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Type All Speech 159 Interview 55 Manifesto 53 Party platform 52 Article 49 Press release 22 charter 11 op-ed 10 Bill 8 Social post 7

Tier All Tier 1 43 Tier 2 169 Tier 3 7

Party All Hamas 8 Hezbollah 7 Likud 5 Ba'ath Party (Syria) 4 Fatah 4 Islamic Action Front 3 Ansar Allah (Houthis) 3 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham 3 Justice and Development Party 3 New Wafd Party 3 Amal Movement 3 El Insaf (Equity Party) 2 Lebanese Forces 2 State of Law Coalition 2 Mostaqbal Watan 2 Religious Zionism Party 2 Shas 2 Meretz 2 Kataeb Party 2 National Rally of Independents 2 Noam 2 Istiqlal Party 2 Ennahda 2 Freedom and Justice Party 2 Jordanian Communist Party 2 Free Patriotic Movement 2 Progressive Socialist Party 2 Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) 2 PFLP 2 National Liberation Front 2 The Democrats 1 Yashar! 1 Yisrael Beiteinu 1 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 1 Palestinian People's Party 1 United Torah Judaism 1 Israeli Labor Party 1 Yesh Atid 1 National Unity 1 Palestinian Islamic Jihad 1 New Hope 1 Otzma Yehudit 1 Long Live Tunisia 1 Movement of Society for Peace 1 Sudanese Communist Party 1 Sairoon Alliance 1 Ra'am (United Arab List) 1 Al-Menbar Islamic Society 1 Southern Transitional Council 1 National Wisdom Movement 1 Free Destourian Party 1 Authenticity and Modernity Party 1 Socialist Union of Popular Forces 1 Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society 1 Union of Forces of Progress 1 Justice and Construction Party 1 Syrian National Coalition 1 National Forces Alliance 1 Free Egyptians Party 1 Nour Party 1 People's Movement 1 Egyptian Social Democratic Party 1 Kurdistan Democratic Party 1 National Umma Party 1 Hadash-Ta'al 1 Islamic Asalah Society 1 National Congress Party 1 National Rally for Reform and Development (Tewassoul) 1 Balad 1 Kadima 1 Democratic Unionist Party 1 Yemeni Socialist Party 1 Muslim Brotherhood (Syria) 1 Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) 1 Shinui 1 National Democratic Party 1 Mubadara 1 Northern Islamic Movement 1 Tagammu Party 1 Democratic National Rally 1 Ta'al 1 Tunisian Workers Party 1 National Charter Party 1 Kach 1 Workers' Party 1 Islamic Salvation Front 1 General People's Congress 1 DFLP 1 Socialist Forces Front 1 Arab Socialist Union 1 Mapai 1 Ba'ath Party (Iraq) 1 Herut 1 Hadash 1

• Speech Arabic EG 2026-06-17 Tier 2

  Dr Mostafa Madbouly (Prime Minister of Egypt) — speech launching the 2nd edition of the State Ownership Policy Document ("Deepening Reform 2026–2030"), 17 Jun 2026 (Al-Watan): private-sector-led growth as the government's target — its share of investment, already past 56.5%, to exceed 65% before 2030, with the state stepping back.

  إن الرقم الذي عرضه علينا اليوم رئيس مركز المعلومات يؤكد أن القطاع الخاص بدأ يستعيد حضوره بقوة خلال السنوات الثلاث الماضية، حيث تجاوزت مساهمته 56.5% من إجمالي الاستثمارات، كما تشير التوقعات إلى إمكانية تجاوز المستهدف الذي وضعناه، والبالغ 65%، خلال العامين المقبلين على أقصى تقدير

• Speech English PS 2026-04-20 Tier 2

  Mohammad Mustafa (Prime Minister, Palestinian Authority) — remarks in Brussels with the EU's Kaja Kallas, ~20 Apr 2026 (The National): the PA's "one state, one government, one law and one gun" — a single national authority with a monopoly on arms, the gradual collection of weapons from all armed groups, full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and sovereignty as the basis for durable security.

  A key pillar of forced stabilisation in Gaza is a unified and comprehensive security framework," Mr Mustafa said. "This should be done through the implementation of the policy of one state, one government, one law and one gun, the gradual and responsible collection of arms from all armed groups, and also the full…

• Speech English MA 2026-04-18 Tier 2

  Aziz Akhannouch (Head of Government / PM of Morocco; RNI leader) — statement (Morocco World News, 18 Apr 2026) on the "social state" agenda: "The executive has never approached social dialogue as a circumstantial commitment, but as a clear political choice." The Moroccan social-state / development-model pole. [Second doc — distinct domestic social-policy axis, vs his Western-Sahara UNGA doc.]

  The executive has never approached social dialogue as a circumstantial commitment, but as a clear political choice.

• Speech Arabic EG 2026-04-02 Tier 2

  Sayed El-Badawi (leader of the Wafd, Egypt's oldest liberal party) — symposium speech (per Al-Bawaba News, 2 Apr 2026): the "loyal opposition" stance — "the Wafd is a liberal party that believes in economic freedom, and when we find the state moving… on a path that achieves the public good, then we support that"; and that development needs an independent judiciary and a free press.

