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Harvard University economist

20 Jan 2025 5 4

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Inserted 1 hour ago

“As regards the issue of natural gas, Slovakia was disconnected from gas with termination of transit via Ukraine. We discussed this matter, we have the TurkStream gas pipeline. Let's make a step and discuss this topic at the level of energy ministers. The demand of Slovakia for natural gas should be satisfied. I suggested solving this issue through talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Mr. Putin. I hope we will be able to have communications, to start telephone diplomacy as early as this week.”

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Turkish President

20 Jan 2025 9 2

Emmanuel Macron

Inserted 1 hour ago

“The challenge after the fighting ends will be to provide Ukraine with guarantees against any return to war on its territory and guarantees for our own security.”

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President of France

20 Jan 2025 2 2

Yara Hawari

Inserted 5 hours ago

“While the Gaza ceasefire is a positive step the danger to the occupied West Bank from an Israeli invasion continues to rise. It's brought about a huge amount of relief that the bombardment will stop, but I think crucially the ceasefire does not mean an end to the occupation neither in Gaza or the West Bank. So people are under no illusion that this means an end to Israeli control over their lives. I think people are pessimistic as to whether the ceasefire will actually hold because they know the Israeli regime is already trying to sabotage it. The situation in the occupied West Bank remains as precarious as ever. We saw a year of genocide in Gaza go unchecked so the big question is could they do the same in the West Bank? I'm afraid without accountability measures the answer is yes.”

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Senior analyst with Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network

20 Jan 2025 6 3

Joe Biden

Inserted 6 hours ago

“These are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing. Baseless and politically motivated investigations wreak havoc on the lives, safety and financial security of targeted individuals and their families. The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense. Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country.”

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President of the United States

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20 Jan 2025 4 2

Ali Jarbawi

Inserted 16 hours ago

“Hamas's parades through Gaza on Sunday are more than a message to the international community that it is in control. They also reflect the reality on the ground. Hamas was there before the war and they're there now.”

Political science professor at Birzeit University

19 Jan 2025 2 2

Ibrahim Madhoun

Inserted 16 hours ago

“The message is that Hamas is 'the day after' for the war. They're conveying that Hamas must be a part of any future arrangements, or at least, be coordinated with.”

Analyst close to Hamas based in Turkey

19 Jan 2025 3 2

Bezalel Smotrich

Inserted 1 day ago

“Israel must occupy Gaza and create a temporary military government because there is no other way to defeat Hamas. I will overthrow the government if it does not return to fighting in a way that [leads to us] taking over the entire Gaza Strip and governing it.”

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Finance Minister of Israel

19 Jan 2025 4 3

Mustafa Barghouti

Inserted 1 day ago

“The only solution for the future of Gaza is 'national unity'. The best solution is a very clear formula that we agreed about in the Beijing agreement, which says that a national consensus government should be formed immediately. There is pressure going in that direction. We are talking about it. We are demanding it. We're speaking about it in the media, and the agreement is there. It was signed by all the 14 Palestinian parties. We need a body that has international legitimacy, that has legitimacy in the region, and that is capable of organizing and supporting the process of reconstruction. Hamas told us very clearly, they don't want to be the government. They don't want to be in the government, but they want a government that they can accept. That's what we all agree about, a government that can cooperate with everybody.”

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General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative

19 Jan 2025 6 3

Tareq Abu Azzoum

Inserted 1 day ago

“What happened earlier in Gaza City's as-Saraya square is that the military wing of Hamas handed over three female Israeli captives in a scene that felt beyond imagination. The military wing of Hamas - which has been engaging in battles with the Israeli occupation forces across many areas in the strip - appeared today, organising the implementation of the deal and the exchange of the Israeli captives. We saw crowds of Palestinians gathering in the area around the fighters of the military wing of Hamas, chanting for liberation and freedom. So, apparently, despite the significant blows that the military wing of Hamas has endured, they appeared today as an organized force on the ground. This could indicate that in the foreseeable future, they will still exist as a military force despite the Israeli claims that they managed to degrade their military capabilities and eradicate their military governance of the territory.”

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Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Khan Younis, Gaza

19 Jan 2025 10 3

Lara Elborno

Inserted 1 day ago

“Israel must be held accountable after committing the first live-streamed genocide assisted with artificial intelligence. This accountability must be pursued, whether it's before international jurisdictions, like the International Criminal Court, or before national courts using the principles of extraterritorial jurisdiction or universal jurisdiction. Accountability should not just be confined to Israeli leaders the architects of the genocide, but also to the soldiers that enforced and executed the genocide, and who found themselves, in many cases, gleefully carrying out the destruction of civilian homes and targeting Palestinian civilians. Countries that were complicit with this genocide, in particular the United States, should also be held accountable. There's no statute of limitations on international crimes of this nature, and so we're going to see this process unfold over a number of years to come.”

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Palestinian-American international lawyer and activist

19 Jan 2025 11 2

Viktor Trehubov

Inserted 1 day ago

“In Pokrovsk, in the city itself, the situation has not changed. It is stable. There is no enemy there. We have already had to counteract information thrown into the network that they have allegedly arrived. This is simply not true. The enemy is trying to cling to the area south of Pokrovsk in order to advance southwest of the settlement and cut off logistics routes. What is happening in the settlements south of Pokrovsk…there are constant battles, constant attempts by the enemy to take the area, make a base with it, and advance. The Russians are currently far from this goal, but they are trying.”

