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(ANSAmed) - GAZA, June 3 - US president Barack Obama seems "sincere in his wish to change US policy towards the Islamic world in general and the Middle East in particular", but Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip expect "actions" on top of words and shows of good will. Today ANSA was informed about this by Ahmed Yusef, an official diplomat working for Hamas (the radical Islamic movement that is currently running Gaza) who studied in the USA. Yusef, who is the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of the self-proclaimed Hamas government in Gaza and premier Ismail Haniyeh's diplomatic advisor, stated that "The speech which Obams will deliver in Cairo could represent first step towards reconciliation between the USA and the Muslim nation. The Islamic world consequently believes that the time has come to use a different language compared to that used by the Bush administration". However Yusef also pointed out that "the Palestinian issue remains a priority for the Arab and Muslim world" and that the White House needs to back up its words with "actions capable of effectively dealing with the situation". In his opinion such deeds must provide "as a first step, the immediate halt of Israeli settlements (expanding in the West Bank and East Jerusalem), in order to then allow the Palestinians to set up their own State with Jerusalem as capital city: the very least that can be accepted by Arabs and Muslims". (ANSAmed).