  الوفد حزب ليبرالي يؤمن بالحرية الاقتصادية، وعندما نجد الدولة تسير من وجهة نظرنا في خط يحقق الصالح العام وقتها نكون مؤيدين لهذا الحق التنمية والإصلاح السياسي وجهان لعملة واحدة؛ فلكي تحدث التنمية لا بد من أن يكون لديك مؤسسات ماليه قويه وقضاء مستقل وإعلام حر

• Speech Arabic PS 2025-12-14 Tier 2

  Khalil al-Hayya (head of Hamas in Gaza; chief negotiator) — speech on Hamas's founding anniversary, 14 Dec 2025 (PNN, Arabic original): rejecting disarmament — the resistance and its weapons are "a legitimate right guaranteed by international law for all peoples under occupation, linked to the establishment of the Palestinian state"; Hamas rejects "all manifestations of guardianship and mandate over the Palestinians."

  — حق مشروع كفلته القوانين الدولية لكل الشعوب تحت الاحتلال ومرتبط بإقامة الدولة الفلسطينية — لدراسة أية مقترحات تحافظ على هذا الحق مع ضمان إقامة الدولة الفلسطينية المستقلة وتقرير المصير لشعبنا الفلسطيني — الرافض لكل مظاهر الوصاية والانتداب على الفلسطينيين

• Speech English IQ 2025-11-11 Tier 2

  Nechirvan Barzani (President, Kurdistan Region of Iraq; KDP) — press conference on Iraq's parliamentary-election day, 11 Nov 2025 (Rudaw): Iraq must make a "serious effort" to implement the constitution (the KDP's central demand on Kurdistan's autonomy), and he hopes the vote ushers in "a democratic federal Iraq where all components get their rights."

  That constitution has not been implemented. Indeed, the most important thing to be done after these elections is to make a serious effort to implement the Iraqi Constitution, We hope that these elections are a new start for Iraq - a democratic federal Iraq where all components get their rights and achievements,

• Speech Arabic AE 2025-09-27 Tier 2

  UAE statement to the 80th UN General Assembly, delivered by Minister of State Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, 27 Sep 2025 (English; UAE institutional position under MBZ)

  Madam President, Today, the world is marked by turmoil, conflict, and humanitarian crises. Threats to state sovereignty, proliferation risks and extremist ideologies persist, undermining the foundations of stability and development. Amidst these challenges, my country has chosen the path of prudence and…

• Speech Arabic OM 2025-09-27 Tier 2

  Sultanate of Oman statement to the 80th UN General Assembly, 27 Sep 2025 (English translation of Arabic original)

  President of the 80th Session of the General Assembly, The international community today is confronted with a broad spectrum of critical issues that weigh heavily on the conscience of humanity and require genuine cooperation and collective responsibility to address them effectively. However, there remains another…

• Speech Arabic BH 2025-09-26 Tier 2

  Kingdom of Bahrain statement to the 80th UN General Assembly, 26 Sep 2025 (English translation of Arabic original) — first Bahraini UN row, under leadership of King Hamad

  Madam President, This 80th Session of the General Assembly is convened with the world facing accelerating transformations and complex challenges, including geopolitical tensions, armed conflicts, climate change, and major political and economic crises. The Kingdom of Bahrain, under the leadership of His Majesty King…

• Speech Arabic SY 2025-09-24 Tier 2

  President Ahmad al-Sharaa address to the 80th UN General Assembly, 24 Sep 2025 — first Syrian president at UN in nearly 60 years (English translation of Arabic original)

  In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, The Syrian story is one that stirs emotions, where pain is mingled with hope. It is a story of a struggle between good and evil, between the weak and strong, in which there is support by none other than God or powerful falsehood, possessing all…

• Speech English JO 2025-09-23 Tier 2

  King Abdullah II address to the 80th UN General Assembly, 23 Sep 2025

  In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Madam President, Mr. Secretary General, Your Excellencies: Another year, another UN General Assembly, and another occasion when I stand before you to address the same issue: the conflict in the Middle East. Our UN General Assembly was born 80 years ago, pledging…

• Speech Arabic QA 2025-09-23 Tier 2

  Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani address to the 80th UN General Assembly, 23 Sep 2025 — after the 9 Sep 2025 Israeli strike on Doha targeting the Hamas negotiating delegation (English translation of Arabic original)

  Your Excellency, President of the General Assembly, Your Excellency, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Honorable Audience, May the peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you, The United Nations was established eight decades ago on a set of rules and principles reached by humanity after two world wars.…

• Speech Arabic MA 2025-07-29 Tier 2

  King Mohammed VI Throne Day Speech, 29 Jul 2025 — 26th anniversary of accession (Tetouan; English translation of Arabic original)

  Dear Citizens, Throne Day celebrations provide an annual opportunity to renew the bonds of mutual allegiance and the feelings of affection and loyalty which have invariably united us, and which grow stronger as time goes by. Since my accession to the throne, I have worked to build an advanced, unified and…

• Speech English SA 2025-07-28 Tier 2

  Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (Saudi Foreign Minister) — press conference at the UN two-state conference, 28 Jul 2025 (per Middle East Monitor): "normalisation with Israel can only come through the establishment of a Palestinian state" — Saudi recognition conditioned on Palestinian statehood and self-determination.

  for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia normalisation with Israel can only come through the establishment of a Palestinian state. That position remains the same and it is based on a strong conviction that only through the establishment of a Palestinian state and only through addressing the legitimate rights of the…

• Speech English IL 2025-05-30 Tier 2

  Israel Katz (Israel's Defense Minister; senior Likud) — statement at the re-established Sa-Nur settlement, 30 May 2025 (Times of Israel), rebuking Macron's Palestinian-state recognition: "They will recognize a Palestinian state on paper — and we will build the Jewish-Israeli state on the ground… thrown in the trash can of history," announcing 21 new West Bank settlements. The mainstream secular-nationalist Likud right.