Spokesman for the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group

18 Jan 2025 5 3

Daniel Levy

Inserted 1 day ago

“Netanyahu's coalition stability depends on him breaking the accord and restarting the war. The best guide to understanding what's going on is to listen to the words of the Israeli leaders. Netanyahu has told us that he does not intend to see this through. [He] is signalling his intention to ensure that, beyond the first phase of the deal, there is no further ceasefire.”

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President of the U.S./Middle East Project and former Israeli peace negotiator

19 Jan 2025 6 2

Michael McFaul

Inserted 1 day ago

“This discussion of whether to buy Greenland is distracting us from having serious conversations about real American national security challenges, including, most importantly, China and Russia.”

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U.S. ambassador to Russia in 2012-14 and a professor at Stanford University

15 Jan 2025 5 2

Asaad al-Shibani

Inserted 2 days ago

“We came to establish a new country, to rebuild it. We will work with all our might to ensure that it will be a country that has the rights of all its people and is integrated with the region and the world. We will safeguard the territorial unity of Syria and prevent any threat to Turkey from Kurdish groups in Syria.”

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Syria’s new Foreign Minister

17 Jan 2025 (approx) 5 2

Asaad al-Shibani

Inserted 2 days ago

“We do not look at Syria except as a unified country. Syria would prioritize being a source of stability for its neighbors and renounce the coercive tactics used by the previous regime.”

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Syria’s new Foreign Minister

07 Jan 2025 2 2

Muhannad Ayyash

Inserted 2 days ago

“What we can be assured of is that the Trump administration is not interested in the establishment of a fully sovereign Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, and is not against Israel's plans to annex large swaths of the West Bank. In fact, some reports suggest that the Trump administration may have promised Netanyahu US support for the annexation of certain areas of the West Bank in exchange for his acceptance of the ceasefire deal, which Israel may not even follow through past phase 1. In such a scenario, if it indeed transpires, Trump gets what he wants, which is a political victory, and Netanyahu gets what he wants, which is the continued settler colonisation of Palestine.”

Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University

17 Jan 2025 10 3

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Inserted 2 days ago

“We have zero tolerance for the YPG terrorist organization, which occupies one-third of the country (Syria). We will soon take steps to resolve this issue once and for all.”

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Turkish President

18 Jan 2025 3 3

Sheikh Naim Qassem

Inserted 2 days ago

“This deal, which was unchanged from what was proposed in May 2024, proves the persistence of resistance groups, which took what they wanted while Israel was not able to take what it sought.”

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Hezbollah’s secretary-general

18 Jan 2025 6 2

Colin Clarke

Inserted 2 days ago

“If Syria's new rulers manage to effectively run the country, it would serve as a real momentum boost for Islamist groups. To the leadership in U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia, there is a concern that the takeover of Syria by HTS will energize Islamists in those countries, and if [Ahmed al-Sharaa] succeeds in governing, it will be proof of concept for groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.”

Director of policy and research at the New York-based Soufan Group intelligence consultancy

18 Jan 2025 10 7

Robin Yassin-Kassab

Inserted 2 days ago

“He's [Ahmad al-Awda] an opportunist or an intelligent and pragmatic player, depending on your perspective. In effect, [Awda] achieved a low level of autonomy. He became a local warlord. I'm sure the U.A.E. and [Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah] Sisi would aid an insurgency if one gets going in Syria. It depends on how effectively and quickly the new Syrian administration can establish order and authority. But if things in general degenerate, then [Awda] could be one warlord who might take foreign funds.”

Expert on Syria and the co-author of 'Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and in War'

18 Jan 2025 9 8

Ian Bond

Inserted 2 days ago

“Starmer and the Labour Party have been trying to build links to Trump world and now to the Trump administration in waiting. I think you can see the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the next ambassador in that light. Somebody who is the ultimate sort of smooth political operator. Will it work? They're not natural soulmates on a lot of issues. But equally, Trump does seem to have a sort of soft spot for the U.K.”

Deputy director, Centre for European Reform, London

18 Jan 2025 7 3

Olivier Costa

Inserted 2 days ago

“Trump is very angry with all the people who were happy that he was defeated by Biden. And I think he really wants to make all those people pay, von der Leyen and Scholz and Macron and all the others. He's back, a bit like in a movie, Trump 2.”

Research Professor at the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique), CEVIPOF, Sciences Po, Paris

18 Jan 2025 5 4

Marc Lynch

Inserted 2 days ago

“It's going to be very difficult [to maintain the agreement between Israel and Hamas]. My sense, unfortunately, is that it is very unlikely we move past Phase One and toward a permanent peace. There are endless openings for spoilers on both sides, and serious disagreements remain about the details of the agreement's next steps. In Israel, there are many people who would like to see this war prosecuted indefinitely. Maybe they want to keep northern Gaza as a permanent buffer zone. Maybe they want to depopulate it and resettle it completely. Maybe they want to try to completely destroy Hamas, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu originally promised. Or maybe they want perpetual war as cover for aggressive actions elsewhere, such as in the West Bank. On the Palestinian side, there are plenty of opportunities for spoiler violence by hard-liners, by militant factions who don't like the way things are going, and by people who just want revenge for all the horrible things that have been done to them. If such violence occurs, the Israelis won't respond in a positive fashion.”

