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Deterioration in the Gaza Strip is result of Hamas

  • 9/26/2019
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    The Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) gathered at the UN headquarters. EU Foreign Affairs Representative Federico Mogherini, the PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyah, the Norweigan Foreign Minister and other ministers participated in the conference.

    Israel was represented by the Israel's Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yael Rabia-Tzadok, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Occupied Territories (COGAT), Major General Kamil Abu-Rukon, Director General of the Ministry of Regional Cooperation Dr. Yossi Dreznin, COGAT Civilian Department Chief of Staff Colonel Sharon Biton and Treasury Representative Matri Lev.

    Israel reiterated its commitment to the forum's activities and its willingness to promote aid operations to help the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip as well as the economic situation in the PA, despite the brutal and aggressive nature of the Hamas regime.

    Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, addressed the conference, saying that "the humanitarian deterioration in the Gaza Strip is a clear result of the Hamas regime’s control over the Strip. The international community needs to connect the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip with the humanitarian needs of Israeli prisoners and civilian captives. This tactic of increasing pressure will contribute to efforts to return our sons home.”​