source corpus
Documents
The text the scoring pipeline reads. Each document is tied to a party (or politician) with a published date, a source URL, and either Arabic, Hebrew, or English content. Open any one to read the verbatim source and see how it was scored.
IL 64 
PS 32 
LB 29 
EG 25 
IQ 20 
SY 14 
TN 14 
MA 13 
YE 13 
JO 12 
SD 12 
DZ 9 
SA 9 
MR 6 
AE 5 
QA 5 
LY 5 
BH 4 
OM 2 
KW 1 -
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 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 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 English IL 2025-09-26 Tier 1 Netanyahu — 80th UNGA Statement, 26 September 2025 — "Operation Rising Lion" 12-day Iran war, named-dead-leaders list, Israel-Sharaa Syria negotiations, "Make Iran Great Again"
Mr. President, The families of our dear hostages languishing in the dungeons of Gaza, Ladies and Gentlemen, Last year, I stood at this podium, and I showed this map. It shows the curse of Iran's terror axis. This axis threatened the peace of the entire world. It threatened the stability of our region and the very…
-
Speech English IL 2025-09-26 PM Benjamin Netanyahu address to the 80th UN General Assembly, 26 Sep 2025 — two years into the Gaza war
Mr. President, the families of our dear hostages languishing in the dungeons of Gaza, Ladies and Gentlemen, Last year, I stood at this podium, and I showed this map. It shows the curse of Iran's terror axis. This axis threatened the peace of the entire world. It threatened the stability of our region and the very…
-
Speech Arabic PS 2025-09-25 Tier 1 Mahmoud Abbas — 80th UNGA Statement, 25 September 2025 — Hamas rejection, Trump-Saudi-France peace plan endorsement, 9-point ceasefire framework
H. E. Annalena Baerbock, President of the General Assembly, H.E. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, distinguished Heads of State and delegations, Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you, I speak to you today after nearly two years in which our Palestinian people in the…
-
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 IQ 2025-09-23 Iraq — Statement at the 80th UN General Assembly General Debate (23 Sep 2025, Pres Abdullatif Jamal Rashid)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بداية أتقدم للسيدة انالينا بيربوك (Annalena Baerbock) بخالص التهنئة لرئاستها الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة في دورتها الثمانين [… …] أتشرف بأن أقف اليوم امام جمعكم الكريم متحدثا باسم العراق، بتاريخه العريق الذي تعرفونه جميعا، وبالتحديات الكبيرة التي واجهها وانتصر عليها، وبالآمال والتطلعات…
-
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 LB 2025-08-31 Nabih Berri — speech on the anniversary of Imam Musa al-Sadr's disappearance: the resistance's weapons "under the roof of the constitution", 31 August 2025 (English translation of Arabic)
We are open to discuss the fate of the weapons of the resistance, which is our pride and honour, under the roof of the constitution. [...] We reiterate that we are open to discussing the fate of those weapons … in a calm and consensual dialogue. [...] What is proposed in the American paper goes beyond the principle…
-
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 Arabic LB 2025-04-18 Naim Qassem — address on Lebanon's defense strategy and the Resistance's weapons, 18 April 2025 (Hezbollah-official English translation)
Yes, the constitution says arms should be exclusively in the hands of the state—and we agree. But which arms are we talking about? The weapons that maintain public order, the arms of internal security forces. As for the Resistance's weapons, they are exclusively for confronting the "Israeli" enemy. They are not—and…
-
Speech English LB 2025-03-31 Gebran Bassil — lecture in Hungary, “Which Role for the Christians in shaping the Future of the Middle East?”, 31 March 2025 (FPM-official English text)
We, the Free Patriotic Movement, have tried to reflect the concerns of our community, whilst working on the consolidation of the Lebanese institutions. We have always believed that our political efficiency hinges on our independence and autonomy, in contrast with other Lebanese political parties beholden to foreign…
-
Speech English YE 2025-03-28 Tier 1 Abdul-Malik al-Houthi — Al-Quds Platform (Quds Day) speech, 28 March 2025 (SABA English translation)
