Anti-Israel

Nasir al-Wuhayshi, former leader, January 2009

Name of Author
Nasir al-Wuhayshi
Body

“O Muslim nation! You must take a truthful stance in regards to the rulers in the Islamic world. These rulers must either send their armies to Gaza and Baghdad, or they must let the masses march, armed or unarmed, to face the Jews.”“Qaeda: From Here We Begin…and at Al-Aqsa We Meet,” World Analysis, February 19, 2009, http://worldanalysis.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=212.

Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General, 2009

Date
2009
Name of Author
Hassan Nasrallah
Body

Addressing Hezbollah’s stance toward Israel, Nasrallah issued the following statement: “This stand is firm, permanent, and final, and it does not tolerate any retreat or compromise even if the entire world recognizes Israel.”Jonathan Masters and Zachary Laub, “Hezbollah (a.k.a. Hizbollah, Hizbu’llah),” Council on Foreign Relations, January 3, 2014, http://www.cfr.org/lebanon/hezbollah-k-hizbollah-hizbullah/p9155.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Khaled Meshaal, March 2008

Date
Mar. 2008
Name of Author
Khaled Meshaal
Body

“We agree on the [Palestinian] state with the borders of June 4, 1967, Jerusalem as its capital, fully sovereign without settlements, the right of return, but without the recognition of Israel.” “Hamas: No Plan to Recognize Israel,” CNN, April 21, 2008, http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/21/carter.hamas/index.html.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General, 2008

Date
2008
Name of Author
Hassan Nasrallah
Body

After accusing Israel of assassinating a Hezbollah bomb maker: “You crossed the borders. Zionists, if you want an open war, let it be an open war anywhere.”Robert F. Worth and Nada Bakri, “Hezbollah Threatens Attacks on Israeli Targets,” New York Times, February 15, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/world/middleeast/15lebanon.html.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Ahmad Bahar, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, April 20, 2007

Author
Date
Apr. 20, 2007
Name of Author
Ahmad Bahar
Body

“This is Islam, that was ahead of its time with regards to human rights in the treatment of prisoners, but our nation was tested by the cancerous lump, that is the Jews, in the heart of the Arab nation...”“Hamas in Their Own Words,” Anti-Defamation League, May 2, 2011, http://www.adl.org/anti-semitism/muslim-arab-world/c/hamas-in-their-own-words.html.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Ahmad Bahar, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, April 20, 2007

Author
Date
Apr. 20, 2007
Name of Author
Ahmad Bahar
Body

“Be certain that America is on its way to utter destruction, America is wallowing [in blood] today in Iraq and Afghanistan, America is defeated and Israel is defeated, and was defeated in Lebanon and Palestine... Make us victorious over the community of infidels... Allah, take the Jews and their allies, Allah, take the Americans and their allies... Allah, annihilate them completely and do not leave anyone of them.”“Hamas in Their Own Words,” Anti-Defamation League, May 2, 2011, http://www.adl.org/anti-semitism/muslim-arab-world/c/hamas-in-their-own-words.html.

Threat

Yusef al-Sharafi, Hamas representative, April 12, 2007

Date
Apr. 12, 2007
Name of Author
Yusef al-Sharafi
Body

“...the Jewish faith does not wish for peace nor stability, since it is a faith that is based on murder: 'I kill, therefore I am'... Israel is based only on blood and murder in order to exist, and it will disappear, with Allah's will, through blood and Shahids [martyrs].”“Hamas in Their Own Words,” Anti-Defamation League, May 2, 2011, http://www.adl.org/anti-semitism/muslim-arab-world/c/hamas-in-their-own-words.html.

Threat

Moussa Mohammed Abu Marzouk, 2007

Date
2007
Name of Author
Moussa Mohammed Abu Marzouk
Body

“Why should any Palestinian ‘recognize’ the monstrous crime carried out by Israel's founders and continued by its deformed modern apartheid state...” Moussa Abu Marzook, “Hamas’ Stand,” Los Angeles Times, July 10, 2007, http://www.latimes.com/la-oe-marzook10jul10-story.html#axzz2wYFiHYTy.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

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