Hamas Leader Says Palestine Will be Liberated Through Jihad

Senior Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal said on Monday that there is no point in negotiating with Israel on any sort of arrangement, since the path of jihad is what will lead to the “conquest of Palestine.” In a speech marking the 835th anniversary of the conquest of Jerusalem by Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, Mashaal said that Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque are the goals of the awakening of the Islamic nation. “The conquest (of Palestine) will only be achieved through jihad, resistance and martyrs”, he stated, adding that “the way of the conquest will not be through negotiations, since Jerusalem will…