Politics

Research Fellow at Bremen University

24 Apr 2024 9 4

Abu Obeida

Inserted 1 day ago

“The enemy has achieved nothing except carrying out death and destruction in its 200 days of war on Gaza. Israel is still trying to recover and restore its image. The enemy is in a quagmire, stuck in the sands of Gaza. It will reap nothing but shame and defeat. Two hundreds days on and our resistance in Gaza is as solid as the mountains of Palestine. We will continue our strikes and resistance as long as the occupation's aggression continues on our land. The occupation forces are trying to convince the world that they have eliminated all resistance factions, and this is a big lie.”

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Spokesman for the Qassam Brigades

23 Apr 2024 6 1

Rishi Sunak

Inserted 1 day ago

“We will put the UK's own defence industry on a war footing. One of the central lessons of the war in Ukraine is that we need deeper stockpiles of munitions and for industry to be able to replenish them more quickly.”

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UK Prime Minister

23 Apr 2024 4 2

Wang Wenbin

Inserted 1 day ago

“The United States has unveiled a large-scale aid bill for Ukraine while also making groundless accusations against normal trade between China and Russia. This kind of approach is extremely hypocritical and utterly irresponsible, and China is firmly opposed to it.”

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Spokesperson of China and deputy director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department of China

23 Apr 2024 3 4

Sergei Shoigu

Inserted 1 day ago

“In proportion to the threats posed by the United States and its allies, we will continue to improve the composition and structure of the armed forces and increase the production of the most popular weapons and military equipment. We will increase the intensity of attacks on logistics centres and storage bases for Western weapons.”

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Russian Defence Minister

23 Apr 2024 5 3

Kyrylo Budanov

Inserted 2 days ago

“According to our assessment, we are anticipating a rather difficult situation shortly. However, it is not catastrophic, and this must be understood. Armageddon will not happen, despite what many are starting to claim. But we anticipate problems from mid-May. The Russians will adopt a multifaceted approach. They are orchestrating a complex operation... It will be a difficult period. [Expect this to unfold] around mid-May to early June.”

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Head of Ukraine's military intelligence service

22 Apr 2024 3 3

Iranian Presidential Office

Inserted 2 days ago

“The Islamic Republic of Iran, in line with the neighbourhood policy … is interested in promoting relations with Pakistan and during this trip, various issues including economic and commercial issues, energy and border issues will be discussed with the government of Pakistan.”

Statement by the Iranian Presidential Office

22 Apr 2024 1 1

Christian Wagner

Inserted 2 days ago

“We view the latest outbreaks of violence with great concern. Of course, this also applies above all to the violence that comes from extremist settlers. Israel, as the occupying power in the West Bank, has of course the duty and task to ensure security there, within the framework of the applicable law.”

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German Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman

22 Apr 2024 6 3

Ilan Shor

Inserted 2 days ago

“We offer a new way for Moldova. The EU idea is a ghost; it destroys citizens and the country. [President Maia] Sandu has nothing to offer the people who she has already completely robbed … Sandu is deliberately breaking the umbilical cord of our ties with the CIS, with Russia … our traditional partners and neighbours.”

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Israeli-born Moldovan oligarch and politician

21 Apr 2024 4 1

Ismail Haniyeh

Inserted 2 days ago

“Despite dozens of sessions and communications exchanged via our mediators, the Zionist enemy until this point has not agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza. All they want is the return of captives so they can continue the war on Gaza - and this cannot be. They want Hamas and the resistance to agree to maps referencing the deployment of the Israeli army as if to say we are legitimising the occupation of the Strip. There must be a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.”

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Hamas leader

21 Apr 2024 (approx) 7 2

Viktor Orbán

Inserted 3 days ago

“In Europe the atmosphere is war, politics is dominated by the logic of war. I see everyone preparing for war. We are one step away from the West sending troops to Ukraine. This is a vortex of war that could push Europe into the abyss. Brussels he is playing with fire. We Hungarians know what war is like. We've been involved enough times. We don't want war and we don't want Hungary to become a playground for the great powers again. This is why we must fight for peace - at home, in Brussels, in Washington, at the United Nations and in NATO.”

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Prime Minister of Hungary

21 Apr 2024 8 3

Ali Khamenei

Inserted 3 days ago

“How many missiles were launched and how many of them hit their target is not the primary question, what really matters is that Iran demonstrated its power during that operation. In the recent operation, the armed forces managed to minimise costs and maximise gains. Debates by the other party about how many missiles were fired, how many of them hit the target and how many didn't, these are of secondary importance.”

