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Hamas Leader Mashal Calls to Join with Turkey to "Liberate Palestine and Jerusalem"
(Hurriyet-Turkey) Khaled Mashal, the head of Hamas' political bureau, addressed Turkey's ruling party's annual congress in Konya on Dec. 27, endorsing Turkish President Erdogan and Prime Minister Davutoglu, and voicing his hope to "liberate Palestine and Jerusalem" together with them in the future. Mashal's speech was interrupted by cries of "God is great" and "Down with Israel" by AKP supporters who waved Turkish and Palestinian flags.