Pro-Violence

Naim Qassem, secretary-general, July 9, 2025

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July 9, 2025
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From an interview broadcasted on July 9 but recorded on June 11, 2025:

“Lebanon is strong because of Hezbollah’s weapons and we will not accept that Lebanon becomes weak.”“Qassem denies divisions within Hezbollah, says group ‘has recovered,’” Naharnet, July 9, 2025, https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/314063-qassem-denies-divisions-within-hezbollah-says-group-has-recovered.

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Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki, June 8, 2025

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June 8, 2025
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Video released on Islamichistory.tv in which he encourages jihad against U.S. officials and Jews:

“Anyone who can revive the tradition of assassinations and is near the leaders of apostasy – those who support the war in Gaza with money, aid, and logistics, the Jewish Arabs, like the leaders of Egypt, Jordan, and all the rulers of the Arabian Peninsula – should not hesitate even for a moment. By Allah, [assassinations] are the greatest form of Jihad today.”“AQAP Leader Sa'ad Al-Awlaki Calls For Assassinations, Jihad Attacks On U.S. Officials – Including Trump, Vance, Rubio, Hegseth And Their Families - Elon Musk And His Companies, U.S. Military, Microsoft, And Targeting Jews In America And Europe: ‘There Are No Red Lines,’” Middle East Media Research Institute, June 8, 2025, https://www.memri.org/tv/aqap-al-awlaki-calls-for-assassinations-targets-trump-musk-jews.

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Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki, June 8, 2025

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June 8, 2025
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Video released on Islamichistory.tv in which he encourages jihad against U.S. officials and Jews:

“Those in the armies [of the Arab leaders] who have faith in their hearts, and fear Allah's punishment for abandoning their brothers in Palestine should make a move and do something now in these despicable and collaborating armies that protect the Jews and the apostate [Arab] rulers. This is especially true for the pilots. They should strike the Jews, the American military bases in the region, and the American aircraft carriers that are looming in the sea here. At the very least, they should strike the palaces of the treacherous Arab rulers – a dog’s tail is just as impure as its head.”“AQAP Leader Sa'ad Al-Awlaki Calls For Assassinations, Jihad Attacks On U.S. Officials – Including Trump, Vance, Rubio, Hegseth And Their Families - Elon Musk And His Companies, U.S. Military, Microsoft, And Targeting Jews In America And Europe: ‘There Are No Red Lines,’” Middle East Media Research Institute, June 8, 2025, https://www.memri.org/tv/aqap-al-awlaki-calls-for-assassinations-targets-trump-musk-jews.

Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki, June 8, 2025

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June 8, 2025
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Video released on Islamichistory.tv in which he encourages jihad against U.S. institutions, officials, American companies and Jews:

“Go after the Senate – the parliament of the real Zionists. It is the den of evil and lair of pus and filth. Go after the institutions that support the Jews and the American government, like Microsoft, and all the companies that support the American Army, Air Force, or Navy, and any company that manufactures ammunition or other things. Go after Elon Musk's companies. They are legitimate targets, and so are all the similar companies that participate in the war against Muslims…I say to the Knights of Hacking, the so-called 'hackers' among the Muslims, and to all the free people on earth who reject killing and crimes: Go after the American economy, as well as the economies of the Gulf countries that support and finance the Jews and the Americans. Do not cease doing that. Do not despair. We all do what we can do best.”“AQAP Leader Sa'ad Al-Awlaki Calls For Assassinations, Jihad Attacks On U.S. Officials – Including Trump, Vance, Rubio, Hegseth And Their Families - Elon Musk And His Companies, U.S. Military, Microsoft, And Targeting Jews In America And Europe: ‘There Are No Red Lines,’” Middle East Media Research Institute, June 8, 2025, https://www.memri.org/tv/aqap-al-awlaki-calls-for-assassinations-targets-trump-musk-jews.

Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki, June 8, 2025

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June 8, 2025
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Video released on Islamichistory.tv in which he encourages jihad against U.S. institutions, officials, American companies and Jews:

“My Muslim brothers in America: The infidel American sniper Thomas Crooks was not braver than you are, in terms of self-sacrifice and death when he wanted to kill the tyrannical Trump. The same is true for the Christian Elias Rodriguez who recently killed two staff members of the Zionists' embassy in Washington, as well as Bushnell, the American soldier who self-immolated in front of the Jewish embassy in America, protesting their killing of Muslims. What are you doing, compared to these sacrifices?”“AQAP Leader Sa'ad Al-Awlaki Calls For Assassinations, Jihad Attacks On U.S. Officials – Including Trump, Vance, Rubio, Hegseth And Their Families - Elon Musk And His Companies, U.S. Military, Microsoft, And Targeting Jews In America And Europe: ‘There Are No Red Lines,’” Middle East Media Research Institute, June 8, 2025, https://www.memri.org/tv/aqap-al-awlaki-calls-for-assassinations-targets-trump-musk-jews.

Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki, June 8, 2025

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June 8, 2025
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Video released on Islamichistory.tv in which he encourages jihad against U.S. institutions, officials, American companies and Jews:

“I advise you to read the English-language Inspire magazine. It contains a lot of guidance that will benefit every free person who is zealous for their religion. Let me remind you that the number of Jews in America is not small – there are about six million Jews [in the U.S.], about the same number as in Palestine. Moreover, a third of those in the occupied Palestinian lands have American citizenship. Our brothers in Europe: You are approximately 16 million strong. Do not leave a single safe place for Jews, just as they have not left any homes, shelters, or respite for the Palestinians. Even hospitals are being bombed over the heads of the sick and wounded, and the heads of the women, children, and the elderly. Revenge! Revenge! Let each do so with what he does best and excels at.”“AQAP Leader Sa'ad Al-Awlaki Calls For Assassinations, Jihad Attacks On U.S. Officials – Including Trump, Vance, Rubio, Hegseth And Their Families - Elon Musk And His Companies, U.S. Military, Microsoft, And Targeting Jews In America And Europe: ‘There Are No Red Lines,’” Middle East Media Research Institute, June 8, 2025, https://www.memri.org/tv/aqap-al-awlaki-calls-for-assassinations-targets-trump-musk-jews.

Hossein Salami, IRGC commander-in-chief, May 8, 2025

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May 8, 2025
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“These are serious warnings to Zionist officials, to US officials. The criminal prime minister of the Zionist regime talks a lot these days, threatens Iran. I’m issuing a serious warning: if you make one wrong move, we will open up the gates of hell on you. Sit down and stay in your place ... we have made extensive preparations. If you make a mistake, we’ll act on you in a way that you forget the True Promise 1 and 2.”“IRGC chief says has plans for Israel, US if they dare 'make a mistake,’” Iran International, May 8, 2025, https://www.iranintl.com/en/202505083325.

Naim Qassem, secretary-general, April 18, 2025

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April 18, 2025
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“We will not let anyone disarm Hezbollah or disarm the resistance [against Israel]. We must cut this idea of disarmament from the dictionary.”Emanuel Fabian and agencies, “Hezbollah ‘will not let anyone disarm it,’ vows leader Naim Qassem,” Times of Israel, April 18, 2025, https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-says-it-wont-discuss-disarming-until-israel-completes-lebanon-withdrawal/.

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Threat

Naim Qassem, secretary-general, March 29, 2025

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March 29, 2025
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In a Quds Day speech delayed a day because of Israeli strikes on Beirut:

“Israel will not get during peace time what it was not able to achieve by war. Let everyone know that this resistance (Hezbollah) is present and ready and at the same time is committed to the agreement.”

“We will not allow anyone to deprive us from using our force and capabilities to confront this enemy.”

Hezbollah “is not weak in facing the projects of America and Israel.”Nurit Yohanan and agencies, “Hezbollah chief threatens response to continued Israeli ‘aggression’ in Lebanon,” Times of Israel, March 30, 2025, https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-chief-threatens-to-act-against-continued-israeli-aggression-in-lebanon/.

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