Pro-Violence
Yahya Sarea, Houthi spokesman, January 31, 2022
“We renew our warning to citizens, residents and companies to stay away from vital headquarters and facilities that will be targets in the coming period.”“Yemen’s Houthis say attacked UAE with drones, missiles,” Reuters, January 31, 2022, https://www.reuters.com/world/yemens-houthis-say-attacked-uae-with-drones-missiles-2022-01-31/.
Yahya Sarea, Houthi spokesman, March 23, 2021
“Our operations will continue as long as the aggression and siege continue.” (Tweet)“Yemen’s Houthis say they fired drone at Saudi airport after truce offer,” Reuters, March 23, 2021, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security/yemens-houthis-say-they-fired-drone-at-saudi-airport-after-truce-offer-idUSKBN2BF1T1.
Yahya Sarea, Houthi spokesman, January 24, 2022
“We advise foreign companies and investors in the UAE to leave as it has become unsafe.”Alexander Cornwell and Alaa Swilam, “UAE blocks missiles as Yemen’s Houthis attack region’s business hub,” Reuters, January 24, 2022, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uaes-defense-ministry-destroyed-2-houthi-ballistic-missiles-wam-2022-01-24/.
Hazem Qasim, spokesman, December 21, 2021
Following a failed attempted ramming attack in the West Bank:
“A new act of resistance by mighty Jenin, whose revolutionary youth are responding to the crimes of the occupation.”“Hamas praises West Bank attempted ramming attack,” Times of Israel, December 21, 2021, https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hamas-praises-west-bank-attempted-ramming-attack/.
Hazem Qasim, spokesman, December 16, 2021
Statement following a December 16 shooting attack in the West Bank that killed one and wounded two:
“We congratulate the heroic operation in Nablus against the occupation forces and the murderous settlers, as it is in line with the Palestinian nation’s all-out struggle. The operation proves yet again that our heroic people in the West Bank will continue their legitimate struggle until they expel the occupying regime from the entire Palestinian territories and wipe out settlers. The spirit of resistance and sacrifice, which prevails across West Bank cities, is the main guarantor of our people’s victory. It will help them arrive at their goals of liberating the homeland and repatriating the displaced.”Judah Ari Gross and Aaron Boxerman, “Israeli man killed, two injured in northern West Bank terror shooting,” Times of Israel, December 16, 2021, https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-killed-two-injured-in-northern-west-bank-shooting/; “Palestinian resistance groups praise West Bank retaliatory shooting attack as natural response to Israel’s crimes,” ParsToday, December 17, 2021, https://parstoday.com/en/news/west_asia-i160860-palestinian_resistance_groups_praise_west_bank_retaliatory_shooting_attack_as_natural_response_to_israel%E2%80%99s_crimes.
Hamas statement, November 19, 2021
Statement in response to a British government announcement that it will soon proscribe Hamas as a terrorist organization:
“We believe that resisting the Israeli occupation with all means possible, including armed resistance, is a guaranteed right for peoples under occupation as per international law.
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“The UK should stop being biased towards the Israeli narrative and rush to expiate their awful sin against the Palestinian people committed in the Balfour Declaration by supporting the Palestinians' struggle for liberation, independence, and return. ““Statement on UK home secretary's designation of Hamas as ‘terrorist organization,’” Hamas, November 19, 2021, https://hamas.ps/en/post/3734/Statement-on-UK-home-secretary-s-designation-of-Hamas-as-terrorist-organisation.
Unnamed Houthi official, August 2021
Speaking at a Houthi summer camp graduation ceremony:
“We tell the world that the Yemeni youth are at the forefront of the ranks in fighting off brutal aggression. These people say no to the damned culture of the US and Israel.”Saeed Al-Batati, “Thousands of Yemeni children brainwashed in Houthi ‘summer camps,’” Arab News, August 17, 2021, https://www.arabnews.com/node/1912296/middle-east.
Hazem Qasim, spokesman, July 25, 2021
After an Israeli air strike against Gaza:
“The noble resistance is ready to deal with all options, nor will it allow the occupation to impose its equations.”Aaron Boxerman and Judah Ari Gross, “IDF strikes Gaza after incendiary balloons spark fires in south,” Times of Israel, July 25, 2021, https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-gaza-after-incendiary-balloons-spark-fires-in-south/.
Olcay Kilavuz, September 22, 2015
“It is the main duty of the security forces to combat terrorism. We would only take on responsibility for this if the duty cannot be fulfilled.”Alex MacDonald, “Increasing Tensions See Resurgence of Turkey’s Far-Right Street Movements,” Middle East Eye, September 22, 2015, https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/increasing-tensions-see-resurgence-turkeys-far-right-street-movements.
Daily Dose
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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