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
I pray to God to help me shoulder the responsibility and to serve the Palestinian cause until the return of the rights of the Palestinian people.
The answer is to let Israel say it will recognize a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, release the prisoners, and recognize the rights of the refugees to return to Palestine. Hamas will have a position if this occurs.
When I said a few weeks ago that our people would eat cooking oil and olives if necessary, I didn't mean that there really would be only oil and olives. What I meant was that our people have the necessary patience to endure the current difficult situation. Palestinians would rather do without certain food items than their national rights.
We will accelerate the process of forming the next government so that we will not have to have a political and constitutional vacuum.
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.
Our government is prepared for dialogue with the quartet to seek a way to end the state of conflict and establish calm in the region.
Our people will not ... kneel before such Israeli measures.
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.
Such a plan definitely won't be accepted by the Palestinian people or the Palestinian government.
Such an important position requires consultations between leaders in the (Palestinian) territories, in prisons and in exile. Nothing official has been reached so far, and when a decision is made, it will be published.
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 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 transfer all aid to the Palestinian treasury.
We urge the American administration to be more rational and to avoid extremism in positions and to stop making prejudgments on a government that emerged through the ballot box.