  They will recognize a Palestinian state on paper — and we will build the Jewish-Israeli state on the ground. The paper will be thrown in the trash can of history and the State of Israel will flourish and prosper. I promised then that we would return and today we have returned here, with the decision to re-establish…

• Speech English LB 2025-04-26 Tier 2

  Samir Geagea (leader, Lebanese Forces) — statement, ~26 Apr 2025: "We cannot build a real state without the state's monopoly on arms" — his demand that Hezbollah disarm and that the state hold the sole monopoly on weapons. [Second doc — distinct STATE-MONOPOLY-ON-ARMS / Hezbollah-disarmament / sovereignty axis, vs his existing decentralization-and-democracy doc.]

  We've been missing a real state for 35 years. We cannot build a real state without the state's monopoly on arms.

• Speech Arabic JO 2025-04-23 Tier 2

  وائل السقا (الأمين العام لحزب جبهة العمل الإسلامي الأردني / الذراع السياسي للإخوان) — مؤتمر صحفي 23 أبريل 2025 (رؤيا) بعد حظر الحكومة لجماعة الإخوان المسلمين: الحزب مستقل وملتزم بالدستور والقانون الأردني وقرار الحظر "لا يعنيه". قطب المعارضة الإسلامية الموالية للنظام الدستوري.

  قرار الحكومة المتعلق بحظر النشاط السياسي لجماعة الإخوان المسلمين لا يعني الحزب. الجميع في الأردن خاضع للقانون.

• Speech Arabic YE 2025-04-10 Tier 2

  Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (supreme leader of Yemen's Ansar Allah / the Houthi movement) — televised address reported by RT Arabic (~10 Apr 2025, amid the Gaza ceasefire collapse): calls for "jihad in the path of God against the Israeli and American enemy" as "the only way" to defend Palestinian rights, charges Israel with "genocide" under "open American support," and rejects surrender, concessions and political settlement.

  — الجهاد في سبيل الله ضد العدو الإسرائيلي والأمريكي — العدو الإسرائيلي، وبدعم أمريكي مفتوح، اتجه بشكل عدواني نحو إبادة جماعية ضد الشعب الفلسطيني في القطاع — لا تؤمن بالسلام ولا بالتسوية السياسية — الخيار الجهادي هو السبيل الوحيد للحفاظ على الحقوق الفلسطينية ومواجهة المؤامرات — الاستسلام لا يخدم أحدا، لا الفلسطينيين…

• Speech English IL 2025-03-06 Tier 2

  Nir Barkat (Israel's Economy Minister; ex-Jerusalem mayor; tech entrepreneur; Likud) — European Parliament address on import reforms (per JNS, Mar 2025): free-market liberalization to cut the cost of living ("What is good for Europe is good for Israel") and an "economic peace" vision ("Palestinians should decide: Do they want the West Bank to become Dubai, or another Gaza?"). The economic-liberal / free-market Likud pole.

  What is good for Europe is good for Israel. Palestinians should decide: Do they want the West Bank to become Dubai, or another Gaza?

• Speech Arabic EG 2025-02-16 Tier 2

  Hanafy El-Gibaly (Speaker of Egypt's House of Representatives; ex-head of the Supreme Constitutional Court) — remarks via Extra News (per Sada El-Balad, 16 Feb 2025): Egypt's categorical rejection of displacing the Palestinians — a "danger of liquidating the Palestinian cause" and a "crime" — and parliament's affirmation of the historical support for "the Palestinian right."

  موقف مصر بوضوح هو رفض تهجير الفلسطينيين لما يمثله ذلك من خطر تصفية القضية الفلسطينية فضلا عن كونه جريمة تصفية خلال لقاءاتنا البرلمانية المختلفة نؤكد على الموقف التاريخي الثابت الداعم للحق الفلسطيني

• Speech English LB 2025-01-09 Tier 2

  Joseph Aoun (President of Lebanon from Jan 2025; former army commander) — inaugural address, 9 Jan 2025 (L'Orient Today): making the state's monopoly on arms the centerpiece — "the state's right to hold a monopoly on weapons, and to invest in the army" — alongside a rule-of-law / anti-corruption vision ("no more mafias… no more immunity for criminals and the corrupt"). The reformist / state-sovereignty pole.

  …working to ensure the state's right to hold a monopoly on weapons, and to invest in the army to monitor the borders, maintain their security in the south, define the boundaries in the east, north and at sea. If we want to build a nation, we must all be under the roof of law and justice, where there will be no more…

• Speech English LB 2024-12-24 Tier 2

  Patriarch Bechara al-Rahi (Maronite Patriarch of Antioch) — Christmas speech, 24 Dec 2024 (per Naharnet): his "positive neutrality" doctrine — one army "instead of two armies," distancing Lebanon from wars and alliances, sovereignty and non-interference, Lebanon as a neutral meeting-place. (Implicitly against Hezbollah's arms and the Iran-led axis.)

  Lebanon must protect its sovereignty and defend itself against any occupier, without interfering in the affairs of other states. This neutrality enables Lebanon to play its active role as a place of meeting and dialogue between cultures and religions, and a defender of peace in the region.

