West forced to change stance -Hamas

Gaza: The West has been finally forced to change its stance vis-à-vis Hamas, despite having relentlessly striven since 2006 to isolate the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas spokesman tells Press TV.

Ismail Radwan told Press TV's correspondent in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday that the Western states had failed to isolate Hamas since some countries have made efforts to hold dialog with the movement in an attempt to correct their approach towards the resistance group.

Many Western countries led by the United States launched a vicious campaign against Hamas when, in January 2006, the movement won the Palestinian parliamentary elections, which were lauded as the freest and fairest polls ever held in the Arab world.

A Hamas parliamentary delegation headed by lawmaker, Mushir Al Masri, visited Switzerland last month after receiving an invitation from the Swiss Inter-Parliamentary Union to help establish good Europe-Hamas relations.

"Due to the changes and the Islamic Awakening in the Arab world that brought Islamic parties to power, the West, mainly the European Union, is reconsidering its position regarding their relations with Hamas," political analyst, Mostafa al-Sawwaf, told our correspondent. Press TV