"The Palestinian government urges Arab and Islamic nations, and all honest people to express solidarity with our people by voicing their refusal of the American policy of starving and blockade against the Palestinian people," said Haneya, who is also a senior Hamas leader.

"Supporting Palestinians could be achieved by organizing mass protests and rallies in the occupied Palestine or outside it next Friday," he added.

The new Hamas-led Palestinian government now relies basically on Arab and Islamic support in order to offset the halt of the western aids, mainly from the United States and the European Union (EU), due to Hamas' refusal to renounce violence and recognize Israel.

The U.S. and EU along with Israel also decided to isolate the Hamas government by cutting all contacts with it. As an Islamic leader, Haneya used to deliver sermons at Friday prayers, during one of which after his party took power he called on the Palestinians to be ready to live on "olives and thymes" to defy the siege.