Hamas Disappointed by Arab Summit Resolutions

Source: Al-Manar TV, 31-3-2009

Hamas resistance movement on Tuesday said resolutions of Arab League summit in Doha were weak and incomplete.

The statement of the one-day summit, which was held Monday in Qatar, "doesn't amount to realistic decisions and lacks practical steps and doesn't go with the suffering and the sacrifice of the Palestinian people," said Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman in Gaza Strip.

The Arab summit only called on Israel to lift its siege on the territory. Hamas had hoped that the Arabs would do more than calls to overcome the blockade. "We were hoping the Arab leaders would move to lift the siege by acts, not by words," Barhoum added. "We also hoped they would use their pressure cards against the Zionist occupation."