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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					08/11/2010 &#8211; 07:03 PM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; Ayman Taha, a Hamas  leader, asked German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, who visited  Gaza Strip for a few hours on Monday, to turn his words on lifting the  Gaza siege into practical deeds.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He urged Germany to work &#8220;more seriously&#8221;  alongside all member countries of the European Union to completely end  the blockade on Gaza.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The Hamas leader told the German news  agency that the European delegations and figures&#8217; visits to the Strip  reflected a positive international sympathy with the besieged Strip.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Asked on Westerwelle&#8217;s call on Hamas to  release the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Taha said that his  movement welcomes any German initiative in this respect, affirming that  releasing Shalit was linked to meeting his captors&#8217; demands on the  release of Palestinian prisoners.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Westerwelle told a brief press conference  after inspecting a water treatment project financed by his country in  Gaza city that his visit was of &#8220;humanitarian nature&#8221;, adding, &#8220;We will  not forget Gaza&#8221;.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The minister, who also met with UNRWA  officials and a number of businessmen, said that Berlin was ready to  support any effort for concluding a prisoners&#8217; exchange deal.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s775%2b94da5B4JEFh2jbNnc%2bOoUhyAPmtpeoJhF7NJF5JVgVeXql%2bfab5yImu0rYKkxYaE2uVTZq2KT%2bB%2fGlL1LOZVq9gqVkDSsDTmOUMOuK1Y%3d">Hamas asks Germany to exert practical efforts to end Gaza siege</a>.</p>
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