Hamas has extended a welcoming hand to US President Obama as he arrives in Cairo to make his much-hyped speech. Rumours abound that he might even use the word 'occupation', as if that would be some kind of breakthrough. If Obama really intends to speak some 'truths' then he has to get beyond merely stating the obvious. We all know, with the exception of Israel and the US, that Palestine is occupied; what we need is action on the ground to rollback the occupation and settlements.
Ahmed Yousef, a director general in the Foreign Ministry of Hamas, handed over the letter to a U.S. group of sixty intellectual, academic and active figures which has ended a one-day visit to Gaza and would leave for Cairo on Thursday morning.
The letter, which was carried by local news agency Maan, called on Obama to end a three-year-old Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip and Israeli settlement activities and to hold direct talks with Hamas.
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