Hamas either "dismisses Israeli sanctions" or describes them as "silent genocide"

From the BBC:

Newly named Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya has dismissed the effect of Israeli financial restrictions on the Palestinian Authority (PA).

Mr Haniya also played down the impact of a drop in Western aid, saying Arab and Islamic states would step in.

From Islamic Republic News Agency:

Hamas, which is expected to form the new Palestinian Authority (PA) government before the end of February, has accused Israel of carrying out a "silent genocide against millions of men, women and children" in the occupied Palestinian territories.

"Mass starvation is mass genocide, it is a silent holocaust," said Nayef Rajoub, a prominent Hamas leader who is likely to assume a ministerial portfolio in the new government.

Speaking to IRNA Sunday, Rajoub described decisions by the Zionist regime to stop transferring Palestinian tax returns to the PA, as "theft in broad daylight."

"Israel will bear the full responsibility for this legal and moral crime against the Palestinian people."

In English 101 this is called "audience awareness."

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