Hamas leader: Palestine will not be liberated through fake peace, only through Jihad

• Published date: 04 October 2022
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

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 not be returned through fake peace agreements with the enemy or through normalization whose purpose is to mislead the nation and turn the first enemy into an ally in the area."

"Israel is our first and most dangerous enemy towards Palestine and the region," Mashaal emphasized, noting that "the West Bank is...