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 salute all the nations of the Arab Spring and I salute the heroic people of Syria who are striving for freedom, democracy and reform.
Israel no longer has allies in Egypt and in Tunisia, we are saying to the Zionist enemies that times have changed and that the time of the Arab Spring, the time of the revolution, of dignity and of pride has arrived.
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.
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 were elected on a different political agenda.
What happened was dangerous and must not be repeated.
We are asking you to cooperate with our mission by keeping an open mind.
We've handled challenges in the past and we will be able to stand up to future challenges as well.
There is nothing defined, but all that we have heard from the Arab and Islamic states, officially and from the public, is reassuring.
We will prove to the people that we are able to rebuild our homeland.
We will protect the right of our people to defend themselves against the occupation.
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.