An aide to deposed prime minister of Hamas government in Gaza Ismail Haneya said on Wednesday that Hamas is ready to hand over control of all crossings in Gaza to a "neutral side."
Alaa al-A'raj, Haneya's economical advisor, said that Hamas government is ready to study the name of any nominee who have experience in running the crossing points.
But he stressed that any side "whose hands are polluted with issues harming the nationality and morality of our people" is absolutely denied.
Over the past couple of days, local Palestinian media reported that Salam Fayyad's government installed by President Mahmoud Abbas in June after Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza was considering a plan to reopen the crossings of the Strip.
The reports said that the U.S. administration, the European Union and the Quartet of Middle East mediators have accepted the plan.
In response to the reports, al-A'raj said his government knows nothing about the plan.
However, he proposed that a private business sector can oversee and manage the commercial crossings.
All Gaza crossings were shut down in the wake of Hamas' violent takeover the Gaza enclave following days of infighting between Hamas militants and security forces loyal to President Abbas.
As a result, Abbas fired Hamas government and formed a Western-backed administration ruling from the West Bank while the Gaza Strip has been ruled by Hamas.
Source:Xinhua
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