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Professor of political science at George Washington University and the director of its Middle East Studies program

17 Jan 2025 10 2

Hal Brands

Inserted 2 days ago

“Trump is siding with TikTok because he believes the social media platform helped him in the 2024 election. So I think it is a sign that Trump's own convictions on China are fairly changeable, given what is politically advantageous to him. He certainly isn't a cold warrior at heart. In my view, his goal is to reach some sort of deal or accommodation with Beijing over the long term, even though he may well use confrontational tactics to build the leverage that is needed for that in the short- and medium-term.”

Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

17 Jan 2025 3 3

Xi Jinping

Inserted 2 days ago

“We both attach great importance to interaction, hope for a good start of the China-U.S. relationship during the new U.S. presidency and are willing to secure greater progress in China-U.S. relations from a new starting point.”

President of the People's Republic of China

17 Jan 2025 4 3

Tom Homan

Inserted 2 days ago

“The administration is going to start right here in Chicago, Illinois. And if the Chicago mayor doesn't want to help, he can step aside. But if he impedes us, if he knowingly harbors or conceals an illegal alien, I will prosecute him.”

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Trump's incoming border czar

17 Jan 2025 3 2

Frans Imbert-Vier

Inserted 2 days ago

“The EU can expect a challenge from the moment Trump walks into the White House. First off Musk and Zuckerberg will overlook any rules that do not originate in the United States. They will ignore them to such an extent that American courts won't even respond to European court injunctions. The EU legal framework could be rendered essentially toothless, because even European politicians need these social networks to survive in today's environment. But the real problem would be if Big Tech firms turn their focus to harvesting user data en masse and using it to promote their own political interests. They're going to go all in.”

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CEO of Swiss cyber-security consulting firm UBCOM

17 Jan 2025 6 3

José Ignacio Torreblanca

Inserted 2 days ago

“In October, Trump vowed to not let the EU 'take advantage of our companies', and Vice-president elect JD Vance has also stated that the US could drop support for NATO if the EU further regulates X. As a result, the Trump administration could lobby European leaders to prevent the commission from punishing X. Moreover, if the EU does impose the fine, Trump and Vance are likely to support Musk and denounce the fines as illegitimate. Musk could also use the platform itself to mobilise citizens and far-right parties to raise the political cost for EU decision-makers pursuing the crackdown.”

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Geopolitics and technology expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations

17 Jan 2025 9 3

Alan Elrod

Inserted 2 days ago

“For a whole cohort of younger voters, Trump and Trumpism are how they came to politics. For some, they're what they prefer. For others, they're merely an unwelcome reality of American democracy. But in either case, he is their normal.”

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President and CEO of The Pulaski Institution

17 Jan 2025 5 3

Josep Borrell

Inserted 3 days ago

“Cherrypicking in applying the Rome Statute is incomprehensible. How can we expect third countries to enforce the ICC arrest warrant against Putin (which they should!) and then say we won't enforce it against Netanyahu? Our credibility as a community of law is eroding.”

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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

17 Jan 2025 5 1

Thorsten Borring Olesen

Inserted 3 days ago

“The incoming Trump administration is trying to stir up problems because they feel they may more easily have their way with Greenlanders alone than, with the Danes. Political parties in Greenland are pro-independence, but what differs between different parties is their timing schedule. If you are really radically pushing for this, then you might think that US money can actually create a quick route to independence.”

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Professor of contemporary history at Denmark's Aarhus University

17 Jan 2025 8 4

Olaf Scholz

Inserted 3 days ago

“Elon Musk's friendliness with the far right endangers democracy in Europe. He supports the far right everywhere in Europe - in the U.K., in Germany, in many, many other countries - and that is something that is completely unacceptable. It endangers the democratic development of Europe, it endangers our community and it must be criticized. His siding with the far right, whether for business interests or for reasons to do with his own political stance, is unacceptable.”

Chancellor of Germany

17 Jan 2025 5 3

Omar Rahman

Inserted 3 days ago

“If you have a united Palestinian territory under a united Palestinian leadership, then Israel will be under pressure to participate in a political end game, and Netanyahu doesn't want that to happen.”

Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs

17 Jan 2025 4 2

Hugh Lovatt

Inserted 3 days ago

“Everyone sees Netanyahu as a dominant force in Israeli politics, but it is remarkable how much Smotrich and Ben-Gvir have been able to exploit his political fears to pursue their own agendas. The Netanyahu today is not the one of the past. He's more fearful and he's unable to make decisions, which has led to strategic paralysis.”

Expert on Israel-Palestine for the European Council on Foreign Relations

17 Jan 2025 5 1

Diana Buttu

Inserted 3 days ago

“The agreement is very vague and there are a lot of places where Israel can - and will - manoeuvre its way out of it.”

Palestinian legal scholar and a former negotiator with the Palestinian Liberation Organization

17 Jan 2025 2 1

Mairav Zonszein

Inserted 3 days ago

“Israel is very good at breaking ceasefires and making it appear that it wasn't its fault. This [deal] will provide immediate relief by getting humanitarian aid in and to provide for a release of hostages and prisoners. The [deal] is more of an immediate pause than a long-term solution.”