Iran’s Supreme Leader

21 Apr 2024 1 2

Abbas Abdi

Inserted 3 days ago

“The external and internal challenges are two sides of the same coin for the establishment. With both Israel and internal dissent, they are taking an aggressive approach because they think both issues have reached a boiling point where if they do nothing it will only get worse.”

Prominent analyst and writer in Tehran

21 Apr 2024 2 3

Xie Feng

Inserted 3 days ago

“China does not gamble on the United States to lose, interfere in its internal affairs, or interfere in the U.S. election, and is willing to be a partner and friend with the United States. If the United States continues to interfere in China's internal affairs and harm China's interests on issues related to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, and the South China Sea, how can we maintain the bottom line of bilateral relations no matter how many 'guardrails' are set up?”

China's ambassador to the United States

21 Apr 2024 6 2

Dmitry Peskov

Inserted 4 days ago

“The decision to provide aid to Ukraine was expected and predictable. This will further enrich the United States and further ruin Ukraine, with more Ukrainians killed due to the fault of the Kyiv regime. If the United States confiscates frozen Russian assets, it will have to answer for it. Any time limits here will be unlikely. And we will do it in the way that best suits our interests.”

Kremlin spokesman

20 Apr 2024 5 3

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 4 days ago

“Today we received the decision we had been waiting for: the US support package. The one for which we fought so hard. A very significant package that will be appreciated both by our soldiers on the frontline and by our towns and villages suffering from Russian terror. We appreciate every manifestation of support for our state and independence, our people and our lives, which Russia wants to bury in ruins. The US has shown its leadership from the very first days of the war. This kind of American leadership is vital for the preservation of the international order in the world, based on rules and predictability of life for all peoples. We will certainly use American support to strengthen both our nations and bring a just end to this war - a war that Putin must lose.”

President of Ukraine

20 Apr 2024 7 4

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Inserted 4 days ago

“It is vital that Palestinians act with unity in this process. The strongest response to Israel and the path to victory lie in unity and integrity.”

Turkish President

20 Apr 2024 5 1

Mahmoud Abbas

Inserted 4 days ago

“While the world agrees on the application of international law and stands by the Palestinian right, America continues to support the occupation, refusing to compel Israel to stop its genocidal war. It provides Israel with weapons and funds that kill our children and destroy our homes, and it stands against us in international forums, in positions that do not serve security and stability in the region. The United States has violated all international laws and abandoned all promises regarding the two-state solution and achieving peace in the region.”

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Palestinian Authority President

20 Apr 2024 7 3

Antony Blinken

Inserted 1 day ago

“When it comes to Russia's defense industrial base the primary contributor in this moment to that is China. We see China sharing machine tools, semiconductors, other dual use items that have helped Russia rebuild the defense industrial base. China can't have it both ways. It can't afford that. You want to have positive, friendly relations with countries in Europe, and at the same time, you are fueling the biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War.”

U.S. Secretary of State

19 Apr 2024 6 2

Hossein Amirabdollahian

Inserted 4 days ago

“What happened last night was no attack. It was the flight of two or three quad-copters, which are at the level of toys that our children use in Iran. As long as there is no new adventure on behalf of the Israeli regime against Iran's interests, we will have no response.”

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Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran

19 Apr 2024 3 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 4 days ago

“Just this year Ukraine had been attacked by almost 1,200 Russian missiles, more than 1,500 drones and 8,500 guided bombs amid a slowdown in Western military assistance. We are telling this directly - to defend, we need seven more 'Patriots' or similar air defence systems, and it's a minimum number. They can save many lives and really change the situation.”

President of Ukraine

19 Apr 2024 6 3

Ben Hodges

Inserted 5 days ago

“Since the fall of Avdiivka in Ukraine's east on February 17 [2024], its forces have oozed forward, swallowing several villages, as Ukrainian forces have performed tactical retreats. Here we are in April [2024], and [the Russians] are oozing out. Why is that? I think it's because that's the best the Russians can do. They do not have the capability to knock Ukraine out of the war. Russia lacked the ability to equip large armoured formations that could move rapidly, with supporting artillery, engineers and logistics. I don't think it exists. That's why I feel fairly confident that the mission for [Ukrainian] general Oleksandr Syrskyi for the next several months is to stabilise this as much as he can to buy time for Ukraine to grow the size of the army, to rebuild the defence industry of Ukraine, as well as give us time to find more ammunition for them. I think of 2024 as a year of industrial competition. So the army has got to buy time.”

