IPSE by Day - 26 January 2025

Marc Andreessen

Inserted 2 months ago

“DeepSeek-R1 is one of the most amazing and impressive breakthroughs I've ever seen - and as open source, a profound gift to the world.”

Cbc

Silicon Valley venture capitalist

26 Jan 2025 4 1

Omar Baddar

Inserted 2 months ago

“There is no question that Israel has ambitions to take over north Gaza. That is part of the reason why they have utterly destroyed it and expelled people from the area. So, while this is a small promising sign - that they are going to allow within this agreement to allow people to return - they are allowing them to return to an area that is utterly devastated. There is no indication that they are going to allow them to rebuild their homes in that area. time and again, Israel had violated its commitments during ceasefires. They have killed several Palestinians already, they've violated the ceasefire in Lebanon hundreds of times. So the situation remains incredibly precarious. And even though this is a small positive development, in a confined context, looking at the fact that they do have these broader ambitions in north Gaza and the fact that they see an opportunity with the Trump administration to act on that ambition, the situation remains precarious and it is quite premature to be celebrating any progress at this point.”

Aje

Middle East analyst and former deputy director of the Arab-American Institute

26 Jan 2025 5 4

Tom Homan

Inserted 2 months ago

“El Salvador didn't want to take MS-13 members back. Took President Trump 48 hours to make that happen. President Trump's going to put America first, and if it doesn't, then we'll place 'em in a third safe country.”

Aljazeera

Trump's incoming border czar

26 Jan 2025 5 3

Gustavo Petro

Inserted 2 months ago

“My land is made up of goldsmiths who worked in the time of the Egyptian pharaohs and of the first artists in the world in Chiribiquete. You will never rule us. The warrior who rode our lands, shouting freedom, who is called Bolívar, opposes us. I refused the deportation flights to send a message that the US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals. I cannot allow migrants to remain in a country that does not want them; but if that country sends them back, it must be with dignity and respect for them and for our country. We will receive our fellow citizens on civilian planes, without treating them like criminals. Colombia is respected.”

Aljazeera

President of Colombia

26 Jan 2025 6 2

Donald Trump

Inserted 2 months ago

“I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia. This order was given by Colombia's Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people. Petro's denial of these flights has jeopardized the National Security and Public Safety of the United States, so I have directed my Administration to immediately take the following urgent and decisive retaliatory measures: -Emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the United States. In one week, the 25% tariffs will be raised to 50%. -A Travel Ban and immediate Visa Revocations on the Colombian Government Officials, and all Allies and Supporters. -Visa Sanctions on all Party Members, Family Members, and Supporters of the Colombian Government. -Enhanced Customs and Border Protection Inspections of all Colombian Nationals and Cargo on national security grounds. -IEEPA Treasury, Banking and Financial Sanctions to be fully imposed. These measures are just the beginning. We will not allow the Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the Criminals they forced into the United States!”

Truthsocial

President of the United States

26 Jan 2025 9 2

Bezalel Smotrich

Inserted 2 months ago

“The idea of helping them find other places to start a better life is a great idea. After years of glorifying terrorism, they will be able to establish new and good lives in other places. Only out-of-the-box thinking with new solutions will bring a solution of peace and security. I will, with God's help, work with the prime minister and the cabinet to ensure there is an operational plan to implement this as soon as possible.”

Aljazeera

Finance Minister of Israel

26 Jan 2025 5 2

Abdullah al-Arian

Inserted 2 months ago

“US president's remarks should be taken seriously in part because we have seen this specific demand being made for over the last year and a half. Israeli officials had indicated very early on in the course of the war to ethnically cleanse as much of the Palestinian territory as possible. That plan failed for multiple reasons, one of which is that Arab leaders who were approached at that point in time simply declined to take on an additional Palestinian refugee population, in part because it was politically unviable in Egypt in particular, which was mooted as a possible destination for a mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza. Palestinians themselves would not be interested in such a proposal by Trump. They know all too well what it means to leave their home and what the status of Palestinian refugees has looked like for the past 70 years.”

Aljazeera

Professor of history at Georgetown University in Qatar

26 Jan 2025 10 2

Artyom Shraybman

Inserted 2 months ago

“Until 2020, Lukashenko could manoeuvre and play Russia against the West, but now when Belarus' status is close to that of Russia's satellite, this North Korea-style election ties the Belarusian leader to the Kremlin even stronger, shortening the leash.”