• Speech Arabic MA 2024-12-21 Tier 2

  Driss Lachgar (First Secretary of Morocco's USFP — the Socialist Union of Popular Forces) — speech at the Socialist International conference, Rabat, 21 Dec 2024 (Al-Omk): social-democratic values of "justice, equality and human solidarity" as "effective tools for building a more balanced society and a more equitable world," and support for Palestinian self-determination and an independent state under international law.

  قيم العدالة والمساواة والتضامن الإنساني ليست فقط غايات نطمح إلى تحقيقها، بل أدوات فعالة لبناء مجتمع أكثر توازنًا وعالم أكثر إنصافًا إن الشعب الفلسطيني لا يطالب بأكثر من حقوقه الطبيعية التي تضمنها الشرعية الدولية، وفي مقدمتها الحق في تقرير المصير وإقامة دولته المستقلة

• Speech Arabic SY 2024-12-08 Tier 2

  Ahmad al-Sharaa Umayyad Mosque victory speech, Damascus, 8 Dec 2024 (mosaic of sourced verbatim quotes; English translation of Arabic original)

  Speaker: Ahmad al-Sharaa (formerly Abu Mohammad al-Julani). Location: Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. Occasion: HTS-led takeover of Damascus and fall of the Assad regime. The speech was delivered in Arabic. No publicly available single durable English transcript exists; the following are sourced verbatim segments…

• Speech Arabic MA 2024-10-26 Tier 2

  Abdelilah Benkirane (Secretary-General, PJD) — speech at a Casablanca rally marking one year since 7 October, late Oct 2024 (Hespress): the PJD "was never with normalization, and will never be," former PM El Othmani is the one who should apologize for signing, and "the PJD cannot sell the Palestinian cause." (The internal-party counterpart to the PJD's 2020 normalization divergence.)

  قال عبد الإله بنكيران، الأمين العام لحزب العدالة والتنمية، في تجمع خطابي لتخليد السنة الأولى على مرور “طوفان الأقصى”، إن حزبه “لم يكن يوما مع التطبيع، ولن يكون معه”. لقد سبق للحزب أن اعتذر عما حدث؛ بالرغم من أن سعد الدين العثماني، رئيس الحكومة السابق، من يجب أن يقدم الاعتذار؛ لأن ما قام به له ظروف يعلمها، وحزب…

• Speech Arabic SY 2024-09-30 Tier 2

  Syrian Arab Republic statement to the 79th UN General Assembly (FM Bassam Sabbagh), 30 Sep 2024 — Assad regime's final UNGA address before the December 2024 fall (English translation of Arabic original)

  Ba'ath Party (Syria)

  Mr. President, Ladies and gentlemen, As this session of the General Assembly is taking place, tensions internationally have reached a boiling point, and efforts to maintain international peace and security are confronted with real challenges and threats: clashes are intensifying, crises are multiplying, conflicts are…

• Speech Arabic SD 2024-09-26 Tier 2

  Abdel Fattah al-Burhan address to the 79th UN General Assembly, 26 Sep 2024 (English translation of Arabic original)

  Mr. President, Your Excellency the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Your Excellencies the Kings, Presidents, and Heads of Government, Ladies and Gentlemen, I address you today on behalf of the people and government of Sudan. Firstly, I am pleased to congratulate the President of the current session and his…

• Speech Arabic QA 2024-09-24 Tier 2

  Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani address to the 79th UN General Assembly, 24 Sep 2024 (English translation of Arabic original)

  In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Mr. President, The blatant aggression that befalls the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip today is the most barbaric and heinous and extensive in breaching human values, international charters and norms. This is not a war within the international relations'…

• Speech English JO 2024-09-24 Tier 2

  King Abdullah II address to the 79th UN General Assembly, 24 Sep 2024

  In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Mr President, Mr Secretary General, Your Excellencies: Over the past quarter-century, I have stood at this podium amidst regional conflicts, global upheavals, and humanitarian crises that have profoundly tested our global community. It often feels that there was…

• Speech English YE 2024-09-20 Tier 2

  Mahdi al-Mashat (President of the Houthi Supreme Political Council; de facto head of state in Sanaa) — statement to Xinhua, 20 Sep 2024: the Houthi conditions for peace — paying salaries, opening Yemen's airports and ports, releasing all prisoners, compensation/reparations, and the complete withdrawal of all foreign powers from Yemen.

  The only solution to achieve peace is ... paying the salaries of Yemenis, opening Yemen's airports and ports, and releasing all prisoners. Among the requirements of peace are also the payment of compensation, redress for damages, and the complete withdrawal from the Republic of Yemen by all foreign powers.

• Speech English JO 2024-09-15 Tier 2

  Jafar Hassan (Prime Minister of Jordan, appointed 15 Sep 2024) — first statement as PM-designate (per Roya News): pledging to "translate the Letter of Designation [the King's directive] into clear programs" — the royal-mandate-technocrat model; his government's agenda centers on comprehensive economic, political and administrative modernisation.

  His Majesty tasked me today to form a new Cabinet. Public service is a great honor and responsibility, which we will carry on with all our capability to serve Jordan and Jordanians. We will translate the Letter of Designation into clear programs rooted in dedicated service.

• Speech English IL 2024-06-09 Tier 2

  Benny Gantz (ex-IDF chief; National Unity leader; centrist challenger) — resigning from Israel's wartime emergency government, 9 Jun 2024 (Times of Israel): "Netanyahu prevents us from progressing to real victory… we are leaving the emergency government today," and demanding elections: "I call on Netanyahu: Set an agreed election date." [Second doc — distinct domestic-governance / anti-Netanyahu axis.]

