Ismail Haniyeh
Ismail Haniyeh
Ismail Abdel Salam Ahmed Haniyeh; born 29 January 1963) is a senior political leader of Hamas and formerly one of two disputed Prime Ministers of the Palestinian National Authority. Haniyeh became prime minister after Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections of 2006. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah–Hamas conflict, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continued to exercise prime ministerial authority in the Gaza Strip...
NationalityPalestinian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 January 1963
CountryPalestine, State of
That is not correct. Where did you hear that?
These weapons liberated the land and by these weapons, we will continue the liberation process.
I spoke on the phone with President Abbas last night. We have agreed to meet tomorrow evening in Gaza to present him the final government list.
Such a plan definitely won't be accepted by the Palestinian people or the Palestinian government.
There is nothing defined, but all that we have heard from the Arab and Islamic states, officially and from the public, is reassuring.
Whoever thinks economic pressure could push our government to succumb or that it could weaken the determination and the steadfastness of our proud people is mistaken.
We seek to assure investors on the Palestinian bourse that we regard it as one of the fundamental bases of the Palestinian national economy. We will afford all the guarantees necessary to protect their investment.
We will resolve these matters through dialogue when we are in government. All I can say is no police officer will lose his job and no police salary will be cut.
We will accelerate the process of forming the next government so that we will not have to have a political and constitutional vacuum.
We call on you to transfer all aid to the Palestinian treasury.
We call on you to transfer all aid to the Palestinian treasury. We assure you that all the revenues will be spent on salaries, daily life and infrastructure.
We call on you to understand the priorities of our Palestinian people at this stage and continue the spiritual and financial support in order to push the region towards stability rather than pressure and tension.
We've handled challenges in the past and we will be able to stand up to future challenges as well.
What happened was dangerous and must not be repeated.