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Bezalel Smotrich

Inserted 1 month ago

“I congratulate Ambassador-designate Mike Huckabee for his words. I am convinced that we will be able to work closely together with President-elect Trump and with all members of the incoming administration … on the basis of recognition in the unshakable historical belonging of the entire land of Israel to the people of Israel.”

Aje

Finance Minister of Israel

13 Nov 2024 3 2

Marwan Bishara

Inserted 2 months ago

“The war in Lebanon is becoming more costly to Israel, which may be looking to draw the conflict to a close by obtaining security guarantees in southern Lebanon. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said earlier that there had been certain progress” in talks about a ceasefire in Lebanon, but Hezbollah said it hadn't received any peace proposal yet. What they mean is that in the talks with the United States and others, perhaps the Lebanese government, there were some steps forward but nothing that can yet be presented to Hezbollah. In the process of dividing and occupying the Gaza Strip, the big prize for Israel is not Gaza. It's the West Bank. The appointment of Yechiel Leiter, who lives in the Gush Etzion settlement, as the next Israeli ambassador to the US signals the Netanyahu government intends to work with President-elect Donald Trump to expand Israeli settlements. Netanyahu is dreaming of the West Bank, and he could even barter some sort of agreement in Gaza in exchange.”

Aje

Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera

11 Nov 2024 11 4

Sarah Leah Whitson

Inserted 2 months ago

“He highly orchestrated Israeli attacks on Iran - with targets pre-negotiated with Iran by the US - appear to have been nothing more than political theatre to allow Israel to save face while relying on Iran to act responsibly not to escalate this war further. The Biden administration's claims of victory that its newest THAAD carrots to curb even greater Israeli belligerence really only begs the question of why the US needs to constantly curry favour with an unhinged, bellicose government.”

Aje

Executive Director of the Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)

26 Oct 2024 4 3

Hassan Mneimneh

Inserted 2 months ago

“Even though Israel's attack on Iran was expected, the extent of the strike and whether there will be more remains to be seen. I think it is too early to say that this is the attack. We might be seeing much more. Evidently, it's in the interest of Netanyahu to seek more, not just for the image, but because this is indeed a moment of opportunity for him, along the lines that the American administration is literally at its weakest today. The US has not shown any signs of strength over the past year, and it has followed exactly the script that Netanyahu has wanted it to follow. But this is the moment if really the intent was to drag the US into fighting Israel's war with Iran. This is the moment for it. So I would be really surprised if this [attack] is it.”

Aje

Political analyst with the Middle East Institute

25 Oct 2024 5 3

Karim Makdisi

Inserted 2 months ago

“Antony Blinken's latest trip to the region is unlikely to lead to any successful negotiations to end the wars on Gaza and Lebanon. The top US diplomat had not come in good faith. He has supported what is in effect a genocide in Gaza and the invasion of Lebanon. The initial Israeli success in Lebanon, with the pager attacks and assassinations of Hezbollah leaders, appeared to have convinced the US that Israel could just crush the opposition, whether it's Hamas or Hezbollah, or even Iran at a point. I think the US sees with the Israelis that it has an opportunity to shape the regional order.”

Aje

Professor at the American University of Beirut

22 Oct 2024 10 4

Paul Musgrave

Inserted 2 months ago

“Michigan has one of the, if not the, highest concentrations of Arab and Muslim voters in the United States, and it's a swing state. These are people who have real, direct, ongoing contact with their families in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon, who are hearing what's happening and are angry-very angry. The Harris campaign faces a tough choice because Israel remains overwhelmingly popular but increasingly unpopular, especially as this war grows more unpopular with Democrats and many, though not all, independents. Trying to thread the needle between her supporters who back Israel and her potential supporters, who are often personally affected by these ongoing wars and are therefore deeply angry about the Biden administration's support for Israel.”