  Unfortunately, Netanyahu prevents us from progressing to real victory… we are leaving the emergency government today with a heavy heart but wholeheartedly. I call on Netanyahu: Set an agreed election date. Don't let our people be torn apart.

• Speech English LY 2023-12-24 Tier 2

  Abdul Hamid Dbeibah (PM, Libyan Government of National Unity) — remarks at the Tripoli Government Communication Forum (Libya Observer; undated in source, post-Sept-2023): his government "will not leave until elections are held," he backs elections under fair laws, and he "does not object to Saif Gaddafi's candidacy unless there are legal obstacles."

  The Head of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, has reaffirmed that “his government will not leave until elections are held and the Libyan people choose who will lead them.” In his speech at the Tripoli Government Communication Forum, as part of the Tripoli Media Days, Dbeibah reaffirmed his…

• Speech Arabic PS 2023-11-24 Tier 2

  Ziad al-Nakhalah (Secretary-General, Palestinian Islamic Jihad) — televised speech during the first Gaza truce, 24 Nov 2023 (full text via Al-Quds News): the enemy's captured officers/soldiers will not be released except by freeing ALL Palestinian prisoners, tied to ending the war ("everyone for everyone"). Supplies verbatim content for his previously-empty placeholder doc.

  ونحن ما زلنا عند موقفنا، لن يخرج باقي أسرى العدو من الضباط والجنود دون حرية كل أسرانا، وهذا مرتبط بنهاية العدوان، وليس قبل ذلك بأي حال من الأحوال. وامتدادًا لذلك، فإننا بصمود مقاتلينا، وقتالهم في الميدان، سنجبر العدو لاحقًا، إن شاء الله، على عملية تبادل كبرى، تضمن تحرير أسرانا جميعهم، تحت عنوان الجميع مقابل الجميع.

• Speech English BH 2023-11-18 Tier 2

  Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (Crown Prince & PM of Bahrain) — remarks at the Manama Dialogue, Nov 2023 (Newsweek): condemning both Hamas's 7 October attack ("barbaric") and Israel's Gaza air campaign, insisting "no real security will ever be realized until a real two-state solution is found," and that "the United States is indispensable" to peace.

  The attacks on October 7 were barbaric. I unequivocally condemn the air campaign that resulted in the death of over 11,000 people in Gaza, 4,700 of which are children. No real security will ever be realized until a real two-state solution is found. So, preserving this path to peace, will demand strong leadership—from…

• Speech Arabic QA 2023-09-19 Tier 2

  Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani address to the 78th UN General Assembly, 19 Sep 2023 (English translation of Arabic original) — pre-October 7 doctrine

  In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Mr. President, God has bestowed a favor on us by living in an era of unprecedented accelerating progress, in which an innovative spirit prevails in the fields of medicine, technology and science in general. The sequent innovations have brought about…

• Speech English SA 2023-06-17 Tier 2

  Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (Saudi Foreign Minister) — statement during his Tehran visit, ~17 Jun 2023 (post-rapprochement; per Gulf Research Center): Saudi–Iran cooperation on regional security, maritime-navigation security, and a region free of weapons of mass destruction. [Second doc — distinct SAUDI–IRAN DÉTENTE / regional-de-escalation axis, vs his existing Israel-normalization-conditionality doc.]

  I would like to refer to the importance of cooperation between the two countries on regional security, especially the security of maritime navigation, and the importance of cooperation among all regional countries to ensure that it is free of weapons of mass destruction.

• Speech Arabic PS 2023-06-02 Tier 2

  Mahmoud al-Aloul (deputy chairman of Fatah) — remarks during a visit to Barqa and al-Mughayyir, West Bank (per WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency, 2 Jun 2023): Palestinians will confront settlement and occupation with "popular resistance in all its forms," removing settlement outposts on the path to liberation and a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital, and will work to implement international-legitimacy resolutions.

  وهو الأمر الذي لن يرضى أبناء شعبنا به، وسيواجهونه بالمقاومة الشعبية بكافة أشكالها، ضمن دفاعهم عن أنفسهم وإزالة البؤر الاستيطانية على طريق التحرير وإقامة الدولة الفلسطينية وعاصمتها القدس [أبناء شعبنا] لن يسمحوا له بالاستمرار في احتلاله، بل سيعملون على تطبيق قرارات الشرعية الدولية

• Speech English IL 2022-12-29 Tier 2

  Amir Ohana (Likud; Knesset Speaker; Israel's first openly gay Speaker; ex-Justice & Public-Security Minister) — inaugural address as Speaker (per Times of Israel, 29 Dec 2022): as a gay man leading a right-religious coalition with anti-LGBT partners, vowing "This Knesset, under the leadership of this speaker, won't hurt them or any other family, period." The gay-right / nationalist-LGBT paradox pole.

  This Knesset, under the leadership of this speaker, won't hurt them or any other family, period.

• Speech English IL 2022-09-22 Tier 2

  Yair Lapid address to the UN General Assembly (77th session), 22 Sep 2022

  Israel's economic and military strength allows us to protect ourselves but it also allows us something else: To strive for peace with the entire Arab world. And with our closest neighbors – the Palestinians. An agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples, is the right thing for Israel's…

• Speech English IL 2022-09-20 Tier 2

  Merav Michaeli (then leader of Israel's Labor Party; Zionist-left) — 2022 campaign-launch remarks, 20 Sep 2022: "Without a two-state solution, we will stay with one state for two nations and that's the end of the State of Israel as we know it" — the Zionist-left's two-state / end-the-conflict stance. [Second doc — distinct TWO-STATE / peace foreign-policy axis, vs her existing liberal-Zionism / pro-democracy doc.]