Retired U.S. General and former Commander of NATO forces in Europe

19 Apr 2024 9 3

Igor Grosu

Inserted 5 days ago

“The plebiscite is a chance for Moldovans to show loudly and clearly that we are Europeans. ... We are not entering Europe, we are returning to it.”

Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova

18 Apr 2024 5 4

Maia Sandu

Inserted 5 days ago

“Joining the EU is the best thing we can give this and future generations.”

18 Apr 2024 2 4

Igor Dodon

Inserted 5 days ago

“We are categorically opposed to this referendum. We are not saying 'no' to talks with the EU and we are not opposed to the EU. We oppose Sandu using it as an instrument for her own interests and those of her party. We are therefore asking voters during the campaign not to take part in the referendum.”

Socialist Party chief and Moldovan president until his 2020 election loss to Sandu

18 Apr 2024 4 3

Marwan Bishara

Inserted 6 days ago

“Once again, the US's veto demonstrated a policy of it's my way or the highway. Palestine could only be a country the way the United States sees it, or Israel sees it, only at the time that it's suitable to the United States and within the geopolitics and the global interest of the United States. The US is sacrificing the freedom of Palestinian people for egotistical and narrow interests of the United States and Israel.”

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Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera

18 Apr 2024 4 2

Brad Setser

Inserted 6 days ago

“Tariffs are currently 7.5 percent on electric vehicle battery packs but 25 percent on the components of those packs. The lower rate should be raised. China had long steered its subsidies to companies that manufacture and source their products in China - and sometimes had required those companies to be Chinese-owned. In order to build up industrial sectors where China has a first-mover advantage and now a cost advantage you need to have an insulated market - and to use some of the tools that China has already used.”

Senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington and a former adviser to the U.S. trade representative under Mr. Biden

18 Apr 2024 4 2

Lael Brainard

Inserted 6 days ago

“China's policy-driven overcapacity poses a serious risk to the future of the American steel and aluminum industry. China cannot export its way to recovery. China is simply too big to play by its own rules.”

Head of the White House National Economic Council

18 Apr 2024 5 4

Ali Vaez

Inserted 6 days ago

“We are in a situation where basically everybody can claim victory. Iran can say that it took revenge, Israel can say it defeated the Iranian attack and the United States can say it successfully deterred Iran and defended Israel. If we get into another round of tit for tat, it can easily spiral out of control, not just for Iran and Israel, but for the rest of the region and the entire world.”

Iran director of the International Crisis Group

17 Apr 2024 3 1

Lloyd Austin

Inserted 1 week ago

“Whether it's munitions, whether it's vehicles, whether it's platforms, I'll just tell you that Ukraine right now is facing some dire battlefield conditions. We're already seeing things on the battlefield begin to shift a bit in Russia's favour. We are seeing them make incremental gains. We're seeing the Ukrainians be challenged in terms of holding the line.”

US Secretary of Defense

17 Apr 2024 5 2

Robert Fico

Inserted 1 week ago

“According to international law, we all recognise another country's territorial integrity, sovereignty, and the inviolability of its borders. This is a sound theory of international law. But the Russians will never give up Crimea, Donbas, or Luhansk. There is no military solution and never will be. There will only be 100,000 more dead on one side or the other. The only thing that can help is for NATO to interfere, and this is World War III.”

Slovak Prime Minister

17 Apr 2024 8 1

Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Inserted 1 week ago

“I look forward to engaging with both the Republic of Korea and Japan, but like-minded (countries) as well, on trying to develop options both inside the U.N. as well as outside the U.N. The point here is that we cannot allow the work that the panel of experts were doing to lapse.”

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United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden

17 Apr 2024 6 3

Hassan Ahmadian

Inserted 1 week ago

“After the hit on the Iranian consulate, the Iranians could not take it any more. They had to respond by re-establishing their deterrence credibility. Now the Israelis are talking about retaliation. This is not perceived as retaliation in Iran - it is perceived as another attack on Iran.”

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Professor at the University of Tehran

17 Apr 2024 5 3

Xi Jinping

Inserted 1 week ago

“First, we should prioritize the upholding of peace and stability and refrain from seeking selfish gains. Second, we should cool down the situation and not add fuel to the fire. Third, we need to create conditions for the restoration of peace and refrain from further exacerbating tensions. Fourth, we should reduce the negative impact on the world economy and refrain from undermining the stability of global industrial and supply chains.”

President of the People's Republic of China

16 Apr 2024 7 1

Nazar Voloshyn

Inserted 1 week ago

“This is the dominant height in the region, and control over it will allow the Russian invaders, if they achieve it, to significantly simplify the advance in the direction of Kostiantynivka and the direction of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. These cities are the last stronghold of Donetsk Oblast, which is under the control of Ukraine.”

