Hamas calls for intifada, starting with ‘day of rage’, after Trump’s Jerusalem decision
Gaza — The powerful Palestinian Islamist group Hamas called on Thursday for a new uprising against Israel, after US 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. Haniyeh, elected the group’s overall leader in May, urged Palestinians, Muslims and Arabs to hold rallies against the US decision on Friday, calling it a "day of rage". "Let December 8 be the first day of the intifada against the occupier," he said. Israel and the US consider Hamas, which has fought three wars with Israel since 2007, a terrorist organisation. Hamas does not recognise Israel’s right to exist and its suicide bombings helped spearhead the last intifada, from 2000 to 2005. "We have given instruction to all Hamas members and to all its wings to be fully ready for any new instructions or orders that may be given to confront this strate...
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