In a speech broadcast on Al-Aqsa TV on March 23, 2014 (the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Sheik Ahmad Yassin), Haniyeh stated (as translated by MEMRI) "Out of deprivation, we shall establish the balance of terror.
On 2 May 2011, Haniyeh condemned the killing by American forces of Osama bin Laden, leader of Al Qaida and said that the operation is "the continuation of the American oppression and shedding of blood of Muslims and Arabs".