Spokesman for the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group of Forces

16 Apr 2024 8 4

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 week ago

“There were 11 missiles flying. We destroyed the first seven, and [the remaining] four destroyed Trypillia [village in which the Trypilska thermal power plant is situated]. Why? Because there were zero missiles. We ran out of missiles to defend Trypillia.”

President of Ukraine

16 Apr 2024 4 3

Peter Ricketts

Inserted 1 week ago

“Netanyahu must have calculated when he hit the Iranian Consulate in Damascus that the Iranians would retaliate, and that this would swing the Americans and their Western allies behind Israel. And that's worked, remarkably well. It's all gain for Netanyahu if he has the wisdom to take the win, or at least to retaliate in a limited way.”

Former U.K. national security adviser

16 Apr 2024 3 2

Daniel Levy

Inserted 1 week ago

“There's been this united public response defending Israel on Iran, with strong private messaging to Israel, 'Don't you dare'. While on Gaza, there's a lot of public hand-wringing but a lack of will to be tough in private. Gaza doesn't directly pull the United States into a war. So, they still believe they can tiptoe through the raindrops.”

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

16 Apr 2024 3 2

Vali R. Nasr

Inserted 1 week ago

“If every time Israel decides to punish Iran, it creates a massive tumult in Washington and London, these countries are going to pressure Israel. There's going to be a major international effort to build cordons around Israel's behavior toward Iran.”

Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

16 Apr 2024 1 2

Annalena Baerbock

Inserted 1 week ago

“Iran is playing with the fate of all people in the Middle East and has led an entire region to the brink of the abyss. The aim now is to stop Iran without further escalation. Iran's plan to sow further violence must not work. Israel has our full solidarity and can rely on us. We also do not forget the many dozens of Israeli hostages who are still being held captive in Hamas tunnels. They must finally be released.”

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Foreign Minister of Germany

16 Apr 2024 7 3

Herzi Halevi

Inserted 1 week ago

“Iran's attack on the country will be met with a response. When we look ahead, we consider our steps. The launch of so many cruise missiles and drones into Israeli territory will be met with a response.”

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Israeli armed forces chief

15 Apr 2024 2 1

John Kirby

Inserted 1 week ago

“Iran's massive aerial attack on Israel was a spectacular and embarrassing failure. We've seen reporting that the Iranians meant to fail, and this spectacular and embarrassing failure was all by design. All of this is categorically false.”

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White House national security spokesperson

15 Apr 2024 2 1

Jamal Rushdi

Inserted 1 week ago

“War crimes committed by the Israeli occupation on a daily basis in Gaza should not cover up what is happening in the West Bank. The imposition of sanctions by some countries on a number of colonists represents a small, late step that is insufficient to halt such attacks.”

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Spokesperson for the Arab League Council’s Secretary-General

15 Apr 2024 6 2

Itamar Ben-Gvir

Inserted 1 week ago

“Defence Minister Gallant's decision to evacuate and destroy buildings on the Gal Yosef farm, where 14-year old Benjamin Achimeir was murdered, even during the week of shiva [mourning], represents terrible obtuseness, moral confusion, security folly and a violation of the dignity of the dead. Instead of establishing and approving more farms and expanding Jewish settlements, we surrender to the enemy. The time has come for the prime minister to consider replacing Minister Gallant.”

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Minister of National Security of Israel

15 Apr 2024 4 1

John Kirby

Inserted 1 week ago

“Our commitment is ironclad to defending Israel and to helping Israel defend itself. As the president has said many times, we don't seek a wider war in the region. We don't seek a war with Iran.”

White House national security spokesperson

14 Apr 2024 2 2

Pavel Felgenhauer

Inserted 1 week ago

“Russia surprisingly stands with the rest of the international community in that it does not want an escalation following Iran's attack on Israel. This could impede Russian interests region. It could embroil Iran in a war that would mean that Iran would be hardly capable of sending more weapons to Russia, and of course, it could engulf Russian troops in Syria and Lebanon in a possible escalation of this conflict into a regional one. Among the Russian establishment are pro-Israeli elements who would not want to have a confrontation with Israel. Israel has not joined sanctions [against Russia], it's not dedicated as an enemy country, Israel is not supplying weapons or military technology to Ukraine, so Russia would want to keep this status quo.”

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Russian defence analyst

14 Apr 2024 5 2

Nader Hashemi

Inserted 1 week ago

“President Biden is rallying the G7 who will issue a condemnatory statement of Iran along these lines. In the Global South the response will be more measured. There will be calls for restraint, de-escalation and diplomacy without directly blaming Iran or Israel. Arab and Muslim public opinion will note how many Arab states deployed military resources to protect Israel while doing the opposite in the context of the mass starvation and genocide in Gaza.”

