(AFP-Jordan Times) Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal on Sunday called for reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah based on "jihad" against Israel, in a speech in Khartoum broadcast live on Sudanese state television. "The first step [to liberating Jerusalem] is refusal to negotiate with Israel...and to establish a new, reconciled Palestinian position based on jihad," he said. Sudan's President Omar Bashir said, "What is going in the region is a prelude to the battle for Jerusalem. And we are committed to supporting the [Palestinian] people of Jerusalem in their jihad."
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