Hamas says that the silence of some Palestinian factions on the crisis in Gaza amounts to complicity in the siege Tehran, Israel - Hamas spokesman, Hamam Kassem, says that the silence of some Palestinian parties on the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip was equivalent to complicity in the crime of the siege on the territory. Qassem said that the failure of certain Palestinian parties, which claim to represent the Palestinian people, to speak out against the various dimensions of suffering in the Gaza Strip amounted to participating in the blockade and blaming their national responsibility, Palestine's Shabbos News reported on Sunday. According to him, the widespread inability of Palestinian institutions to deal with the crisis highlighted the postponed need to rebuild a legitimate Palestinian political system capable of dealing with the current challenges. Qassem criticized the existing institutions, saying that their legitimacy had been corrupted for many years. @Irna en.