Ismail Haniya Quotes (36 Quotes)

Some in the international community want to punish the Palestinian people because of the election result.

The dominant (gun) culture of the Palestinian street over the past few years needs some time to change to a culture of protecting order, discipline and the law.

This is a decision of the movement across Gaza and the West Bank including those in the jails.

We are coming to congratulate you and to say that the blood of our Sheikh Yassin did not go in vain.

We are making every effort to pay the government employees despite the financial crisis.

I have called the president of the Iranian Islamic republic to thank him for the support that he has shown towards the Palestinian people and I told him of our desire to have strong relations with all Arab and Muslim countries.

If Israel withdraws to the 1967 borders, then we will establish a peace in stages. We will establish a situation of stability and calm, which will bring safety for our people. We do not have any feelings of animosity towards Jews. We do not wish to throw them into the sea. All we seek is to be given our land back, not to harm anybody.

I call on the Palestinian people for calm and to respect the law.

It is a list for change and reform, composed of candidates from a new generation, our historic leaders as well as women and prisoners.

We are going to meet in the next few days to discuss the nature of our political partnership and a number of other issues of interest to the Palestinian people.

Clearly the aim of this escalation is to force the people to kneel down. The government is able to face all efforts that aim to isolate the Palestinian people.

The world should respect the choice of the Palestinian people.

Does someone believe that we can use guns to destroy a state that has F-16s and 200 nuclear warheads

The government has been denied responsibility over security bodies, the borders and other powers, but it still needs to pay salaries.

We have never been supporters of war, terrorism or bloodletting. Instead it is the Israeli occupation that waged all forms of terrorism against our people in chasing them out of their homeland, besieging it and starving it.

The election program that we have raised is one for change and reform and we are determined to implement it with transparency, especially in the public administration and financial institutions for the sake of rebuilding our nation and alleviating the economic sufferings of our people.

We are optimistic that our people will go to vote in this historical event.

We want to assure the Palestinian people that there are many charitable parties in Arab and Islamic countries who have expressed readiness to cooperation and offer support for ensuring the success of our democratic programs.

Firstly, by establishing a sound and transparent financial base, we will be able to make many economies.

We will put the Palestinian house in order.

We condemn this crime, this assassination which only serves to increase the strength and unity of the Palestinian people.

I bless the announcement from brother Said Siam, the interior minister, yesterday to form a force to protect general order.

We have left the door open for the other brothers who have not yet decided, or who have decided not to join.

Our government will be prepared to hold dialogue with the international quartet about the ways to end the conflict and install calm in the region.

If we receive an official invitation to visit Russia, we will visit Russia.

We call for open and unconditional dialogue with the Quartet Committee and commitment to neutrality and justice.

We were born from the womb of resistance, we will protect resistance and the arm of resistance will not be touched.

The international aid which is offered to our people is a humanitarian need for the Palestinian people who are still living under Israeli occupation.

We have received an invitation to travel shortly to Russia.

We reject all pressure on our people and government to forego our basic rights. We will not touch the rights of the Palestinian people whatever the circumstances.

There is an escalation against the Palestinian people aimed at breaking them and the government.

I call on the American administration to respect ... the will of the Palestinian people and the result of the ballot.

These Israeli decisions are part of the policy of repression, terrorism and collective punishment against our people.

We are still in the consultation process with all the national, Islamic and independent parties from our Palestinian brothers in order to reach the best decision for this government that will take full responsibility politically and internally for the Palestinian people.

It's for the international community to put strong pressure on Israel to restore our rights and end all the occupation.

We are delighted with the invitation to Moscow, and we see Russia as a leading country in the United Nations and the Middle East settlement process.