Youtube

Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar

17 Oct 2024 11 7

Mohamad Elmasry

Inserted 2 months ago

“Since the very beginning of this war, then, it should have been obvious to the Biden administration that Israel was using food as a weapon against Gaza's population. This means, almost from day one, both international law and America's own Leahy Law have required the US to withdraw assistance to Israel. In this context, Blinken and Austin sending a warning letter to the Israeli government a year into a genocide seems tragically absurd.”

Aljazeera

Associate Professor and Chair in the Media and Cultural Studies and Journalism programs at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

17 Oct 2024 9 2

Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Inserted 2 months ago

“This weekend, like so many of you - like so many people around the world - I watched in horror as images from Central Gaza poured across my screen. Images of what appeared to be displaced civilians burning alive following an Israeli air strike. There are no words, simply no words, to describe what we saw. Israel has a responsibility to do everything possible to avoid civilian casualties, even if Hamas was operating near the hospital in an attempt to use civilians as human shields. We have made this clear to Israel. Just as we have made clear to the Israeli government at the highest levels, that it must do more to address the intolerable and catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza. A quote-unquote 'policy of starvation' in northern Gaza would be horrific and unacceptable and would have implications under international law and U.S. law. The Government of Israel has said that this is not their policy, that food and other essential supplies will not be cut off, and we will be watching to see that Israel's actions on the ground match this statement.”

Usun

United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden

16 Oct 2024 8 3

Shashank Johsi

Inserted 2 months ago

“Washington is deploying the THAAD [Terminal High Altitude Area Defense] system because it anticipates that Israel's retaliation to the recent Iranian missile barrage will be a large and significant attack. That, in return, is likely to prompt yet another Iranian strike. Israel has a range of options, from striking Iranian weapons facilities to targeting its leadership or nuclear sites. Whichever option it chooses, Iran's leadership is likely to retaliate in force.”

Rferl

Visiting fellow at Kings College London - Defense editor of The Economist magazine

16 Oct 2024 6 4

Hossein Aryan

Inserted 2 months ago

“It [THAAD] is a far superior antimissile system. Its range is vastly [more] extensive compared to Israel's air defense systems. Iran's attack prompted Washington to boost Israel's antimissile defense capabilities in the event of another potential attack from Tehran.”

Rferl

Britain-based defense expert

16 Oct 2024 5 5

John Kirby

Inserted 2 months ago

“We've told Israel very directly that we oppose their near-daily strikes here in densely populated areas in Beirut. We understand that they're conducting targeted operations designed to go after Hezbollah infrastructure, and we recognize that they have a right to do that, but they also have a commensurate responsibility to do it in a way that doesn't threaten the lives of civilians, UN peacekeepers or members of the Lebanese armed forces who have suffered some casualties here. It's unacceptable, and we've pressed the Israelis for more details about that.”

Timesofisrael

National Security Council spokesman

15 Oct 2024 11 3

Alan Fisher

Inserted 2 months ago

“Essentially, the US is now saying: You [Israel] have 30 days to sort this out and get more food into Gaza because there are around 2.2 million people who are currently suffering from food insecurity or on the verge of starvation.”

Aje

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Washington DC

15 Oct 2024 4 2

Thanassis Cambanis

Inserted 2 months ago

“U.S. policymakers have joined in Israel's delusion that mayhem and power vacuums will somehow lead to the emergence of states and societies that will hew to the policy preferences of Israel's right-wing rulers. History shows the opposite. Direct occupation can keep resistance under a lid, for a time, and complete destruction can vanquish a rebellion. But massive killing and displacement will not suffice to solve Israel's political and security problems, and likely will only multiply them in the long run.”