Expert on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group

17 Jan 2025 4 1

Lawrence Korb

Inserted 3 days ago

“Biden can take credit for the recently announced ceasefire deal, as the provisions in it are the ones he pushed. But the idea that Biden's administration solved the issue is not correct. What I think what happened is that when [Biden] put [the deal] forward in May he was basically the lame-duck president. We did not know who was going to be elected. I think Netanyahu thought that given his previous relationship with Trump, when Trump came in, he could get even more aggressive. I think what surprised him was Trump, even now during the transition period, has sent somebody to work with Biden on getting the truce. [Trump] let it be clear to Netanyahu that he wanted this over as soon as he took office, and if Netanyahu didn't accept that, then he basically might consider whether he would continue to send him the same amount of aid that's being sent.”

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Former US assistant secretary of defence

16 Jan 2025 6 1

Mark Carney

Inserted 3 days ago

“I'm back home in Edmonton to declare my candidacy for leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister of Canada. Too many are falling behind. Too many young people can't afford a home. Too many people can't find a doctor. And then on top of that … in just four days, the United States will swear in Donald Trump as their 47th president, a man who threatens economic force on his closest, most steadfast allies, including Canada. 'Canada is broken' was one of Pierre Poilievre's many three-word slogans, and it couldn't be more dangerous. Conservatives don't run around saying Canada is broken because they want to fix it. They want a licence to demolish and destroy. Their three-word soundbites won't solve problems, but they will hurt regular people.”

Former Governor of the Bank of Canada

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16 Jan 2025 8 4

Antony Blinken

Inserted 3 days ago

“We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. That is a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war.”

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U.S. Secretary of State

14 Jan 2025 3 1

Rufus Gifford

Inserted 3 days ago

“I think Ken Howery was an effective ambassador to Sweden several years back. I absolutely believe in the private-sector experience. But I'd say this: If you're entering into the political firestorm that would be Donald Trump's stated desire to purchase Greenland, I don't believe there's very much on your résumé that can help you navigate that.”

President Barack Obama’s ambassador to Denmark and was a top fund-raising official on Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign

16 Jan 2025 5 3

Yohanan Plesner

Inserted 3 days ago

“In any event, the government is likely to survive until the end of the first phase of the deal. But Mr. Netanyahu may have to decide between his parliamentary majority and his relationship with the incoming administration in Washington, with Mr. Trump and Saudi Arabia perhaps offering him the opportunity to burnish his legacy. I think his mind is already in the next big move. If he has to choose between an intimate relationship with the Trump administration and Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, he'll opt for Trump.”

President of the Israel Democracy Institute, a nonpartisan research group in Jerusalem

16 Jan 2025 7 3

Gayil Talshir

Inserted 3 days ago

“Netanyahu wants to stay in power. It doesn't make any sense for him to go to elections that he might not win. He wants another two years leading the government.”

Political scientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

16 Jan 2025 1 2

Keir Starmer

Inserted 4 days ago

“Let me be very clear to everybody here in Ukraine when I say we will work with you and all of our allies on steps that would be robust enough to guarantee Ukraine's security, to guarantee any possible peace and deter any future aggression. Peace through strength must be more than words, it's got to be actions. Therefore, as I say, we will play our part when it comes to guaranteeing Ukraine's security. But we must never lose sight of the absolute need for Ukraine to be in the strongest possible position as we go into 2025.”

UK Prime Minister

16 Jan 2025 3 3

Michael Koplow

Inserted 4 days ago

“Trump is going to be the critical variable when it comes to the Israeli side. If Trump is happy with having orchestrated the first phase and then moves on to other issues, it will be harder to keep the cease-fire in place. If Mr. Trump retains his focus, it will be tougher for Netanyahu not to find ways to extend the cease-fire deal and figure out other ways to appease his disgruntled coalition members.”

Analyst at Israel Policy Forum, a New York-based research group

16 Jan 2025 8 1

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 4 days ago

“Europe without the Ukrainian army will not cope with the Russian army, because it is larger in terms of numbers. Russia has more weapons, more people and is [crueller] than the Europeans. Without the Ukrainian army, Europe unfortunately has no chance against Russia today. Putin knows this and talks about it in his circle. Therefore, if Ukraine does not defend itself, he will quickly move on. This is a fact. I am absolutely convinced of this. They [the West] do not want to recognize one truth about the Russians: They will go further. Period. This one statement contains the answer to all questions, because if you know for sure that the Russians will go further ... Why not strengthen Ukraine as much as possible, increase production at home, for your armed forces?”

President of Ukraine

16 Jan 2025 7 4

Mikhail Alexseev

Inserted 4 days ago

“When the Trump team starts engaging in these kinds of discussions, they will find that getting Putin to abandon his goal of subjugating all of Ukraine will be the hardest thing in this process. Trump will need to continue aid to Ukraine if he is serious about getting Putin to end the fighting. We will have movement toward a negotiated settlement only if Ukraine acquires greater capabilities to inflict damage inside Russia. Until that happens, Putin has very little incentive to abandon his strategy of making gradual gains on the battlefield and just waiting for the West to abandon support. Trump may seek to change Putin's calculus on Ukraine by countering the Kremlin's interests in other regions like the Arctic, Middle East, Africa or targeting his allies like Iran and North Korea. What we may see from from Trump is a broadening of the bargaining game, taking it to other areas to send more and more messages to Putin.”

