ANKARA, JULY 1 (SPA) - THE PRIME MINISTER OF TURKEY CRITICISED ON SATURDAY THE JEWISH STATE’S DETENTION OF HAMAS CABINET MINISTERS AND SAID HE WOULD DISCUSS THE CRISIS WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. "I HAVE DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING THE ABDUCTION OF EIGHT PALESTINIAN MINISTERS AND 50 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND ADMINISTRATORS," TAYYIP ERDOGAN SAID IN TELEVISED REMARKS. "THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE GREATLY SADDENED US, BUT WE HAVE NOT GIVEN UP HOPE. WE WILL DO ALL WE CAN (TO HELP RESOLVE THE CRISIS)," HE SAID. HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD DISCUSS THE PALESTINIAN CRISIS LATER ON SATURDAY WITH PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH. ERDOGAN, WHO WANTS TURKEY TO PLAY A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY, HAS ALSO CRITICISED WESTERN SANCTIONS AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS’ HAMAS GOVERNMENT, SAYING THEY WILL ONLY BREED MORE HATRED. THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION, WHICH TURKEY HOPES TO JOIN, SAY HAMAS MUST RENOUNCE VIOLENCE AND ACCEPT ISRAEL’S RIGHT TO EXIST. --SPA 01/07/2006 13:38 ت م www.spa.gov.sa/372566