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Source: http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=6024
Hamas Leader Haniyeh: Goal Is Destruction of Israel in Stages
(Palestinian Media Watch) Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik - At a ceremony marking the 24th anniversary of the founding of Hamas, Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh said that Hamas may work for the "interim objective of liberation of Gaza, the West Bank, or Jerusalem," but Hamas' long-term "strategic" goal is eliminating all of Israel. "The armed resistance and the armed struggle are the path and the strategic choice for liberating the Palestinian land, from the [Mediterranean] sea to the [Jordan] river, and for the expulsion of the invaders and usurpers [Israel]....We won't relinquish one inch of the land of Palestine." Haniyeh also promised that Hamas will "lead intifada after intifada until we liberate Palestine - all of Palestine."