Ismail Haniya Quotations

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.

We have received an invitation to travel shortly to Russia.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

People have the right to defend themselves in the face of these acts by the occupation.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

We call for dialogue without preliminary conditions and in a spirit of neutrality.

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

We will put the Palestinian house in order.

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.

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

This aid should not be linked to unfair conditions.

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

This is a dangerous escalation. We warn against continuing such destructive actions, particularly against attempts on the lives of Saadat and his brothers.

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

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

The US administration and European countries should put pressure ... on the occupier and not the occupied and displaced Palestinian people.

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

The Israeli occupiers should recognize Palestinian rights first.

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

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.

This is a historic day for Palestinians -- this is a great day.

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.

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.

The main problem is the Zionist (Israeli) occupation and continuing aggression against our people.