I extend my greetings to the oppressed Palestinian people, to those steadfast at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and to the mujahidin in Gaza and the West Bank. We remember the martyr Al-Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, the leader Ismail Haniyeh, and the former Iranian president martyr Ibrahim Raisi, who stood out as a role model…
-
Speech Arabic SY 2025-01-30 Ahmad al-Sharaa's Address to the Syrian Nation, 30 Jan 2025 (HTS leader's first programmatic address; English translation of Arabic original)
I address you today not as a ruler but as a servant for our wounded homeland, striving with all power and will I have been given to realise Syria's unity and renaissance, as we should all understand that this is a transitional stage, and it is part of a political process that requires true participation by all Syrian…
-
Speech Arabic OM 2025-01-11 Sultan Haitham bin Tariq — Address to the Nation on Accession Day (5th anniversary of the Renewed Renaissance), 11 January 2025 (official English translation of Arabic)
In the name of Allah, the Almighty, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. […] Dear citizens, […] It gives us pleasure to celebrate with you, on this glorious day, the numerous accomplishments that have been made in our beloved country during the past five years of our Renewed Renaissance […]. Security and safety are…
-
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 PS 2024-10-07 Ziad al-Nakhalah (PIJ Secretary-General) — PROPOSED, EMPTY EXCERPT: no durable verbatim long-form located (verbatim fragments in Candidate quotes)
[EMPTY: no durable continuous 500+ token verbatim primary located after an exhaustive search. al-Nakhalah's long-form words exist only as (a) Arabic TV video or (b) paywalled MEMRI transcripts; every freely-durable English host (Press TV via GlobalSecurity, ITIC, JCPA, Times of Israel) reproduces only SHORT fragments…
-
Speech Arabic SY 2024-09-30 Syria — Assad-regime LAST UN GA Speech (FM Bassam Sabbagh, 30 Sep 2024, ~2 months before Dec 2024 fall)
كلمة بسام صباغ وزير الخارجية والمغتربين رئيس وفد الجمهورية العربية السورية إلى الدورة التاسعة والسبعين للجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة — 30 أيلول 2024 [… …] لقد شهدت بلادي سورية، على مدى أكثر من عقدٍ مضى، معاناةً لا مثيل لها، حيث تعرضت إلى حربٍ إرهابية شرسة، وعدوان مباشر ومستمر على أراضيها، وحصار اقتصادي خانق متعدد…
-
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)
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 English AE 2024-09-30 UAE — 79 UN GA Speech (Minister of State Shakhboot Al Nahyan, 30 Sep 2024, Sudan-SAF-attack-on-UAE-Ambassador + Iran-3-islands)
Unofficial English Translation. Statement by His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State of the United Arab Emirates at The General Debate of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 30 September 2024. CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Mr. President, [… …] Since its…
-
Speech English AE 2024-09-30 UAE — 79th UNGA address — Gaza ceasefire, Iran islands, Palestinian recognition (30 September 2024)
From the podium of this General Assembly, a place that has always embraced our ambitions and agonies, we call upon all of you to join hands and work together to create a better world for our sons and daughters, and for future generations. Since its inception, the UAE has adopted a transparent foreign policy, based on…
-
Speech Arabic SD 2024-09-26 Abdel Fattah al-Burhan — Address to the 79th UN General Assembly, 26 September 2024 (official English interpretation of Arabic)
A war is being waged by a group of rebels receiving political and logistical support at the local and regional level. You've all witnessed the crimes, violations and atrocities committed by these rebels targeting the Sudanese people and the Sudanese State. […] the Sudanese Armed Forces is one of the State's oldest…
-
Speech Arabic YE 2024-09-26 Tier 1 Rashad al-Alimi — 79th UN General Assembly speech (26 Sep 2024)
يصادف حديثنا اليكم اليوم السادس والعشرين من سبتمبر الذي صنع فيه شعبنا التاريخ قبل 62 عاماً بإسقاط النظام الإمامي العنصري وإعلان الجمهورية، متحدّياً آلة البطش الحوثية المدعومة من النظام الإيراني. تظل الحكومة اليمنية ملتزمة بنهج السلام الشامل والعادل، لكنها بحاجة إلى نهج جماعي لدعمها وتنفيذ قرارات الشرعية الدولية الخاصة…
-
Speech Arabic SD 2024-09-26 Tier 1 Abdel Fattah al-Burhan — 79th UN General Assembly speech (26 Sep 2024)
