GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Hamas premier Ismail Haniyeh and President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated Muhammad Mursi on his victory in Egypt's presidential elections on Sunday.
Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mursi was declared Egypt's first democratic president by the state election committee, which said he had defeated former general Ahmed Shafik with 51.7 percent of last weekend's run-off vote.
Haniyeh phoned Mursi to congratulate him, and supporters marched to the prime minister's home in Gaza City to celebrate the victory.
"We will look to Egypt to play a big, leading role, a historic role, regarding the Palestinian cause, in helping the Palestinian nation get freedom, return home, and totally end the Gaza siege," Haniyeh told Reuters Television.
In Gazan streets, the jubilation recalled that which greeted Hamas' shock victory in Palestine's 2006 elections, as thanksgiving sermons and calls of "Allahu Akbar" echoed from mosques across the enclave and sweets were handed out in the street. more
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