GAZA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The powerful Palestinian Islamist group Hamas called on Thursday for a new uprising against Israel after U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. “We should call for and we should work on launching an intifada in the face of the Zionist enemy,” Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a speech in Gaza. Israel and the United States consider Hamas, which has fought three wars with Israel since 2007, a terrorist organization. Mohammed Salem / Reuters Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh delivers a speech on Jerusalem in Gaza City, December 7, 2017. Haniyeh called on Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to withdraw from peacemaking with Israel and on Arabs to boycott the Trump administration.

Source: Huffington Post December 07, 2017 09:10 UTC