حرب شنتها مجموعة تمردت على الدولة (مليشيا الدعم السريع) بدعم محلي وإقليمي، وارتكبت جرائم تطهير عرقي وتهجير قسري وإبادة جماعية تستحق أن تُصنف جماعة إرهابية. هذه المجموعة الإرهابية المملوكة لآل دقلو تجد الدعم والمساندة من دول في الإقليم تمدهم بالمال والمرتزقة لتحقيق مكاسب سياسية واقتصادية. أولا يجب أن تنتهي العمليات…
-
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 LY 2024-09-25 Tier 1 Libya — al-Menfi statement to the 79th UN General Assembly (25 Sep 2024, Presidential Council Chair)
عانت ليبيا على مدى أكثر من عقد من الزمن مراحل انتقالية متعاقبة، شابتها العديد من الصراعات والحروب غير المبررة بين الاشقاء، والتي غذّتها تدخلات خارجية تسعى إلى إضعاف الدولة والسيطرة على مواردها. إلا أن الانقسام المؤسسي الناتج عن العرقلة الممنهجة لبعض الاطراف السياسية أدى إلى تفاقم الأزمة، من خلق أجسام موازية إلى…
-
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 Arabic MR 2024-09-24 Mohamed Ould Ghazouani — Address to the 79th UN General Assembly, 24 September 2024 (Arabic original)
ونحن، في الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية، عملاً بمقتضى هذا الالتزام، جعلنا من تحقيق أهداف التنمية المستدامة، هدفاً مركزياً تتكامل في العمل على تحقيقه كل سياساتنا العمومية. وقد تمكنا، وإن بنحو طفيف، من تحسين مؤشرات العديد من أهداف التنمية المستدامة في بلادنا […]. وما ذاك إلا بفضل ما بذلناه من جهد مكثف في سبيل تكريس…
-
Speech Arabic DZ 2024-09-24 Tier 1 Algeria — Statement to the 79th UN General Assembly (24 Sep 2024, Tebboune doctrine, delivered by FM Attaf)
1- شكراً السيد الرئِيس. نجتمعُ مجدداً في رِحاب مُنظمِتنا الأممية وعالمُنا يمر بمنعطف بالغِ الدقة والحساسية والخطورة، يَكْشِفُ عن حجم العجز الذي أصابَ منظومةَ الأمن الجماعي في ظل النزعة إلى حلِّ الخلافات بالقوة واللُّجوء المُفرط للإجراءات العقابية أحادية الجانب والاستخفاف بالشرعية الدولية. 3- فما يحدث في غزة من حربِ…
-
Speech Arabic IQ 2024-09-24 Iraq — 79 UN GA Speech (Pres Abdullatif Jamal Rashid, Sept 2024, post-Daesh-victory + Development Road / BRI corridor)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم السيد رئيس الجمعية العامة، السيد الأمين العام، السيدات والسادة الحضور السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته تأتي الدورة التاسعة والسبعون لاجتماعات الجمعية العامةِ للأمم المتحدةِ في خضمّ ظروفٍ خطيرة تمرُّ على الشرقِ الأوسط، يواجهُ فيها النظامُ الدوليُ العالميُ امتحاناً صعباً يهددُ وجودَه، ويجعلُهُ…
-
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 Arabic PS 2024-09-22 Tier 1 Mahmoud Abbas — 79th UN General Assembly speech (22 Sep 2024)
لن نرحل، لن نرحل، لن نرحل — فلسطين وطننا، وأرض آبائنا وأجدادنا، وستبقى لنا. آتي إليكم وشعبي يتعرض لجريمة حرب شاملة وإبادة جماعية تشنها إسرائيل، أكثر من 40 ألف شهيد. أوقفوا إرسال السلاح لإسرائيل، لا يمكن لهذا الجنون أن يستمر. المسجد الأقصى وما حوله مُلك حصري للمسلمين كما أقرته عصبة الأمم عام 1930. إن إسرائيل التي ترفض…
-
Speech Hebrew IL 2024-06-25 Aryeh Deri (Shas) — statement after the High Court Haredi-draft ruling, 25 June 2024 (English translation of Hebrew)
The Jewish people survived persecutions, pogroms and wars only thanks to maintaining their uniqueness, the Torah and the commandments. This is our secret weapon against all enemies, as promised by the creator of the world. [Deri called yeshiva students] the ones who preserve our special power and generate miracles in…
-
Speech English YE 2024-01-01 Rashad al-Alimi — Yemen Presidential Leadership Council Chairman doctrinal mosaic (Houthi-elimination 2024, Trump-redesignation-key-to-peace 2025, Taiz-liberation 2024)
From Rashad Muhammad al-Alimi (b. 4 February 1954, Yemeni politician; Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC, Majlis al-Qiyada al-Ri'asi) since 7 April 2022 — the 8-member collective head-of-state body that replaced President Hadi by Saudi-brokered transition; Alimi previously served as Yemeni Minister…
-
Speech English AE 2023-12-01 Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan — Opening statement at the COP28 World Climate Action Summit, Dubai, 1 December 2023
Your Highnesses and Excellencies, Your Excellency the Secretary-General of the United Nations, distinguished guests, Peace be upon you all, I welcome you to the United Arab Emirates and to COP28. […] Our meeting comes at a time when the world faces many challenges, the most significant of which is climate change and…
-
Speech English IL 2023-10-17 Netanyahu — 'children of light vs darkness' Oct-7 framing mosaic (Oct 2023 — Sep 2025)
Mosaic of Netanyahu post-Oct-7 statements (Oct 2023 — Sep 2025) capturing the apocalyptic-framing doctrine he deployed to legitimize the Gaza war response: October 7, 2023 (CNN), Tel Aviv: 'Citizens of Israel, we are at war – not in an operation, not in rounds – at war.' October 8, 2023 (Jerusalem Post): 'We are…
