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<div id="divNewsDatetime">PressTV &#8211;  Wed Jun 1, 2011 9:38AM</div>
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<div id="divImageDesc">Ismail Haniyeh said on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, that he was surprised to hear UN chief Ban Ki-moon urging the cancelation of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.</div>
<div id="divLead"><strong>Democratically elected Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh says an independent Palestinian state is only viable by means of resistance. </strong></div>
<p>Haniyeh said on Tuesday that a Palestinian state will remain nonexistent as long as hopes are pinned on the United States and other Western countries, Iran&#8217;s Fars news agency reported.</p>
<p>He further emphasized that the Palestinian cause will only bear fruit through perseverance, sacrifice and support from Islamic countries.</p>
<p>Haniyeh made the remarks at a ceremony, commemorating the first anniversary of Israel&#8217;s attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla.</p>
<p>At least nine Turkish activists were killed and many others wounded on May 31 last year, after Israeli commandos attacked the aid convoy in international waters.</p>
<p>International activists are now preparing to set sail on a second freedom flotilla for the Gaza Strip in late June, challenging Israel&#8217;s almost four-year-long blockade of the impoverished Palestinian enclave.</p>
<p>The convoy consists of 15 ships with some 1,500 activists from about 40 countries onboard.</p>
<p>The vessels will carry humanitarian aid, medical equipment, school supplies and construction materials.</p>
<p>Israeli military officials have so far confirmed that preparations are under way to stop any new flotilla.</p>
<p>In what is widely viewed as an unprecedented measure, the United Nations last week appealed to Mediterranean countries to block the voyage of the international humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza.</p>
<p>UN chief Ban Ki-Moon claimed that the unarmed mercy ships “carry the potential to escalate into violent conflict.”</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Haniyeh said that he was “surprised” to hear Ban Ki-moon&#8217;s statement urging organizers to cancel the aid flotilla.</p>
<p>The Palestinian premier then urged Ban to backtrack on his call and support the Palestinian cause, and not to &#8220;ignore the Israeli massacre of the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza.&#8221;</p>
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