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Associate professor of Middle East and Islamic politics at Georgetown University

14 Apr 2024 8 1

Marwan Bishara

Inserted 1 week ago

“Prime Minister Netanyahu is the architect of the relationship with the United States, and he's the architect of his coalition government. He is manipulating both of them. As far as he's concerned, he's looking for his best options. I think he is already discussing and negotiating with President Biden about the price for not responding to Iran that some might expect or his ministers want. Now the price could be a number of things: one, more American support. More unconditionality of American support - definitely clearing criticism of Israel's indiscriminately bombing Gaza and so forth. Netanyahu will probably get more money, he will get more aid, he will get more American support.”

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Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera

14 Apr 2024 5 4

Alon Liel

Inserted 1 week ago

“We already know the war cabinet has not approved a response and the Americans had a big share in it, so it looks as if Israel won't respond for a while and we'll go back to our business in Gaza. Prime Minister Netanyahu still needs to resolve two things in Gaza: the release of captives and the Hamas battalions. I think Netanyahu might use this wave of support for Israel during the Iranian attack to go down to Rafah. But he cannot do it without fully coordinating with the Americans. This is the issue that is really bothering him, because without going back to Rafah he cannot describe the war as a victory.”

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Former director of Israel’s foreign ministry

14 Apr 2024 5 3

Anthony Albanese

Inserted 1 week ago

“Iran has ignored our call, and those of many others, not to proceed with these reckless attacks. This escalation is a grave threat to the security of Israel and the entire region.”

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Prime Minister of Australia

14 Apr 2024 3 1

Daniel Hagari

Inserted 1 week ago

“A number of Iranian missiles fell inside Israeli territory, causing minor damage to a military base with no casualties. Only one little girl has been hurt, and we hope she will be well.”

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Chief Israeli military spokesperson

14 Apr 2024 3 2

Lloyd Austin

Inserted 1 week ago

“We do not seek conflict with Iran, but we will not hesitate to act to protect our forces and support the defense of Israel.”

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US Secretary of Defense

13 Apr 2024 2 2

Dave Des Roches

Inserted 1 week ago

“It seems that Iranian leaders are determined to take action, but also seen to take action. What that indicates to me is that there are considerations of pride and prestige that are divorced from strategy and tactical utility that may indicate a more dangerous era than we thought. Iran may not have really counted the possibility its attack on Israel could take the focus off Gaza. The pressure that had been building on Israel to restrain from further actions in Gaza, that may have been lifted as a result of this attack.”

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Associate Professor at the National Defense University in Washington DC

13 Apr 2024 3 2

Mike Johnson

Inserted 1 week ago

“I will continue to engage with the White House to insist upon a proper response. The Biden Administration's undermining of Israel and appeasement of Iran have contributed to these terrible developments.”

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US House of Representatives Speaker

13 Apr 2024 4 1

Joe Biden

Inserted 1 week ago

“I've just spoken with Prime Minister Netanyahu to reaffirm America's ironclad commitment to the security of Israel. I told him that Israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks - sending a clear message to its foes that they cannot effectively threaten the security of Israel.”

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President of the United States

13 Apr 2024 4 1

Dana Stroul

Inserted 1 week ago

“If Iran's objective was to punish and isolate Israel, it appears to have fallen well short of that objective. The U.S. and Israeli militaries were able to defend against a complex attack. Given how significant this attack was, it is difficult to see how Israel cannot respond.”

Senior Fellow at Washington Institute for Near East Policy - Formerly the Pentagon's top Middle East policy official

13 Apr 2024 3 2

Steffen Hebestreit

Inserted 1 week ago

“With this irresponsible and unjustifiable attack, Iran is risking a regional conflagration. In these difficult times, Germany stands closely by Israel. We will now discuss further reactions closely with our G7 partners and allies.”

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German government spokesperson

13 Apr 2024 4 1

Stephane Sejourne

Inserted 1 week ago

“By deciding on such unprecedented action, Iran has reached a new level in its acts of destabilisation and is risking a military escalation.”

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France’s Foreign Minister

13 Apr 2024 4 1

Justin Trudeau

Inserted 1 week ago

“These attacks demonstrate yet again the Iranian regime's disregard for peace and stability in the region. We support Israel's right to defend itself and its people from these attacks.”