  The next government must renew political discourse and stop hiding behind empty words like 'managing the conflict' or 'reducing the conflict.' Without a two-state solution, we will stay with one state for two nations and that's the end of the State of Israel as we know it and love it, and we won't let it happen.

• Speech English JO 2022-09-20 Tier 2

  King Abdullah II address to the 77th UN General Assembly, 20 Sep 2022

  In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Mr President, Mr Secretary General, Your Excellencies: We meet today, in this General Assembly, as the alarm bells ring all around us. Numerous crises batter our world; crises that are increasingly interlocked—regional conflicts with international impact,…

• Speech Hebrew IL 2021-04-01 Tier 2

  Mansour Abbas prime-time address: 'coexistence based on mutual respect', 1 Apr 2021 (English translation of Hebrew original)

  "I carry a prayer of hope, and the search for coexistence based on mutual respect and genuine equality. What we have in common is greater than what divides us." "I, Mansour Abbas, a man of the Islamic Movement, am a proud Arab and Muslim, a citizen of the state of Israel, who heads the leading, biggest political…

• Speech English LY 2020-04-27 Tier 2

  Khalifa Haftar (commander, Libyan National Army) — televised speech of 27 April 2020 (Middle East Eye): claims a "popular mandate" for the armed forces to take over Libya's governance and unilaterally declares the 2015 UN-brokered Skhirat political agreement null and void. (Complements the Dbeibah doc — the rival eastern side of Libya's split.)

  In a televised speech on Monday night, the leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced that the General Command of the Armed Forces had "accepted the will of the people" to take over management of the country. "We announce our acceptance of the people's will and mandate and the end of the Skhirat Agreement,"…

• Speech Arabic TN 2019-10-23 Tier 2

  Kais Saied presidential oath and inaugural remarks, Tunis, 23 Oct 2019 (mosaic of verbatim quotes; English translation of Arabic original)

  Speaker: Kais Saied, on inauguration as President of the Tunisian Republic at the Assembly of People's Representatives, Tunis. Date: 23 October 2019. The constitutional oath of office, taken verbatim: "I swear by Almighty God to safeguard the independence of the homeland and the integrity of its territory, to respect…

• Speech English IL 2019-05-27 Tier 2

  Avigdor Lieberman (leader of Yisrael Beiteinu; secular-nationalist) — coalition-crisis statements, 27 May 2019: "We are in favor of a Jewish state, we are against a halachic state" — his anti-ultra-Orthodox-coercion / Haredi-draft-equality stand that forced Israel's first-ever repeat election. [Second doc — distinct SECULARISM / religion-state axis, vs his 2010 UN foreign-policy address.]

  I want to emphasize yet again: We are in favor of a Jewish state, we are against a halachic [Jewish law] state. I agree it's not just the draft law. The draft law became a symbol… but look at what is happening here.

• Speech Arabic LB 2018-09-26 Tier 2

  Michel Aoun address to the UN General Assembly (73rd session), 26 Sep 2018 (English translation of Arabic original)

  In Lebanon, we are groping our way to rise from the consecutive crises that struck us at various levels. In security, Lebanon managed to consolidate its security and stability after having abolished the agglomerations of terrorists from its Eastern and Northern barrens, and after having dismantled their sleeper…

• Speech Arabic TN 2018-08-13 Tier 2

  Beji Caid Essebsi (President of Tunisia; founder of Nidaa Tounes) — National Women's Day speech, 13 Aug 2018 (per Al Bayan): proposing gender-equal inheritance as law — a historic break with Islamic-law inheritance — while pairing it with a pragmatic opt-out (testators may keep Sharia shares), embodying his secular, consensus-democracy model.

  نقترح أن تصبح المساواة في الميراث بين الرجل والمرأة قانونا لكن بما أن رئيس الدولة رئيس الجميع ومن واجبه التجميع أكثر من التفرقة نقترح أن المورث الذي يريد تطبيق القواعد الشرعية في ورثته له ذلك

• Speech English IL 2018-07-19 Tier 2

  Ahmad Tibi (Arab-Israeli MK; leader of Ta'al; ex-deputy Knesset speaker) — statement after the 2018 Jewish Nation-State Law vote (per Vice): "I announce with shock and sorrow the death of democracy." The leading parliamentary voice of Israel's Palestinian-Arab citizens, demanding "a state of all its citizens."

  I announce with shock and sorrow the death of democracy.

