Egypt revolt gave us back our lives: Hamas chief

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KHARTOUM — Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal hailed the sweeping political changes in Egypt, which he said had given the Palestinian people their lives back, in a speech in Khartoum on Sunday.

"Today we are witnessing Cairo returning to its natural state, after it disappeared from that state for a long time," the Palestinian Islamist leader said in a speech broadcast live on Sudanese state television.

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On Sunday, Meshaal called for reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah based on "jihad", or struggle, against the Jewish state.

"The first step (to liberating Jerusalem from Israeli occupation) is refusal to negotiate with Israel... and to establish a new, reconciled Palestinian position based on jihad," he said.

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