Captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit will not be released until Palestinian prisoners are released from Israeli prisons, Damascus-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal during a mass rally in the Syrian capital on Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of IDF Operation Cast Lead.
Khaled Mashaal, head of Hamas' political bureau, addresses a mass rally during a ceremony held in Damascus on Friday.
Mashaal said that Israel was the one obstructing talks to secure a prisoner swap deal in which the soldier - held captive by Hamas in Gaza since 2006 - would be freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian detainees, some of them security prisoners convicted of terrorist acts.
However, most of the Hamas leader's speech did not center on the Schalit issue. Instead, it made sweeping references to what he termed the Palestinians' "victory" against the IDF last winter, according to a report by Iran's Press TV.
While Mashaal admitted that the IDF had emerged victorious due to military superiority, he stressed that the operation had failed to quell Palestinian resistance or crush the Palestinian spirit.
The Palestinians will never cooperate with Israel and never cease to resist the "occupation," he was quoted by Iran's Press TV as saying. He urged all Palestinians and Muslims to unite, stressing that Allah had been the key to the Gazans' spiritual victory against the IDF.
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Khaled Mashaal, head of Hamas' political bureau, addresses a mass rally during a ceremony held in Damascus on Friday.
Mashaal said that Israel was the one obstructing talks to secure a prisoner swap deal in which the soldier - held captive by Hamas in Gaza since 2006 - would be freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian detainees, some of them security prisoners convicted of terrorist acts.
However, most of the Hamas leader's speech did not center on the Schalit issue. Instead, it made sweeping references to what he termed the Palestinians' "victory" against the IDF last winter, according to a report by Iran's Press TV.
While Mashaal admitted that the IDF had emerged victorious due to military superiority, he stressed that the operation had failed to quell Palestinian resistance or crush the Palestinian spirit.
The Palestinians will never cooperate with Israel and never cease to resist the "occupation," he was quoted by Iran's Press TV as saying. He urged all Palestinians and Muslims to unite, stressing that Allah had been the key to the Gazans' spiritual victory against the IDF.
Source : http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147957416&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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