Blair: ’Israel’ Won’t Be Able To Destroy Hamas

Local Editor

In a clear message regarding the "Israeli" expected failures in its aggression on the besieged Gaza strip, former British PM Tony Blair confirmed that ""Israel" will not be able to destroy Hamas."

In an interview with "Israeli" Ynet daily, claimed that that the desire for such a move to destroy Hamas as a political must come from the Palestinian people themselves.

"There won't be a destruction of Hamas ... you won't destroy Hamas as a political entity," he said. "...what I do know is that will only happen if it happens within the context of a way forward, particularly for the people of Gaza, that gives them some hope for the future, because in the end a political movement like that has support on the ground, and you need to shift ... take away that support."

The former prime minister who is now the representative for the so-called Quartet of Mideast "peacemakers" also expressed his concern over the current round of fighting between the Zionist entity and Hamas as well as the other resistance organizations in Gaza.
"I can't remember being more anxious about the situation," he said.

"There's a short term issue and a longer term issue," Balir said. "The short term is obviously how we change the existing situation with the rockets coming out of Gaza and then the retaliation going into Gaza, and then in the longer term we've got to look at the underlying problems here."

Regarding the European involvement in "peace" efforts between the Zionist entity and the Palestinian Authority, Blair said that the EU did have a major role to play, but "you can only do that if you have the trust of both sides. And that's difficult."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team