Political science professor at San Diego State University who focuses on Russia and Ukraine

15 Jan 2025 6 5

Marco Rubio

Inserted 4 days ago

“There's no way Ukraine is also going to push these people [Russian forces] all the way back to where they were on the eve of the invasion just given the size dynamic. Ukraine isn't running out of money, it is running out of people. If we want to be honest about bringing that [war] to an end, true diplomacy will require concessions from every party engaged in those conversations.”

U.S. Secretary of State nominee

15 Jan 2025 6 3

Sanam Vakil

Inserted 4 days ago

“The agreement is a fragile truce, not a cessation of conflict. It will require continued monitoring and accountability and an almost immediate return to the negotiation table to keep the remaining phases alive. President-elect Donald Trump's warnings to both Hamas and Israel have clearly been effective in reviving the drawn-out negotiations where the Biden administration proved unwilling to exert adequate pressure over Israel's leadership.”

Director of the Middle East and North Africa program at the London-based Chatham House

15 Jan 2025 4 1

Donald Tusk

Inserted 4 days ago

“I will not go into details, I can only confirm the validity of fears that Russia was planning acts of air terror, not only against Poland but against airlines around the world.”

Polish Prime Minister

15 Jan 2025 4 2

Agnes Callamard

Inserted 4 days ago

“For Palestinians, who have endured more than 15 months of devastating and relentless bombardment, have been displaced from their homes repeatedly, and are struggling to survive in makeshift tents without food, water and basic supplies, the nightmare will not be over even if the bombs cease. Israel must dismantle the brutal system of apartheid it imposes to dominate and oppress Palestinians and end its unlawful occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory once and for all.”

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Secretary General of Amnesty International

15 Jan 2025 7 1

Cindy McCain

Inserted 4 days ago

“Promising news coming out of Gaza. World Food Program has life-saving assistance ready at the borders to help feed 1M+ acutely hungry Palestinians, but we need: guaranteed safety of humanitarians, safe movement of food across all border crossings, and more funding to deliver at scale.”

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Executive director of the World Food Programme

15 Jan 2025 4 1

Afaf Al-Najjar

Inserted 4 days ago

“As I process this moment, I feel both a flicker of hope and a tide of anger. Hope that this pause might save lives, and anger that it has taken so much suffering to reach even this fragile point. The cameras will turn away soon, the world's attention will shift, but for us, this is not an end. Ceasefires are not peace. They are moments of quiet in an unending storm. Until justice is realised, until dignity and equality are more than distant dreams, the cycle will continue.”

Palestinian student, activist and independent journalist from the Gaza Strip

15 Jan 2025 3 2

Mohammed Abdulsalam

Inserted 4 days ago

“This did not dampen resolve, but rather motivated and encouraged us to assume the responsibility of supporting Gaza, which is a religious and humanitarian responsibility for which the entire nation is responsible. The Israeli invasion of Gaza left no room for our dear people, who are saturated with the spirit of faith, to participate and support in fulfilling their responsibility towards an oppressed people who are being subjected to genocidal massacres before the eyes and ears of the entire world.”

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Houthi official

15 Jan 2025 5 1

Tom Fletcher

Inserted 4 days ago

“This is a moment of hope and opportunity, but we should be under no illusions how tough it will still be to get support to survivors. The stakes could not be higher.”

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UN’s undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs

15 Jan 2025 5 1

Jonathan Panikoff

Inserted 4 days ago

“Biden deserves praise for continuing to push the talks. But Trump's threats to Hamas and his efforts to cajole Netanyahu deserve credit as well. The ironic reality is that at a time of heightened partisanship even over foreign policy, the deal represents how much more powerful and influential U.S. foreign policy can be when it's bipartisan.”

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Director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council

15 Jan 2025 7 1

Husam Zomlot

Inserted 4 days ago

“We breathe a huge sigh of relief of a possible ceasefire deal after 15 months of mass murder and total devastation in Gaza. The world will see the magnitude of Israel's criminal and genocidal aggression. It will see the price of the collective failure to stop a genocide. Now let the journey of healing begin, starting with burying our dead, attending to our wounded, providing for basic human needs and rebuilding livelihoods. The world must not fail us again.”

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Ambassador of the State of Palestine to the UK

15 Jan 2025 7 1

Jeremy Corbyn

Inserted 4 days ago

“How many lives could have been saved if political leaders acted sooner and listened to the global demand for peace? They have blood on their hands - and it will never wash away.”

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UK independent MP

15 Jan 2025 3 1

Micheal Martin

Inserted 4 days ago

“Far too many innocent people have been killed, in Gaza and in Israel, since this conflict commenced. Our attention must turn to how we secure a permanently better future for the Israeli and Palestinian people - grounded in a two-state solution that will guarantee security and stability for Israel, alongside a sovereign and viable Palestine state.”

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Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs

15 Jan 2025 6 2

Caspar Veldkamp

Inserted 4 days ago

“Positive news about a ceasefire in Gaza. It is now crucial that the deal holds and that hostilities end, allowing Israeli hostages to return home safely and ensuring that the people of Gaza receive the humanitarian aid they so urgently need. I commend the US, Egypt, and Qatar for their mediation efforts. In close coordination with regional and international partners, the Netherlands has been continuously advocating for an agreement. Let this be a first step towards durable and lasting peace.”

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Netherlands' Foreign Minister

15 Jan 2025 7 1

Pedro Sánchez

Inserted 4 days ago

“This deal is crucial to achieving regional stability. It represents an indispensable step towards the Two-State solution and a peace that respects international law.”

