In an interview with the Washington Post the long-time general secretary of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, points out that only a minority of countries consider Hamas to be a terrorist organisation.
Going back to U.S.–Egyptian relations, how will they change?
Egypt conducted its relations in the region in a way that the people did not accept. Egyptian-Arab relations is one thing; the Palestinian question is another. . . .
Blocking Gaza and enforcing the siege along Gaza — people didn’t like that. We should have insisted and used Egyptian-Israeli relations to try and undo and put an end to the siege that caused a lot of suffering to the people of Gaza. The whole world has said exactly what I am saying — that the siege has to come to an end. The old regime was not of the same view.
Now you have brought Hamas to Cairo.
The view that Hamas is a terrorist organization is a view that pertains to a minority of countries, not a majority. Being a terrorist is not a stigma forever. more
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