Israeli occupation government is not committed to the truce in Gaza, says Sa'eed Siyam

[ 25/07/2008 - 04:02 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

PA interior minister in Gaza Strip Sa'eed Siyam accused on Thursday the Israeli occupation government of not abiding by the calm agreement in the Gaza Strip, charging that the IOA didn’t take the truce seriously.

Siyam's remarks came in a press conference he held in his home in Gaza city after he met with representative from the Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP, and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) to discuss future of the truce.

"This meeting [of the four Palestinian resistance factions] comes in line with Hamas's efforts to be in continuous consultation and liaison with other Palestinian factions on the ground to evaluate, and to decide on the fate of the truce", asserted Siyam, who is also a senior Hamas political leader.

He said that the Palestinian resistance factions were of full conviction that the Israeli occupation government didn’t seriously adhere to the calm agreement, and that the Palestinians would talk to Egypt, the sponsor of the truce agreement, in order to pressure the occupation into fulfilling its obligations towards the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip.

In addition, the PA official pointed out, the Palestinian resistance factions would discuss ways and means with Egypt that would ensure the opening of the vital Rafah crossing on permanent basis.

When asked on whether the truce would hold or not, Siyam made it clear that any decision on the fate of the calm agreement will be taken unanimously by the Palestinian resistance factions on the ground, and not by a single group.

As far as the inter-Palestinian dialogue was concerned, Siyam reiterated his Movement's readiness to start national dialogue with Fatah "today before tomorrow", underlining that the problem wasn’t in uttering statements but rather in carrying out those statements and in implementing them on the ground, in clear allusion to PA chief Mahmoud Abbas's repeated statements on starting national dialogue.

"We welcome any Arab, Egyptian, or any other mediation that could end the Palestinian political division… What is important for us at the end is to reunite the Palestinian community and to restore the Palestinian national integrity", underscored Siyam.

For his part, Dawood Shehab, the prominent political leader in the Islamic Jihad explained that the Israeli siege on Gaza didn’t change, warning that the truce would be at risk if serious pressures weren’t imposed on the Israeli side to fulfill its obligations towards the Strip's inhabitants, stressing that the Palestinian resistance factions were faithful to the clam agreement since it started more than a month ago.

"The Palestinian resistance factions would have a different stand on the truce in the event the Israeli violations of the calm agreement weren’t bridled" warned Shehab as he spoke in the conference.

He also revealed that although his Movement has many reservations on the calm agreement, and in spite of the continuous Israeli aggressions on the Palestinian people, the Islamic Jihad would decide on the fate of the truce in accordance to the national interests of the Palestinian people.

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