Euronews

Belarus expert with the Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Center

26 Jan 2025 5 3

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Inserted 2 months ago

“Voters should cross off everyone on the ballot and world leaders shouldn't recognise the result from a country where all independent media and opposition parties have been destroyed and prisons are filled by political prisoners. The repressions have become even more brutal as this vote without choice has approached, but Lukashenko acts as though hundreds of thousands of people are still standing outside his palace.”

Euronews

Human rights activist and politician who ran for the 2020 Belarusian presidential election as the main opposition candidate

26 Jan 2025 7 2

Valery Karbalevich

Inserted 2 months ago

“The trauma of the 2020 protests was so deep that Lukashenko this time decided not to take risks and opted for the most reliable option when balloting looks more like a special operation to retain power than an election. The successor issue only becomes relevant when a leader prepares to step down. But Lukashenko isn't going to leave.”

Euronews

Belarusian political analyst

26 Jan 2025 3 3

Pavel Sapelka

Inserted 2 months ago

“The politicians who once dared to challenge Lukashenko are now literally rotting in prison in torture conditions, there has been no contact with them for over a year, and some of them are in very poor health.”

Euronews

Lawyer working with Viasna Human Rights Centre

26 Jan 2025 3 3

Anitta Hipper

Inserted 2 months ago

“They're not elections when you already know who will win. The EU is continuing to support the Belarusian people. We are also continuing to put pressure on the regime.”

Euronews

Lead Spokeswoman for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - European Commission

26 Jan 2025 5 2

Valery Karbalevich

Inserted 2 months ago

“This [bringing the elections forward from August to January] is a calculated bid to deter demonstrators from taking to the streets to protest the election results. There won't be mass protests in freezing January.”

Euronews

Belarusian political analyst

26 Jan 2025 5 2

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 2 months ago

“Recognize these elections or not: It's a matter of taste. I don't care about it. The main thing for me is that Belarusians recognize these elections.”

Rferl

President of Belarus

26 Jan 2025 3 2

Roberta Metsola

Inserted 2 months ago

“My message to the people of Belarus is: keep strong, we have your back, the time of dictatorship will be over.”

Rferl

President of the European Parliament

26 Jan 2025 3 3

Gintautas Paluckas

Inserted 2 months ago

“Lukashenko's self-reappointment event has nothing to do with free and fair democratic elections. We will stay vocal about the regime's repressions and involvement in Russia's war against Ukraine, which will be both responded by sanctions. We will continue to support the democratic forces of Belarus, as we share a goal of free, democratic, and prosperous Belarus.”

Rferl

Prime Minister of Lithuania

26 Jan 2025 8 3

Zeina Khodr

Inserted 2 months ago

“Israeli officials are saying there are not enough Lebanese troops on the ground and allege Hezbollah is still here. There is no independent confirmation concerning those claims. People here have been displaced from their homes for more than a year. They believe the Israeli military should have withdrawn in line with the ceasefire agreement. The 60-day deadline has passed. People are frustrated. They are saying the Lebanese army cannot protect us; it's standing in the middle.”

Aljazeera

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Borj al-Mlouk in southern Lebanon

26 Jan 2025 5 1

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“DeepSeek-R1 is one of the most amazing and impressive breakthroughs I've ever seen - and as open source, a profound gift to the world.”

“El Salvador didn't want to take MS-13 members back. Took President Trump 48 hours to make that happen. President Trump's going to put America first, and if it doesn't, then we'll place 'em in a third safe country.”

“Until 2020, Lukashenko could manoeuvre and play Russia against the West, but now when Belarus' status is close to that of Russia's satellite, this North Korea-style election ties the Belarusian leader to the Kremlin even stronger, shortening the leash.”

“The politicians who once dared to challenge Lukashenko are now literally rotting in prison in torture conditions, there has been no contact with them for over a year, and some of them are in very poor health.”

“They're not elections when you already know who will win. The EU is continuing to support the Belarusian people. We are also continuing to put pressure on the regime.”

“This [bringing the elections forward from August to January] is a calculated bid to deter demonstrators from taking to the streets to protest the election results. There won't be mass protests in freezing January.”

“Recognize these elections or not: It's a matter of taste. I don't care about it. The main thing for me is that Belarusians recognize these elections.”

“My message to the people of Belarus is: keep strong, we have your back, the time of dictatorship will be over.”

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