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Hamas, Islamic Jihad call on PLO to withdraw recognition of Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePalestinian terror groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad call on the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization to withdraw its recognition of Israel in retaliation for a resolution approved by the Knesset rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state.
The two groups made the announcement late last night following a meeting in the Gulf nation of Qatar between Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Islamic Jihad chief Ziad Nakhaleh and his deputy Mohammed al-Hindi, according to a Hamas statement.
The two groups says the Palestinian people have the right to set up their own independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.
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