The two main Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah should unite and fight Israel rather than each other, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal said Thursday. The two ought to close ranks on “liberating Palestine, not recognizing Israel and adopting the path of Jihad and resistance,” Mashaal said at the end of a two-day conference by Islamic scholars on the Palestinian question. Mashaal made no reference to an 18-point agreement between Hamas and Fatah prisoners held by Israel that was announced Thursday. Full Story