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Prime Minister of Spain

15 Jan 2025 6 2

Jonas Gahr Støre

Inserted 4 days ago

“The ceasefire is a first important step, but even if it holds, it does not provide lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. The conflict must now shift to a new track. We need a political solution.”

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Prime Minister of Norway

15 Jan 2025 6 1

Olaf Scholz

Inserted 4 days ago

“The fact that an agreement on a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza, including Germans, seems to have been reached is good news! This agreement must now be implemented to the letter. All of the hostages must be released. The mortal remains of the deceased must also be handed over to the families for a dignified burial. This ceasefire opens the door to a permanent end to the war and to the improvement of the poor humanitarian situation in Gaza. We are continuing to work towards this.”

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Chancellor of Germany

15 Jan 2025 6 1

Keir Starmer

Inserted 4 days ago

“This is the long-overdue news that the Israeli and Palestinian people have desperately been waiting for. The hostages, who were brutally ripped from their homes on that day and held captive in unimaginable conditions ever since, can now finally return to their families. But we should also use this moment to pay tribute to those who won't make it home - including the British people who were murdered by Hamas. We will continue to mourn and remember them. This ceasefire must allow for a huge surge in humanitarian aid, which is so desperately needed to end the suffering in Gaza. And then our attention must turn to how we secure a permanently better future for the Israeli and Palestinian people - grounded in a two-state solution that will guarantee security and stability for Israel, alongside a sovereign and viable Palestine state.”

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UK Prime Minister

15 Jan 2025 6 1

Ursula von der Leyen

Inserted 4 days ago

“I warmly welcome the ceasefire and hostage release agreement in Gaza. Hostages will be reunited with their loved ones and humanitarian aid can reach civilians in Gaza. This brings hope to an entire region, where people have endured immense suffering for far too long. Both parties must fully implement this agreement, as a stepping stone toward lasting stability in the region and a diplomatic resolution of the conflict.”

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President of the European Commission

15 Jan 2025 7 1

Nikolai Patrushev

Inserted 5 days ago

“It can't be ruled out that Ukraine will cease to exist at all in the coming year. Kyiv collapsed long before Russia's 2022 invasion due to its alleged violent enforcement of neo-Nazi ideology and ardent Russophobia.”

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Secretary of Russia's Security Council

14 Jan 2025 3 2

Sergey Lavrov

Inserted 5 days ago

“I believe that, first and foremost, we need to hear from the Greenlandic people. This is similar to how we - as neighbours of other islands, peninsulas, and territories - listened to the residents of Crimea, Donbas, and Novorossiya to understand their stance on the regime that had seized power through an unlawful coup.”

Russian Foreign Minister

14 Jan 2025 7 2

Donald Tusk

Inserted 5 days ago

“The Polish presidency will find a way out of the stalemate that could be felt in recent months. We will work with Ukraine and our European partners to accelerate the accession process as much as possible.”

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Polish Prime Minister

15 Jan 2025 4 2

Wally Adeyemo

Inserted 5 days ago

“Today's actions frustrate the Kremlin's ability to circumvent our sanctions and get access to the goods they need to build weapons for their war of choice in Ukraine. Today's expansion of mandatory secondary sanctions will reduce Russia's access to revenue and goods.”

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United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

15 Jan 2025 4 4

Masoud Pezeshkian

Inserted 5 days ago

“We have never attempted this to begin with, and we never will. Accusations that Iran tried to assassinate Trump are part of schemes by foreigners to feed into Iranophobia.”

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Iranian President

15 Jan 2025 5 1

Seok Dong-hyun

Inserted 5 days ago

“Yoon said he will not be discouraged by the wrongful detention. In his impeachment trial [at the Constitutional Court], Yoon will reveal the unfairness of the impeachment motion and the emergency political crisis the country is currently facing.”

Yoon’s lawyer

15 Jan 2025 4 3

Yoon Seok-youl

Inserted 5 days ago

“As the president who must defend the Constitution and legal system, responding to this illegal and invalid warrant execution is not an acknowledgment of the CIO's legal authority to investigate the case, but simply a desire to prevent clashes.”

President of South Korea

15 Jan 2025 2 2

Mike Waltz

Inserted 5 days ago

“I just don't think it's realistic to say we're going to expel every Russian from every inch of Ukrainian soil, even Crimea. President Trump has acknowledged that reality, and I think it's been a huge step forward that the entire world is acknowledging that reality. Now let's move forward.”

US Congressman set to serve as Trump’s national security adviser

12 Jan 2025 6 5

Sergey Lavrov

Inserted 5 days ago

“We will be waiting for specific initiatives. President Putin has said on multiple occasions that he is ready to meet, but no proposals have been made yet. President Trump also said that Putin wanted to meet and he believed they should meet but he first needed to take office.”

Russian Foreign Minister

14 Jan 2025 4 3

Patrick Fok

Inserted 5 days ago

“The Presidential Security team has warned once again that it sees that this arrest warrant is having no legal basis and said that they will carry out regular security protocols. That presumably means they will do whatever it takes to protect the president, who remains barricaded inside his official residence right now.”

