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I condemn in the strongest possible terms the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the Political Bureau Chairman of the Hamas resistance movement.
This was a murder of the most heinous kind, plainly designed to derail ongoing talks aimed at ending the carnage in Gaza that has claimed over 40,000 lives. It is patently clear that this could only have been carried out in an environment of utter impunity.
Only the heedless and unconscionable will not see the need to intensify pressure on Israel to stop their murderous rampage.
I am deeply concerned about what this tragedy would mean for the Palestinian people, who have been already been so cruelly subjected to so much pain, hardship and suffering for so many decades.
Detractors who have criticised me for meeting with Ismail Haniyeh in the past, fail to appreciate Haniyeh’s profound desire for a peaceful Middle East and a Palestinian nation restored to its rightful dignity.
I mourn the loss of a dear friend and a valiant advocate for his people. Al-Fatihah.
ANWAR IBRAHIM