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Prime Minister of Canada

13 Apr 2024 6 1

Oleksandr Syrskyi

Inserted 1 week ago

“The situation on the eastern front has deteriorated significantly in recent days in the face of a heightened Russian offensive. There had been a significant intensification of the enemy's offensive after the presidential elections in Russia.”

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Ukraine’s commander of ground forces

13 Apr 2024 4 2

Robert Fatton

Inserted 1 week ago

“Will it [transitional ruling council] have the capacity to silence the guns of the armed men? How can it be installed safely, and how can it start governing in an environment of widespread insecurity?”

Professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia

12 Apr 2024 2 2

Nader Hashemi

Inserted 1 week ago

“Biden isn't looking for a Mideast war during an election year. The GOP [Republican Party] are another matter. If, however, Iran were to directly hit targets within Israel or an Israeli embassy somewhere in the world, then Biden would be under huge domestic pressure to respond militarily. If this should happen, we would be on the precipice of a wider regional war, and Netanyahu's plan for instigating this crisis will have come to fruition.”

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Associate professor of Middle East and Islamic politics at Georgetown University

12 Apr 2024 9 3

Mason Richey

Inserted 1 week ago

“Given his likely lame duck status, the temptation for Yoon will be to focus on foreign policy where he will still have statutory power.”

Professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul

11 Apr 2024 2 2

Kim Jong-un

Inserted 1 week ago

“Now is the time to be more thoroughly prepared for a war than ever before.”

Leader of North Korea

11 Apr 2024 1 1

Andrew Yeo

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“He [Yoon Suk-yeol] is unpopular as a result of the lack of real progress on domestic political and economic issues. Prices and inflation remain high, housing is expensive and political polarisation remains high.”

Professor of politics and director of Asian Studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

10 Apr 2024 6 3

Phillips O’Brien

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“The Russians both seemed to draw as much Ukrainian air defence as possible to Kyiv, then spread the rest out around the country with a series of attacks. And then, when they had basically reduced Kharkiv's air defence to as small as possible, they launched a mass attack against Kharkiv's power.”

Professor of Strategic Studies at St Andrews University

10 Apr 2024 (approx) 7 2

Pedro Sánchez

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“The international community cannot help the Palestinian state if it does not recognise its existence.”

Prime Minister of Spain

10 Apr 2024 2 2

Joe Biden

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“I think what he's [Benjamin Netanyahu] doing is a mistake. I don't agree with his approach. So what I'm calling for is the Israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks, a total access to all food and medicine going into the country. I've spoken to everyone from the Saudis to the Jordanians to the Egyptians. They're prepared to move this food in. There's no excuse to not provide for the medical and food needs of those people. It should be done now.”

President of the United States

09 Apr 2024 3 3

Xi Jinping

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“President Putin and I have agreed to continue to maintain close exchanges to ensure the smooth and steady development of China-Russia relations. The two sides should take the opportunity of celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties and the China-Russia Years of Culture to fully implement the important consensus reached by President Putin and me. China supports the Russian people in following a development path that suits their national conditions, and supports Russia in combating terrorism and maintaining social security and stability. China always attaches great importance to the development of China-Russia relations, and stands ready to strengthen bilateral communication with Russia and enhance multilateral strategic coordination in BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The two countries will show more responsibility, unite countries in the Global South in the spirit of equality, openness, transparency and inclusiveness, promote the reform of the global governance system, and vigorously lead the building of a community with a shared future for humanity.”

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President of the People's Republic of China

09 Apr 2024 4 3

Cui Heng

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Some Western countries have always blamed China for its 'pro-Russia' stance, but actually we are just asking for a mechanism that can be accepted by all parties and can treat everyone equally. China's stance is based on the desire to stop the bloodshed, but the US' stance is to use the [Russia-Ukraine] conflict to weaken Russia as much as possible. The development of the crisis to some extent depends on the US presidential election later this year. If Donald Trump is elected, there will be a chance to break the deadlock, but if Joe Biden gets reelected, we might also see some changes, as Washington and its allies might not be able to afford the war anymore.”

Scholar from the Shanghai-based China National Institute for SCO International Exchange and Judicial Cooperation

09 Apr 2024 9 1

Li Haidong

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“China and Russia will not target any third party, but if hegemonic forces threaten China and Russia, or threaten world peace, China and Russia will stand together and fight to protect their own interests and safeguard world peace together.”

Professor at the China Foreign Affairs University

09 Apr 2024 2 2

Yi Wang

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“China and Russia should always stay on the right course on major matters of principle. As permanent members of the UN Security Council and major emerging countries, China and Russia actively respond to the common aspirations and legitimate concerns of the people of all countries, advocate a new path of state-to-state relations featuring dialogue and partnership rather than confrontation and alliance, and actively promote the building of a community with a shared future for humanity.”