Journalist reporting for Al Jazeera from Seoul

14 Jan 2025 3 2

Doug Ford

Inserted 6 days ago

“This is serious. It's unprecedented. I'm going to be blunt: they need to get their act together. Simple as that. It shouldn't be up to the premiers to be calling for a followup, in-person meeting. This should have happened a while ago, and we need to work as Team Canada. We can't have a divided Canada, we have to make sure we all stick together, and we're all singing off the same song sheet.”

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Premier of Ontario

14 Jan 2025 6 2

Michal Vašečka

Inserted 6 days ago

“It is a fact even Robert Fico himself is hesitating whether he is able to win the majority. If he hadn't sent the signals, this initiative probably wouldn't have happened … It is a moment of emancipation of the opposition.”

Political scientist at the Bratislava Policy Institute

14 Jan 2025 1 2

Michal Simecka

Inserted 6 days ago

“Robert Fico has left Slovakia. Instead of being in our homeland and addressing the problems that people are facing, he is flying around the world, kowtowing to dictators, enjoying luxury somewhere in Vietnam, insulting our neighbors and partners, and resigned from governing of our country.”

Leader of Progressive Slovakia

14 Jan 2025 2 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 6 days ago

“The communication of captured soldiers from North Korea with Ukrainian investigators continues. We are establishing the facts. We are checking all the details. The world will know the complete truth about how Russia uses such guys who grew up in a complete information vacuum, know nothing about Ukraine at all and are used by Russia solely to continue and expand this war.”

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President of Ukraine

14 Jan 2025 3 3

Mark Rutte

Inserted 6 days ago

“On average, European countries easily spend up to a quarter of their national income on pensions, health and social security systems, and we need only a small fraction of that money to make defense much stronger. The final NATO spending target might be around 3.6 or 3.7 percent of GDP unless they do a better job of joint buying of weapons and equipment, as well as innovation. Even if that happens, defense budgets will be impressively more than the 2 percent. We are safe now, but not in four or five years. If spending doesn't go up Europeans should get out their Russian language courses or go to New Zealand. I'm deeply concerned about the security situation in Europe. We are not at war, but we are not at peace either ... That means we need to invest more in defense and produce more capabilities. This cannot wait. We need to boost the resilience of our societies and critical infrastructure.”

Secretary General of NATO

14 Jan 2025 9 5

Vitalij Garber

Inserted 6 days ago

“Russia would also acquire over $26 trillion of titanium, lithium, and other rare earth resources in the occupied Donbas. For most Russians, the negative consequences of all the economic sanctions and military losses would be dwarfed by such a victory.”

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Former Assistant Secretary General of NATO

14 Jan 2025 7 3

Anthony Albanese

Inserted 6 days ago

“We have foreign interference laws in this country and Australian elections are a matter for Australians.”

Prime Minister of Australia

14 Jan 2025 3 3

Antony Blinken

Inserted 6 days ago

“The timing of Hamas's attack was no accident. Israel's growing integration in the region, the prospect of normalisation with Saudi Arabia, posed an existential threat to Hamas's power, its ambitions to dominate the Palestinian political landscape, its raison d'etre - which is the rejection of two states and the destruction of Israel.”

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U.S. Secretary of State

14 Jan 2025 4 3

Sergey Lavrov

Inserted 6 days ago

“The US wants no rivals in any field, starting with energy, where they unabashedly approve terrorist activities aimed at destroying the foundation of EU energy security, and where they stir up their Ukrainian clients to now target the TurkStream following the Nord Stream pipelines.”

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Russian Foreign Minister

14 Jan 2025 6 2

Alice Weidel

Inserted 6 days ago

“AfD would enact large-scale repatriations if it comes to power. If it's to be called remigration, then it's just called remigration.”

AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) co-leader

12 Jan 2025 (approx) 3 3

Mark Rutte

Inserted 6 days ago

“Today, I can announce that NATO is launching Baltic Sentry under the authority of NATO supreme allied commander. This military activity is part of our ongoing effort to enhance maritime presence and monitoring of key areas for our alliance. We have agreed today to launch an initiative to employ and deploy new technologies to this effort, including a small fleet of naval drones to provide enhanced surveillance and deterrence. Across the alliance, we have seen elements of a campaign to destabilize our societies through cyberattacks, assassination attempts, and sabotage, including possible sabotage of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea. We are also working with allies to integrate their national surveillance assets with NATO, ensuring comprehensive threat detection. Ship captains must understand that potential threats to our infrastructure will have consequences, including possible boarding, impounding, and arrest.”

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Secretary General of NATO

14 Jan 2025 11 3

Antony Blinken

Inserted 6 days ago

“You have to look at what would be enduring and what would make sure that the program doesn't come back. So one of the things you have to assess is: If that were to happen, would Iran simply rebuild and rebuild even deeper underground in a place that would be even harder to get to? Iran has accumulated enough fissile material necessary for a nuclear weapon and could upgrade material to bomb-grade quality within a week or so. However, actually developing a weapon would take far longer. Iran is going to be faced with decisions of its own of how it wants to move forward, but I think the incoming administration would have an opportunity precisely because Iran's on its back feet - the - it's suffering economically in a terrible way. Its people are disputing so much of what the regime has done, particularly in meddling in the affairs of other countries throughout the region. This is a moment of opportunity, and maybe a moment of opportunity to resolve in an enduring way the nuclear challenge posed by Iran, but also the actions that Iran takes throughout the region.”

