Hamas tells Obama to learn from Bush's mistakes

GAZA CITY (AFP) – Hamas on Wednesday called on President Barack Obama to learn lessons from the mistakes of his predecessor George W. Bush and said it would judge the new US leader by his acts.

"We will judge him by his policies and actions on the ground and how he will learn lessons from the mistakes of the previous administrations, especially that of George Bush and his criminal and unjust policies," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum told a press conference in Gaza City.