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
The reason behind this cycle is the continuation of the occupation and the continued Israeli assaults against the Palestinian people.
Our people will not ... kneel before such Israeli measures.
The Israelis are trying to starve innocent people by taking money from our taxes, and we are going to fight this by all legal means. This collective punishment will not break the determination of the Palestinian people.
The underlying problem remains the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and the continuing Israeli assaults against our people.
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.
We are asking you to cooperate with our mission by keeping an open mind.
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.
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 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.
Postponing the election will lead to a vacuum and to a dark future. Postponing the election is not the solution.
There are people, partners, colleagues who are still thinking and debating among themselves whether they would like to join us or not.
What happened was dangerous and must not be repeated.