(AP-Washington Post) Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei assailed a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians on Saturday, saying the Palestinians should not limit themselves to seeking a country within the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza - which would implicitly recognize Israel - because "all land belongs to Palestinians." Khamenei, who spoke at a pro-Palestinian conference in Tehran, called Israel a "cancerous tumor" that should be removed. "Our claim is freedom of Palestine, not part of Palestine. Any plan that partitions Palestine is totally rejected," he said. "Palestine spans from the river (Jordan) to the (Mediterranean) sea, nothing less." Syria-based Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal told the gathering that "Palestinians must resort to resistance no matter how costly it is, until Palestine is free and Israel is destroyed."
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