State Councillor and China's foreign minister

09 Apr 2024 2 2

Dmytro Kuleba

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“We are coordinating the next steps regarding the search and delivery of additional air-defense systems to Ukraine, primarily Patriot systems. I appreciate David's [David Cameron] active, results-oriented attitude.”

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Foreign Minister of Ukraine

08 Apr 2024 6 3

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Ukraine clearly lacks sufficient air-defense systems and this is evident to all of our partners. There are air-defense systems around the world that can help. Only political will is required to transfer them to Ukraine. Patriots' must now be in Ukraine, so there will be no need to use them on NATO's entire eastern flank in the future.”

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President of Ukraine

07 Apr 2024 3 3

Oleksandr Syrskyi

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Highly motivated technology teams are relentlessly working to improve their products, which are already being used by our forces, and developing their start-ups based on the goal we set for them in order to enable us to achieve our tactical and strategic objectives. We're not just talking about surface- and air-based drones, but also robotised systems that can undertake tasks such as mine clearance, remotely controlled weapon stations, and other technologies that we will soon see being deployed. Our enemies are going to feel the impact. We should pay particular attention to remotely controlled weapon systems, which will soon be used in battle.”

Ukraine’s commander of ground forces

07 Apr 2024 4 2

Li Qiang

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“U.S. should refrain from turning economic and trade issues into political or security issues and view the issue of production capacity from a market-oriented and global perspective. The development of China's clean energy sector, where overcapacity concerns are felt most acutely, will support the global energy transition.”

Chinese Premier

07 Apr 2024 4 2

Janet Yellen

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“While we have more to do, I believe that, over the past year, we have put our bilateral relationship on more stable footing. This has not meant ignoring our differences or avoiding tough conversations. It has meant understanding that we can only make progress if we directly and openly communicate with one another.”

United States Secretary of the Treasury

07 Apr 2024 2 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“If they [Russia] keep hitting [Ukraine] every day the way they have for the last month, we might run out of missiles, and the partners know it.”

President of Ukraine

06 Apr 2024 2 2

Kateryna Stepanenko

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Ukraine can't exploit the high levels of attrition that Russian units suffer. Russian forces lost at least three mechanized divisions of manpower and equipment in the campaign for Avdiivka, and Ukraine was unable to counterattack around Avdiivka and exploit the conditions of Russian exhaustion. Ukraine has no choice but to dig in and try to anticipate to the best of its ability where, when, and at what intensity Russian forces will attack next.”

Cnn

Russia Deputy Team Lead and Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington

06 Apr 2024 6 3

Andriy Yusov

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“They [Russian troops] are ready to pay bribes, which is happening on a massive scale, injure themselves or simply run away to avoid the frontline, as the chances of survival there and the number of losses…remain sky-high for Russians.”

Cnn

Ukrainian Defense Intelligence representative

06 Apr 2024 (approx) 4 3

Janet Yellen

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“China is too large to export its way to rapid growth and would benefit by reducing excess industrial capacity which is pressuring other economies. Overcapacity isn't a new problem, but it has intensified, and we're seeing emerging risks in new sectors.”

United States Secretary of the Treasury

05 Apr 2024 4 3

Jeremy Konyndyk

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Without a ceasefire, it will not be possible for aid groups to put together the kind of anti-famine operation that Gaza now requires. You can't do that solely off the backs of trucks. You need the space to operate safely, to run malnutrition treatment centres, to restore the health system, to rebuild water systems and to distribute food at large scale.”

Aje

President of Refugees International

05 Apr 2024 6 3

Guy Goodwin-Gill

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“There is a serious risk of genocide, as the International Court of Justice has found. If the UK, with that knowledge in mind, carries on exporting arms to Israel, there is a risk that those arms will be used in the conduct of aggressive activities and in the conduct of genocide. It's the risk that is important and the risk must be taken into account now.”

Aje

Emeritus professor for international refugee law at the University of Oxford

04 Apr 2024 3 3

Dmytro Kuleba

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Germany, as the leader of the air defence coalition operating within the Ramstein-format group, will immediately initiate an analysis of all available Patriot systems and batteries and other air defence systems, not only among allies, but also in the world. And what can be done, what combinations can be employed to ensure that these batteries are delivered to Ukraine.”

Foreign Minister of Ukraine

04 Apr 2024 2 3

Elliott Abrams

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“I think Iran does not want a big Israel-Hezbollah war right now, so any response will not come in the form of a big Hezbollah action. They have many other ways to respond ... for example by trying to blow up an Israeli embassy.”

