“Russia can play an important role in removing the occupation, ending the aggression and achieving national (Palestinian) rights.” ImportantPlayRolesRightsAchieveRussiaOccupationAggressionPalestinian Author:Khaled Mashal
“So long as our land is occupied it is the right of the Palestinian people and their factions to combine resistance and political activities. Resistance and its arms are directed against the occupation while political activity is part of re-arranging the Palestinian home.” PeopleLongHomePoliticalLandArmsActivityResistanceOccupationPalestinianFactionsArranging Author:Khaled Mashal
“The world should commit Israel to withdraw from our territories and stop occupation and aggression, and allow the Palestinian people to establish their independent state.” PeopleWorldShouldStatesIndependentIsraelCommitOccupationTerritoryAggressionPalestinian Author:Khaled Mashal
“I want to tell the United States, the international community and all those who speak about peace that... the shortest way for this is that they should work for halting the Israeli aggression and occupation of the Palestinian territories.” WayWantShouldStatesSpeakCommunityUnitedUnited StatesInternationalOccupationTerritoryAggressionPalestinianIsraeliInternational CommunityIsraeli Occupation Author:Khaled Mashal
“As a Palestinian today I speak of a Palestinian and Arab demand for a state on 1967 borders. It is true that in reality there will be an entity or a state called Israel on the rest of Palestinian land. This is reality but I don’t deal with it from the point of view of recognizing or admitting it.” StatesRealityTodaySpeakTermDealsLandDemandIsraelBordersPalestinianEntityAdmitting Author:Khaled Mashal
“What Hamas and the Palestinian people are doing is legitimate resistance against the Israeli occupation. Our resistance is confined to the territories inside Palestine and only targets the Israeli occupation. We are not blood-mongering killers who kill innocent people around the world.” PeopleWorldInnocentPalestinianPalestineIsraeliHamas Author:Khaled Mashal
“Any approach that doesn't acknowledge the Palestinians' legitimate rights is doomed to fail. That also applies to any strategy that ignores the fact that Hamas is a part of the Palestinian resistance.” FailingStrategyAcknowledgePalestinianHamas Author:Khaled Mashal
“The Palestinian issue is a national, political issue. It's not to be seen as an economic issue that would be solved or addressed by some economic approach that makes the living standard of the people under occupation better. The Palestinian people are fed up with talks that have been going on for years. We are looking for peace, but we are not looking for a new peace process. This process will fail.” PeoplePoliticalFailingEconomicPalestinianFed Up Author:Khaled Mashal
“Our political document shows that we are prepared in the context of a national consensus to accept a state on the lines of the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as the capital and fulfilling the right of return for refugees. That does not mean that this document recognizes the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation. Nor does it mean that we will cede any part of the Palestinian territories.” MeanPoliticalAcceptingPalestinianFulfillingRefugeeConsensusIsraeli Author:Khaled Mashal
“The international community has been extracting concessions from the weaker side suffering under the occupation. For decades, this strategy has done absolutely nothing for the Palestinians. Now they are demanding that Hamas go the same route. We will not accept that. Extracting concessions is not the key to achieving peace. Pressure must be exerted on the occupier.” DoneSufferingCommunityAcceptingAchieveStrategyPalestinianHamas Author:Khaled Mashal
“There are some who support us and others who are on the other side. They bow to pressure from the international community. But there is no reason for any of them to be against our Palestinian concerns. We don't interfere in any of the domestic policies of other countries. We are a national movement and we are concentrating on our conflict and the battle against the Israeli occupation.” CountryReasonCommunitySupportPolicyBattleConflictConcernPalestinianInterfereIsraeli Author:Khaled Mashal
“Hamas' leadership needs new blood. I will continue to serve my people. But the presidency of the Palestinian Autonomous Authority is not a free, sovereign position - it is an office that is confined by the occupation. That's why this position is not interesting for Hamas.” PeopleInterestingOfficeAuthorityPalestinianHamas Author:Khaled Mashal
“When Israel says that it will recognise Palestinian rights and will withdraw from the West Bank and East Jerusalem and grant the right of return, stop settlements and recognise the rights of the Palestinians to self-determination - only then will Hamas be ready to take a serious step.” SelfStepsRightsSeriousReadyReturnDeterminationWestIsraelEastGrantsSelf DeterminationPalestinianRecogniseJerusalemSettlementHamas Author:Khaled Mashal
