Ismail Haniyeh Quotes

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.

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.

Every Palestinian Family Feels The Effects Of The International Embargo. But The More The Pressure On The Government Grows, The More Support We Receive, Both From The Palestinian Street And From The Arab And Islamic World.

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.

Anybody Who Asks For Democracy To Be Introduced Should Respect The Results Of Democracy.

Today Three-quarters Of The Palestinian People Are Displaced: There Are 5 Million Palestinian Refugees Throughout The World.

The Palestinian People Do Not Beg The World For A State, And The State Can't Be Created Through Decisions And Initiatives. States Liberate Their Land First And Then The Political Body Can Be Established.

The Victory Of Hamas Is Not Only Based On The Corruption Of The Palestinian Authority. Hamas Has A Vision And A Program, And This Is The Reason Why The Palestinian People Chose Hamas. However, There Is No Doubt That The Corruption Helped Hamas's Victory.

The People Have Said Yes To Change And Reform. The Majority Of The Palestinians Have Said Yes To The Slogan, 'islam Is The Solution.' The People Also Voted In Favor Of Our Policy Of Resistance And Against The Occupation. Our Policy Is Designed To Defend Jerusalem, Achieve The Right Of Return For All Refugees And The Release Of Our Prisoners.

The Underlying Problem Remains The Israeli Occupation Of Palestinian Land And The Continuing Israeli Assaults Against Our People.

We Are Pushing Towards The Dream Of Having Our Independent State With Jerusalem As Its Capital. If There Is A Real Project That Aims To Resolve The Palestinian Cause On Establishing A Palestinian State On 1967 Borders, Under Full Palestinian Sovereignty, We Will Support It.