Members of an Arab Parliament delegation are welcomed by representatives of the Islamic Hamas movement (R) upon their arrival at the Rafah border crossing between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt on February 15, 2010. An Arab parliamentary delegation of 24 state arrived in Gaza to express their solidarity with the Palestinian population of the war-battered territory, which has been under an Israeli blockade since Hamas seized control of the strip in June 2007.Photo By Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90

Nur al-Din (C), a member of an Arab Parliament delegation, gives a speech near members of the Islamic Hamas movement upon their arrival at the Rafah border crossing between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt on February 15, 2010. An Arab parliamentary delegation of 24 state arrived in Gaza to express their solidarity with the Palestinian population of the war-battered territory, which has been under an Israeli blockade since Hamas seized control of the strip in June 2007.Photo By Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90