Middle East expert at the Council on Foreign Relations U.S. think tank

03 Apr 2024 3 1

Jens Stoltenberg

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“We must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul so that we rely less on the voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments, less on short-term offers and more on multiyear pledges. The reason why we do this is the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine. It is serious. We see how Russia is pushing, and we see how they try to win this war by just waiting us out.”

Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

03 Apr 2024 4 3

Bassam Abu Abdallah

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Before Monday there were rules of engagement, but now it's an all-out war between Israel and the resistance axis. It is now clear that the trend is towards escalation. We could start to see increased attacks against US bases in Syria, Iraq or elsewhere.”

Aje

Director of the Damascus Centre for Strategic Research

02 Apr 2024 7 1

Ali Vaez

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“By targeting an Iranian diplomatic facility, Israel has crossed a line. Iran's dilemma is that failure to respond could signal weakness to Israel, but retaliation risks a harsher US or Israeli action.”

Aje

International Crisis Group’s Iran Project Director and Senior Adviser to the President

02 Apr 2024 2 1

Dorsa Jabbari

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“If Iran doesn't respond strongly enough, many here believe it will be seen as a sign of weakness, not only to Israel and the United States, but also to a number of its proxies in the region. If Iran does react strongly, it could risk a full-out confrontation with the US. It's really a tricky moment. The rhetoric coming from Iranian officials, as well as the supreme leader, indicates there will be a strong response.”

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Tehran

02 Apr 2024 2 1

Ali Khamenei

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“The evil Zionist regime will be punished at the hands of our brave men. We will make them regret this crime and the other ones.”

Iran’s Supreme Leader

02 Apr 2024 4 2

Antony Blinken

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“It is absolutely essential to get Ukrainians what they continue to need to defend themselves, particularly when it comes to munitions and air defences. It's another reason why the supplementary budget request that President [Joe] Biden has made to [the US] Congress must be fulfilled as quickly as possible.”

Aje

U.S. Secretary of State

02 Apr 2024 4 2

Sergei Shoigu

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Since the start of the year, 403 square kilometres [156 square miles] … have come under our control. Russian armed forces continue to push Ukrainian units westwards. Russian forces had captured five settlements, four in Donetsk and one in Zaporizhia, over the last month.”

Aje

Russian Defence Minister

02 Apr 2024 3 2

Leif-Eric Easley

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“The Kim regime prioritizes advancing its military capabilities and doesn't care to stay quiet during the South Korean legislative election campaign. But firing an intermediate-range missile lacks the shock value of a full-range ICBM [intercontinental ballistic missile] launch or a nuclear test, so it's unlikely to swing any National Assembly seats. Although Pyongyang's weapons development remains a major concern, Seoul is currently focused on health care reform, economic policies, and domestic political scandals.”

Professor at Ewha University in Seoul

01 Apr 2024 6 4

Wolfango Piccoli

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“I think it's mainly about the economy and in particular the inflation...story. I think voters decided to punish Erdogan for these reasons.”

Co-president of the Teneo consultancy firm

01 Apr 2024 2 2

Benjamin Netanyahu

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Calls for elections now during the war, a moment before victory, will paralyze Israel for at least six months; in my estimate, for eight months. They will paralyze the negotiations for the release of our hostages and in the end will lead to ending the war before achieving its goals, and the first to commend this will be Hamas, and that says it all.”

Prime Minister of Israel

31 Mar 2024 3 3

John Bolton

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Trump, when he has an idea, comes back to it again and again, then gets distracted, forgets, but eventually comes back to it and acts on it. That's why leaving Nato is a real possibility. A lot of people think it's just a negotiating tool, but I don't think so.”

Theguardian

Former US National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019

30 Mar 2024 2 3

Bernie Sanders

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“The US cannot beg Netanyahu to stop bombing civilians one day and the next send him thousands more 2,000-pound bombs that can level entire city blocks. We must end our complicity: No more bombs to Israel.”

Vermont Senator

29 Mar 2024 3 3

Felix Ndahinda

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“I don't see this [granting the mandate to combat M23 rebels to a force comprising southern African nations, SADECO] as a stabilising intervention, at most, it will postpone the issue because there is no one military solution. Structural weaknesses in governance, lack of state presence in remote regions and interethnic rivalries, are among causes that the state is failing to address. In the last 30 years, different interventions have been addressing partial symptoms of the problem rather than looking at the full picture - till that is not done, you can only postpone, but not resolve, the issue.”