• Speech Arabic LB 2017-11-04 Tier 2

  Saad Hariri — March-14 Sunni leader on Saudi-detention silence + Assad-as-monster (2012-2019)

  From Saad Hariri (b. 1970, son of assassinated Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri; leader of the Future Movement, the dominant Sunni Muslim political party in Lebanon; Prime Minister 2009-2011 and 2016-2020, presiding over the October-2019 mass protests that toppled his second premiership): **December 2012** (after Syria…

• Speech Arabic EG 2016-09-20 Tier 2

  Sisi 2016 UN General Assembly address (71st session)

  وفى وسط تلك التحديات التي يموج بها النظام الدولي، استطاع شعب مصر أن يفرض إرادته لتحقيق الاستقرار وحماية الدولة ومؤسساتها بل وتحصين المجتمع من التشرذم والانزلاق نحو الفوضى؛ فأقر دستوراً جديداً يحمى الحقوق والحريات، التي شملها الإعلان العالمي لحقوق الإنسان، حيث كفل الدستور المساواة في الحقوق على أساس المواطنة، ورسخ…

• Speech Arabic YE 2016-05-21 Tier 2

  Ali Abdullah Saleh (President of Yemen 1978–2012; architect of Yemeni unity) — Yemeni Unity Day speech, 21 May 2016 (per Almrasil): celebrating the 1990 unification "whose flag rose high on 22 May 1990 in… Aden — that ended forever the two partition regimes… and reunited the Yemeni fold."

  الوحدة اليمنية التي ارتفع علمها شامخاً يوم الـ22من مايو عام 1990م في مدينة عدن الباسلة, والتي أنهت وإلى الأبد النظامين الشطريين اللذين كانا قائمان في شطري الوطن، ولمّت الشمل اليمني وأعادت للتاريخ إعتباره

• Speech English IL 2016-05-04 Tier 2

  Yair Golan (then IDF Deputy Chief of Staff; later a Labor/Democrats leader) — 2016 Holocaust Remembrance Day address (per Times of Israel): warning that trends in Israel echo pre-Holocaust Europe — "finding evidence of their existence here in our midst, today, in 2016" — and of the ease of becoming "callous, morally corrupt and hypocritical." [Second doc — distinct moral-character / democratic-warning axis.]

  If there is something that frightens me in the memory of the Holocaust, it is identifying horrifying processes that occurred in Europe…70, 80 and 90 years ago and finding evidence of their existence here in our midst, today, in 2016. There is nothing easier than hating the other. There is nothing easier than raising…

• Speech Arabic IQ 2014-06-13 Tier 2

  Grand Ayatollah Sistani fatwa for defensive jihad against ISIS, Karbala Friday prayers, 13 Jun 2014 (English translation of Arabic original)

  Speaker (by proxy): Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the highest Shia marja' (religious authority) in Najaf. Location: announced through his representative Sheikh Abdul Mehdi al-Karbalai during Friday prayer sermons in Karbala. Date: 13 June 2014, three days after ISIS captured Mosul. The single core sentence of the…

• Speech Arabic DZ 2014-04-28 Tier 2

  Abdelaziz Bouteflika (President of Algeria) — 4th-term inaugural address, April 2014 (Ennahar, full text): national reconciliation as his priority (the hand "extended to Algeria's astray sons" to return home) coupled with stability-first and an iron hand against terrorism; the national identity of "Islam, Arabism and Amazighity."

  إن أول هذه الالتزامات هو العمل وإياكم على الحفاظ على استقرار البلاد، إن يد الجزائر ما تزال ممدودة لأبنائها الضالين الذين أجدّد لهم الدعوة للعودة إلى الديار. إن المصالحة الوطنية تبقى أولويتي، باسم الشعب الذي اعتنقها وتبناها. التمسك بثوابتنا الوطنية ومكونات هويتنا الوطنية من إسلام وعروبة وأمازيغية

• Speech Arabic EG 2013-07-05 Tier 2

  Mohamed Badie (General Guide, Muslim Brotherhood) — his Rabaa al-Adawiya address, ~5 July 2013: the famous declaration "our peacefulness is stronger than bullets," framing the Brotherhood's response to the coup as nonviolent resistance and calling the army back to its constitutional role (documented by Arabi21, with his verbatim slogan).

  بعد يومين من إعلان الانقلاب العسكري، اعتلى بديع منصة رابعة للمرة الأولي والأخيرة مُلقيا خطابا قويا ورآه البعض تاريخيا أعلن فيه قولته الشهيرة "سلميتنا أقوى من الرصاص"، لتُعبر عن استراتيجية الجماعة في هذه المرحلة، ومؤكدا على إصرار الجماعة على الحفاظ على الأرواح، داعيا الجيش المصري إلى العودة إلى حضن شعبه، وأن يعود إلى…

• Speech Arabic EG 2012-09-26 Tier 2

  Morsi 2012 UN General Assembly address (67th session) (English translation of Arabic original)

  The first issue which the world must exert all its efforts in resolving, on the basis of justice and dignity, is the Palestinian cause. Long decades have passed since the Palestinian People expressed their longing for restoring their full rights and for building their independent state, with Jerusalem as its capital.…

• Speech English LY 2011-02-20 Tier 2

  Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (Muammar Gaddafi's son & one-time heir; d. Feb 2026) — his 20 Feb 2011 televised address during the uprising (per Al-Monitor): warning that toppling the regime would fragment Libya — "All of Libya will be destroyed. We will need 40 years to reach an agreement on how to run the country… everyone will want to be president, or emir." The Gaddafi-restorationist / strong-central-authority pole.

  All of Libya will be destroyed. We will need 40 years to reach an agreement on how to run the country, because today, everyone will want to be president, or emir, and everybody will want to run the country.

• Speech Arabic EG 2011-02-10 Tier 2

  Hosni Mubarak (President of Egypt) — final televised address, 10 February 2011 (full text via Arabic Wikisource), during the 25 January revolution: "I never submitted to foreign pressure or dictates; I preserved peace; I worked for Egypt's security and stability"; rejecting "foreign dictates from abroad" and insisting Egyptians "take no one's instructions."

