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AFP, Gaza City

The Palestinians are capable of launching a new uprising against Israeli occupation like the intifadas of 1987 and 2000, exiled Islamist leader Khaled Meshaal said in comments published on Saturday. "Our people are capable of launching a third or fourth intifada until victory is ours," the Damascus-based Hamas chief said in comments posted on his movement's website on the 20th anniversary of its creation shortly after the launch of the first intifada.

"Whoever thinks that Hamas has reached a dead end is wrong," said Meshaal, whose movement seized control of the Gaza Strip from forces loyal to moderate Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in June but has since faced international isolation.