Free Republic

Ismail Haniyeh, born on January 29, 1962, is the leader of Hamas who ordered the attack on Israel over the weekend. He is currently living in Qatar and reportedly watched the aggressions from the comfort of his office. His name, also spelled Isml Haniyyah and Ismail Haniya, has been synonymous with the resistance movement in Palestine for about two decades. He took over the Gaza portion of the Palestinian Territories in 2007. —- Hamas, an acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (the Islamic Resistance Movement), was founded in 1987 in the midst of a Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. Haniyeh joined...

2006 Audio Emerges of Hillary Clinton Proposing Rigging Palestine Election

Hamas PM Ismail Haniya on Economic Crisis: 'Oh Americans, Allah Will Punish You'; 'The Time Has Come For Allah to Declare War on You, Oh Usurers!' Following are excerpts from a speech by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on October 10, 2008. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1876.htm To view the MEMRI TV page for Al-Aqsa TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/content/en/tv_channel_indiv.htm?id=175 Ismail Haniya: "Those who decided to impose a siege on our people, who used funds to restrict our people, who encourage local and regional elements to impose a siege on our people and...

Mar. 11, 2003 Hamas rejects new Palestinian prime minister By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF A Gaza Hamas leader, Ismail Haniya, said Monday that the Palestinian Authority's decision to appoint a Abu Mazen (Mohammed Abbas) as prime minister would not change anything and is "nothing but a game played on the Palestinians by the aggressive Zionists and Americans." "The Intifada will continue", said Haniya. Palestinian Authority Chairman, Yasser Arafat, is expected to sign the order appointing Abu Mazen as the Palestinians' first Prime Minister tomorrow. Arafat will still be commander in chief of all Palestinian armed forces, and will have...