Source: PIC

25/01/2010

Mushir Al-Masri has regretted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's assertion that his government would continue to build the steel wall along its borders with the Gaza Strip.

Masri in a press statement on Sunday said that the assertion contradicted Mubarak's earlier statement that he would not allow the starvation of Gaza people.

The MP charged that the Egyptian insistence on continuing to build the wall contradicts human values, and added, "We expected Egypt after four years of siege and a year on the unprecedented Israeli war on Gaza to adopt daring steps but we were surprised with the contrary".

He said that the "Zionist enemy is the first and foremost party to benefit from that wall", emphasizing that it was not built for the Palestinian nor Egyptian interests.

Masri underlined that Hamas was and would remain to be keen on Egypt's national security, adding that if the wall fell in line with pressures to persuade Hamas away from national constants then it would only fail. "Neither the cast lead nor the cast steel would force our people to recognize the international quartet conditions," he elaborated.

Meanwhile, tens of Arabs and Palestinians picketed the Egyptian embassy in Berlin on Saturday to protest the Egyptian construction of the underground steel wall.

They handed the embassy staff a message denouncing the construction of that wall and calling for opening the Rafah border terminal.

They asked Cairo to live up to its humanitarian and ethical commitments towards neighboring Gaza by halting the construction of that wall and immediately opening the Rafah crossing.