  لم أخضع يوما لضغوط أجنبية أو إملاءات، حافظت على السلام، عملت من أجل أمن مصر واستقرارها، اجتهدت من أجل نهضتها، لم أسع يوما لسلطة أو شعبية زائفة. سنثبت أننا لسنا أتباعا لأحد، ولا نأخذ تعليمات من أحد، وأن أحدا لا يصنع لنا قراراتنا سوى نبض الشارع ومطالب أبناء الوطن.

• Speech Arabic TN 2011-01-13 Tier 2

  Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (President/dictator of Tunisia, 1987–2011) — his iconic line from his final televised address, 13 Jan 2011 (per Arab48): "I have understood you… yes, I have understood you" — the deposed strongman's desperate, last-minute concession to the revolution. He fled to Saudi Arabia the next day, the first Arab Spring dictator to fall.

  أنا فهمتكم.. نعم أنا فهمتكم

• Speech English IL 2010-09-28 Tier 2

  Avigdor Lieberman UN General Assembly address (65th session), 28 Sep 2010

  We are ready for a fair solution and we are ready to cooperate with the international community. However, we are not ready to compromise our national security or the vital interests of the State of Israel. At the outset, I want to emphasize that contrary to what is often shown in the international media, the…

• Speech English IL 2009-06-14 Tier 2

  Netanyahu Bar-Ilan University address, 14 June 2009 (English translation of Hebrew original)

  I have already stressed the first principle - recognition. Palestinians must clearly and unambiguously recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people. The second principle is: demilitarization. The territory under Palestinian control must be demilitarized with ironclad security provisions for Israel. Without these…

• Speech English SA 2008-03-24 Tier 2

  King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia — speech launching his interfaith-dialogue initiative, ~March 2008 (per AP): a call for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews, putting "the Quran, the Torah and the Bible" on common ground, with his senior clerics' backing. [Second doc — distinct INTERFAITH / religion-and-society axis, vs his Arab Peace Initiative doc.]

  That is an unacceptable behavior to all religions, to the Quran, the Torah and the Bible. We ask God to save humanity. There is a lack of ethics, loyalty and sincerity for our religions and humanity.

• Speech Hebrew IL 2005-08-15 Tier 2

  Ariel Sharon address to the nation on implementing the Gaza Disengagement, 15 Aug 2005 (English translation of Hebrew original)

  Citizens of Israel, The day has arrived. We are beginning the most difficult and painful step of all — evacuating our communities from the Gaza Strip and Northern Samaria. This step is very difficult for me personally. It was with a heavy heart that the Government of Israel made the decision regarding Disengagement,…

• Speech Hebrew IL 1995-10-05 Tier 2

  Yitzhak Rabin's address to the Knesset on the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement (Oslo II), 5 Oct 1995 (English translation of Hebrew original)

  We are striving for a permanent solution to the unending bloody conflict between us and the Palestinians and the Arab states. In the framework of the permanent solution, we aspire to reach, first and foremost, the State of Israel as a Jewish state, at least 80% of whose citizens will be, and are, Jews. At the same…

• Speech Arabic EG 1977-11-20 Tier 2

  Sadat 1977 Knesset address (peace initiative)

  وقبل أن أعلن جوابي، أرجو أن أؤكد لكم، أنني أعتمد، في هذا الجواب الواضح الصريح، على حقائق عدة، لا مهرب لأحد من الاعتراف بها: الحقيقة الأولى، إنه لا سعادة لأحد على حساب شقاء الآخرين. الحقيقة الثانية، إنني لم أتحدث ولن أتحدث بلُغَتَيْن، ولم أتعامل ولن أتعامل بسياستَيْن. ولست أتعامل مع أحدٍ، إلاّ بلُغة واحدة، وسياسة…

• Speech Arabic PS 1974-11-13 Tier 2

  Arafat UN General Assembly address, 13 Nov 1974 (English translation of Arabic original)

  Why therefore should I not dream and hope? For is not revolution the making real of dreams and hopes? So let us work together that my dream may be fulfilled, that I may return with my people out of exile, there in Palestine to live with this Jewish freedom-fighter and his partners, with this Arab priest and his…

• Speech English EG 1959-04-25 Tier 2

  Gamal Abdel Nasser — Speech to the Officers' Club, Cairo, 25 April 1959 (UAR period): pan-Arab unity ("The independence of all Arab countries is a closely knit entity") and POSITIVE NEUTRALITY / non-alignment ("we shall not… accept the role of a satellite"; "non-alignment to either East or West"). [Third doc — distinct PAN-ARABISM + NON-ALIGNMENT axes, vs the existing Suez/anti-imperialism and Arab-socialism docs.]

  […] we have resolved to follow an independent policy and to maintain the independence of our country. We made that known when we declared that our policy is based on positive neutrality and nonalignment, for this means that we shall not submit to power politics, and shall not, under any circumstances, accept the role…

• Speech English IQ Tier 2

  Nechirvan Barzani (President, Kurdistan Region of Iraq; KDP) — statement, 2025 (per Kurdistan24, "Iraq Still Far from True Federalism"): "Baghdad's treatment of the Kurdistan Region does not align with the principles of federalism." [Second doc — distinct KRG-FEDERALISM / Kurdish-autonomy-rights axis, vs his election-day Iraqi-government-formation doc.]

  This model is outlined in the Iraqi constitution, which was approved by 80 percent of the people. But Baghdad's treatment of the Kurdistan Region does not align with the principles of federalism.