this is a collective honest ashman. the siege needs to be lifted.second message is -- in order to stop the bloodletting, we need to look at the underlying causes, the occupation. we need to stop the occupation. months ago secretary kerry tried to find a window to the negotiations in order to meet our target, to reach the states. killed our dream. he killed the american initiative. .> that was the leader of hamas can you respond to what he is saying? what about these truces and calls for cease-fire? spoke to several officials over the weekend about the cease-fire. it seems that what israel is trying to do -- or is doing -- is trying to call truce after truce and kind of wind down the anylict without addressing of the key palestinian conditions. any of the key palestinian demands, which include first and foremost the lifting of the blockade that has strangled the gaza strip, in effect causing these repeated conflicts. essentially bringing back the whole situation to square one. when you speak to people, when you speak to hamas officials and palestinia