Hamas: Siege Must be Fully Lifted
Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh has called for "Israel's" blockade of Gaza to be completely lifted and Palestinians held a demonstration over "Israel's" decision to expel four Hamas legislators.
Haniyeh, leaving a mosque in Gaza City after Friday prayers, said that Tel Aviv's recent decision to just ease the land blockade is politically motivated and not a humanitarian gesture.
Palestinians maintain that the siege of the Gaza Strip - land, sea and air - should be lifted completely.
"And the people will not accept anything less than that," Haniyeh stated.
Haniyeh's call has been echoed by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, which has condemned the blockade as collective punishment of 1.5 million residents of Gaza.
Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians held a demonstration in Al Quds (Jerusalem) in support of four Hamas legislators, who have been ordered by "Israeli" police to leave "Israel" by the end of June.
The police said the men, who represent Al Quds (Jerusalem) in the Palestinian legislature, must leave voluntarily or they will be expelled from "Israel", unless they renounce their membership in Hamas.
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