The deposed Palestinian government continues to make efforts to stop the sanctions imposed on Gaza

Wednesday August 29, 2007 15:12 by Wissam Afifah - IMEMC News

The Palestinian deposed cabinet issued a statement on Wednesday that the cabinet is still doing efforts by contacting Arab and international countries in order to left the sanctions imposed on the Gaza strip.

The statement also welcomed the stands of several countries that accepted and welcomed the latest Palestinian legislative council elections, and added that it's important to open communication with those countries in order to end the crippling embargo that is imposed on the Gaza strip since Hamas took over the costal region in mid June 2007.

The statement said that the Palestinian security forces have started to work on cases of corruption in addition to the deployment of the police force all over the Gaza strip with the executive force of Hamas being absorbed inside the police force. The statement accused the Fatah movement of provoking the Palestinian Authority employees to go on strike in the costal region to make purser on the Hamas government.

Of the journalists, the statement said that they are a red line and no one are allowed to attack them, the deposed government renewed its commitment to the freedom of speech and the right of protest.

The statement concluded by announcing a new agricultural plane that will include planting vegetables in several areas on the Gaza strip like Rafah and Khan Younis cities.

Translated by Ghassan Bannoura � IMEMC News Room

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