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U.S. Secretary of State

13 Jan 2025 4 2

Steve Bannon

Inserted 6 days ago

“This time around, backers of Mr. Trump and his agenda are pretty coordinated. We know that one of the mistakes from the first time around was that we didn't really have any outside groups, and the ones that were around weren't really on board with the Trump agenda. This time, it's more sophisticated, it's got more money, it's got a whole media and influencer ecosystem, and it started earlier, because a lot of it came out of the campaign.”

Former Trump White House adviser

13 Jan 2025 (approx) 5 5

Richard Haass

Inserted 6 days ago

“As big as a Ukraine cease-fire would be it's far from everything. The sabotage is all part of a larger pattern. Russia has turned into a revolutionary actor. Russia has turned into a country seeking to undermine the international order. And the real question is: Can a Trump administration do something about that?”

Former president of the Council on Foreign Relations

13 Jan 2025 8 3

Mute Egede

Inserted 6 days ago

“The reality is we are going to work with the U.S. - yesterday, today and tomorrow. Greenlanders did not want to become Americans. We have to be very smart on how we act. The power struggles between the superpowers are rising and are now knocking on our door.”

Premier of Greenland

13 Jan 2025 6 3

Fahmida Miller

Inserted 6 days ago

“People are trying to block a main road into the centre of the capital. The aim here by people trying to block the road with burning tyres, with stones - they also throw rocks sometimes - is to stop people passing back and forth on this road and it's part of the strategy to bring Maputo to a standstill.”

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Matola neighbourhood in Maputo

13 Jan 2025 3 2

Sami Nader

Inserted 6 days ago

“The whole political dynamic has changed. It's a total collapse of the old modus operandi. The Arab countries are on board, there's a possibility of Lebanon being welcomed back to the Arab family. It's an unbelievable change. You can feel the weakening of Iran.”

Director of the Political Sciences Institute at Saint Joseph University of Beirut

13 Jan 2025 3 6

Jahara Matisek

Inserted 1 week ago

“U.S. military infrastructure in the Arctic has languished. It is the weakest link in homeland defense. If you want to be a powerful space-faring nation and be able to project space power in terms of offensive and defensive space weapon systems and other sorts of ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance), you have to have infrastructure in the Arctic Circle - not to mention the Antarctic Circle - to seamlessly communicate and control all of your satellites. United States suspected China's real interest in those projects [buy ports, other infrastructure, and mining rights on Greenland] was to place dual-use sensors and radars in the Arctic Circle to help control their military satellites and gather intelligence on U.S. space-based operations in the region. If China can disrupt our 'Kill Chain' - our space-based assets, our satellites - then we will struggle to shoot things down. We will struggle to target, identify, attack, so that's why Greenland ends up actually mattering a lot.”

Professor at the U.S. Naval War College

13 Jan 2025 10 6

Rebecca Pincus

Inserted 1 week ago

“Greenland is growing in importance as we find ourselves in a global competition with China and in a new technological revolution with regards to warfare. So, Greenland is important from a missile-defense perspective, from a space perspective, and from a global competition perspective, in which shipping and maritime sea lanes are increasingly important.”

Director of the Wilson Center's Polar Institute and a former adviser to the U.S. Defense Department on Arctic strategy

13 Jan 2025 6 1

Ahmed al-Sharaa

Inserted 1 week ago

“I am confident that 14 million Syrians will return to their country in two years. Only around 1 to 1.5 million will remain (abroad). If the state is weak, the citizens of that country cannot be strong. Syrian people overcame their despair through the revolution. Now, Syrians hold their heads high everywhere. We have changed the course of history. There is social consensus in Syria. Thanks to this, for the first time in Syria, people will be able to live together with love.”

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Head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)

13 Jan 2025 3 1

Dmitry Peskov

Inserted 1 week ago

“Of course, such decisions cannot but lead to a certain destabilization of international energy markets, oil markets. The routes for the export of Russian energy cannot be cut off by the sanctions. If something is blocked in one place, alternative options appear in another. Therefore, a search will be conducted for such work options that will minimize the consequences of sanctions. It is clear that the United States will continue to try to undermine the positions of our companies in non-competitive ways. Of course, we expect that we will be able to counteract this.”

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Kremlin spokesman

13 Jan 2025 5 3

Craig Kennedy

Inserted 1 week ago

“Moscow's funding challenges only increase from here, especially if coalition countries enforce more fully the powerful energy sanction tools at their disposal. Through continued resolve and a clear understanding of Moscow's vulnerabilities, Ukraine and its allies can realise the full potential of their negotiating leverage, avoid making unnecessary concessions, and reduce the longer-term risks posed by Russian revanchism.”

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Former investment banker at Bank of America and Morgan Stanley

12 Jan 2025 3 5

Justin Trudeau

Inserted 1 week ago

“The 51st state, that's not going to happen. But people are talking about that, as opposed to talking about what impact 25% tariffs (has) on steel and aluminum coming into the United States. No American wants to pay 25% more for electricity or oil and gas coming in from Canada. That's something I think people need to pay a little more attention to.”

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Prime Minister of Canada

12 Jan 2025 8 3

Stephen J. Rapp

Inserted 1 week ago

“Any prosecution has to be a good process, otherwise it'll look like score-settling. And that can play a key role in reconciling a society and defusing efforts to settle scores, for instance, against the children of parents who committed these crimes.”