Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal at a news conference in Tehran, Iran, 2008. Photo: wiki commons

Ynet – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled Mashaal and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at a major congress of his ruling party on Sunday. The three leaders pledged joint opposition to Israel and Syrian President Bashar Assad‘s regime.

Erdogan went as far as to blast Israel’s “state terrorism,” while Mashaal asserted that “resistance” is the only way to get is the Jewish state to back down from the “occupation.”

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