagine.’
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