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
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.
There are people, partners, colleagues who are still thinking and debating among themselves whether they would like to join us or not.
Postponing the election will lead to a vacuum and to a dark future. Postponing the election is not the solution.
We agreed to hold a meeting as soon as he arrives in Gaza, in about two days time.
We agreed to continue the meetings and to intensify them in order to conclude the formation of the government and to present it to the parliament for a confidence vote.
The government is ready for dialogue with the Quartet. The European Union has provided a lot of aid to our people, and supported our right for freedom. ... We are interested in a strong relation with Europe.
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 think countries in power can decide for themselves what kinds of positions and policies they can take.
I don't know why Abbas canceled the visit, but I hope he will arrive here soon.
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.
The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these operations have stopped. Did they then remove Hamas from the list of terrorist organisations? We do not launch wars. We are people resisting occupation.
In addition to removing our democratically elected government, Israel wants to sow dissent among Palestinians by claiming that there is a serious leadership rivalry among us. I am compelled to dispel this notion definitively.