Below I have quoted what he actually said. He basically said that the Israeli government should deal willingly with Abbas, and that this is a good way to make the Gazans realize by comparison that Hamas is not effective at governance. He also said he thinks the blockade should be lifted as part of the terms of an eventual ceasefire. So not only is he saying that he does not think Gaza should be besieged but he is also saying that the Palestinians should be dealt with more fairly in the West Bank and their national aspirations recognized. He did not say the Gazans should be mistreated in order to get them to reject Hamas.
My suggestion is to approach Abu Mazen [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas - the ed.] and to accept the terms - which the whole world knows - for a two-state-solution and coexistence between Israel and the West Bank: Two capitals in Jerusalem, a mutually agreed territorial modification, removal of most of the Jewish settlements from the West Bank.
When Ramallah and Nablus on the West Bank live on in prosperity and freedom, I believe that the people in Gaza will sooner or later do to Hamas what the people of Romania did to Ceausescu. I do not know how long it will take, but it is destined to happen - simply because the people in Gaza will be very jealous of the freedom and prosperity enjoyed by their brothers and sisters on the West Bank in the state of Palestine. This in my view is the solution, although this solution cannot be implemented in 24 hours or 48 hours.