Tcf

Senior Fellow and Director of Century International

14 Oct 2024 4 6

Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Inserted 3 months ago

“The United States is concerned by the situation in northern Gaza, including the announcement by Israel of a new evacuation order for several communities. We are particularly concerned that Palestinian civilians have nowhere safe to go. Already, there are devastating reports of the squalid conditions in the humanitarian zone in southern and central Gaza, where more than 1.5 million displaced civilians have fled. These catastrophic conditions were predicted months ago, and yet, have still not been addressed. That must change, and now. We call on Israel to take urgent steps to do so, and I reiterate the United States' expectation that Palestinian civilians, including those evacuated from the north be permitted to return to their communities and rebuild. We are also concerned by recent actions by the Israeli government to limit the delivery of goods into Gaza. When combined with new bureaucratic limits placed on humanitarian goods arriving from Jordan, and the closure of most border crossings in recent weeks, these restrictions would only have the effect of intensifying suffering in Gaza.”

Timesofisrael

United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden

09 Oct 2024 9 4

Benjamin Netanyahu

Inserted 3 months ago

“We're fighting like lions with the support of the American government and the American people, and its representatives here. I want to thank you both for your stellar support for Israel throughout the war.”

Timesofisrael

Prime Minister of Israel

07 Oct 2024 4 1

Lindsey Graham

Inserted 3 months ago

“To my friends in France, you've got this ass backwards. You should be doubling down on helping Israel because the people that want to destroy Israel also want to destroy the French people. You're fighting our fight. We're going to help you with your military needs. The Twin Towers fell not because of a hurricane, [but] because radical Islamist terrorists killed 3,000 of us on a single day. And they would kill all of us if they could. If Iran ever got a nuclear weapon, they would use it. The question would be who would they use it against first. Me? You? Saudi Arabia? We can never let that happen. So we're going to help you. Whatever it takes to get your people back in their homes, you do it.”

Timesofisrael

Senator from South Carolina and member of the Republican Party

07 Oct 2024 5 3

Matthew Miller

Inserted 3 months ago

“If you look at the actions that they [Israel] have taken, they were bringing terrorists to justice, terrorists who have launched attacks on Israeli civilians. What you saw (was) Iran launching a state-on-state attack to protect and defend the terrorist groups that it built, nurtured and controlled. So there is a difference between the actions.”

Apnews

US State Department spokesperson

01 Oct 2024 4 5

Joe Biden

Inserted 3 months ago

“We discussed how the United States is prepared to help Israel defend against these attacks, and protect American personnel in the region.”

Reuters

President of the United States

01 Oct 2024 3 2

Zein Basravi

Inserted 3 months ago

“One of the major issues being pointed out by analysts, by experts, by regional leaders concerned about this escalation is that Israel is able to do so because there is no proportional military deterrent. But there is a presence of a massive US military war machine off the Mediterranean providing cover for Israel in the event that any regional actors may want to get involved in the conflict. So that military cover, political cover on the international stage has emboldened Israel to continue to do what they're doing.”

Aje

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Amman, Jordan

24 Sep 2024 4 3

Eli Clifton

Inserted 4 months ago

“Thus far, the administration has declined to use the threat of an arms embargo, to use a Leahy designation of Israeli military units that have been engaged in human rights abuses to withhold weapons from those specific units. There are a number of tools at the disposal of the Americans here, and as the largest supplier of weapons to the Israelis, that should give them a significant amount of leverage. The question is, are they willing to use that leverage?”

Aje

Senior advisor at the Quincy Institute of Responsible Statecraft

18 Aug 2024 7 3

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“It [THAAD] is a far superior antimissile system. Its range is vastly [more] extensive compared to Israel's air defense systems. Iran's attack prompted Washington to boost Israel's antimissile defense capabilities in the event of another potential attack from Tehran.”

“Essentially, the US is now saying: You [Israel] have 30 days to sort this out and get more food into Gaza because there are around 2.2 million people who are currently suffering from food insecurity or on the verge of starvation.”

“We're fighting like lions with the support of the American government and the American people, and its representatives here. I want to thank you both for your stellar support for Israel throughout the war.”

“We discussed how the United States is prepared to help Israel defend against these attacks, and protect American personnel in the region.”

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