Hamas chief calls for new intifada over Trump’s Jerusalem move

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh gestures as he delivers a speech in Gaza City on December 7, 2017.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh called for a new Palestinian intifada, or uprising, on December 7 over U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

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“This Zionist policy supported by the U.S. cannot be confronted unless we ignite a new intifada,” the head of the armed Palestinian Islamist movement that runs the Gaza Strip said in a speech.

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