( CNN ) -- Most people across Muslim and Arab lands viewed President Obama 's speech in Cairo , Egypt , as `` excellent , '' a spokesman for the hard-line Palestinian movement Hamas said . Hamas spokesman Ahmed Yousef talked about President Obama 's `` historical '' speech Friday on CNN . But the official , Ahmed Yousef , interviewed on CNN 's `` American Morning '' from Gaza City , said there 's a question on the street : Is the American president `` ready to walk the way he talks ? '' `` This is the question , '' said Yousef , the senior adviser for former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya . In his address to Muslims , Obama called for bridging gaps between Israelis and Palestinians and urged the establishment of a two-state solution to the conflict . He called for an end to Israeli settlement building , and he called for the Palestinians to end violence against the Jewish state . And he cast a portrait of a grinding Palestinian existence . `` For more than 60 years , they have endured the pain of dislocation . Many wait in refugee camps in the West Bank , Gaza and neighboring lands for a life of peace and security that they have never been able to lead , '' Obama said Thursday . `` They endure the daily humiliations -- large and small -- that come with occupation . So let there be no doubt : The situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable . America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity , opportunity and a state of their own . '' But at the same time , Obama , while acknowledging that Hamas has some support among Palestinians , said the group has to realize that it has `` responsibilities . '' `` To play a role in fulfilling Palestinian aspirations , to unify the Palestinian people , Hamas must put an end to violence , recognize past agreements , recognize Israel 's right to exist , '' Obama said . The leadership of Hamas , considered by the United States and Israel to be a terrorist organization , won elections in Palestinian territories in 2006 , prompting stringent sanctions from the West . The speech comes months after an eruption of war in Hamas-controlled Gaza , when Israel launched a tough offensive against militants firing rockets at communities in southern Israel before the forging of a cease-fire that Hamas says is violated by Israel . Though Yousef called Thursday 's speech `` historical '' and cited the president 's `` wonderful words , '' he said Obama did n't call for lifting Western sanctions in Gaza and for helping the Palestinians . And , he said , more needs to be done to bridge gaps between the West and the Muslim world . Watch Yousef talk about Obama 's `` wonderful words '' » . `` They 're still ignoring that the Palestinians are suffering from the sanctions , and this has become like a crime against humanity . It 's collective punishment endorsed by the people in the West . I hope that we 're going to hear something positive and see again action or facts on the ground after this speech , '' Yousef said . The two-state solution has been elusive for the state of Israel and the Palestinians . Yousef said the recognition of Israel should be considered until there is an independent Palestinian state . Israel wants recognition of its right to exist before it crafts a peace deal with the Palestinians . `` President Obama is a professor of international law ; he understands that you ca n't ask the people who are under occupation to recognize their occupier . This is against the international law , '' he said . `` When we have our own state , a free and independent Palestinian state , then we can talk about this issue of recognition . ... It 's too early to talk about recognition while we are suffering for the last 60 years from the occupation . '' Hamas says a `` concrete path '' is required `` on the ground . '' There have been promises under the Bush administration for the establishment of a Palestinian state , Yousef said . But the Palestinians `` lost confidence '' in the world community because of `` Israeli aggression justified by the Americans and the world community . '' He now thinks the West needs to prove that it is `` really sincere '' about Palestinians concern and is `` ready to help the Palestinian to have their own independent state . ''
Obama acknowledged Palestinians ' `` daily humiliations , '' `` pain of dislocation '' Hamas says more must be done to bridge gaps between West , Muslim world . Palestinians still suffering because of sanctions , spokesman says . `` It 's too early to talk about recognition '' of Israel , he says .