-
Speech Arabic SY 2023-09-26 Bassam Sabbagh (Syria) at UN GA 78 — last pre-Oct-7 Assad-era UN speech: anti-coercive-measures + Golan + Russia alignment
كلمة السفير بسام صباغ رئيس وفد الجمهورية العربية السورية إلى الدورة الثامنة والسبعين للجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة — الثلاثاء 26/9/2023 السيد دينيس فرانسيس رئيسُ الجمعيةِ العامة، […] يشهدُ عالمنا اليوم تحولاتٍ هامة، وتنامِ لتحدياتٍ خطيرة في مقدمتها اشتعال الصراعات المدمرة في مناطق عديدة حول العالم، واستمرار الاحتلال…
-
Speech Arabic EG 2023-09-23 Egypt — National Statement to the 78th UN General Assembly, 23 September 2023 (delivered by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on behalf of the Sisi government)
First: In a world whose main attribute is interdependence and globalization, no one is secure unless everyone is secure. Simply put, the success of collective security is contingent upon the success of collective efforts and the effective application of principles inherent in the UN charter, and not on the selective…
-
Speech English AE 2023-09-23 UAE — 78th UNGA address — 'Zero Problems with Neighbours', pre-Oct-7 framing, COP28 launch (23 September 2023)
The UAE declared this year the Year of Sustainability, under the theme 'Today for Tomorrow' to honour our shared responsibility to present and future generations, who deserve to live in a world that is safe, and prosperous. The UAE believes that this fundamental premise should guide our approach to the existential…
-
Speech English IL 2023-09-22 PM Benjamin Netanyahu 'New Middle East' address to the 78th UN General Assembly, 22 Sep 2023 — 15 days before October 7
Ladies and Gentlemen, Over three millennia ago, our great leader Moses addressed the people of Israel as they were about to enter the Promised Land. He said they would find there two mountains facing one another: Mount Gerizim, the site on which a great blessing would be proclaimed, and Mount Ebal, the site of a…
-
Speech Arabic IQ 2023-09-22 Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani address to the 78th UN General Assembly, 22 Sep 2023 (Arabic original — Tier-1 primary; English translation needed for scoring)
كلمة السيد محمد شياع السوداني رئيس وزراء جمهورية العراق أمام الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة — الدورة 78 — 22 أيلول/سبتمبر 2023. السيد رئيس الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة، السيد الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة، أصحاب الجلالة والفخامة والمعالي، السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته. إن إرادة الاتفاق والتفاهم تغلبت في العراق الجديد،…
-
Speech English PS 2023-09-21 President Mahmoud Abbas address to the 78th UN General Assembly, 21 Sep 2023 — 16 days before October 7 (English translation of Arabic original)
In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the United Nations General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ladies and Gentlemen, Once again, I come to you carrying the cause of my people, who are…
-
Speech Arabic YE 2023-09-21 Rashad al-Alimi — Speech of the President of the Presidential Leadership Council before the 78th UN General Assembly, 21 September 2023 (official English translation)
Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, since I am addressing you today in this hall for the second time as President of the Presidential Leadership Council of the Republic of Yemen, allow me to brief you on the current scene [...] in my country afflicted by the war of the Houthi militias supported by the Iranian…
-
Speech Arabic PS 2023-09-21 Mahmoud Abbas — Address to the 78th UN General Assembly, 21 September 2023 (official English text)
Once again, I come to you carrying the cause of my people, who are struggling for freedom and independence, to remind you of the tragedy caused by the Nakba since seventy-five years ago […]. […] we still maintain hope that your esteemed organization will be able to implement its resolutions demanding an end to the…
-
Speech Arabic PS 2023-09-21 Mahmoud Abbas — UN General Assembly address, 78th session (2023)
Once again, I come to you carrying the cause of my people, who are struggling for freedom and independence, to remind you of the tragedy caused by the Nakba since seventy-five years ago, the effects of which continue to be exacerbated by the Israeli occupation of our territory. This occupation that challenges your…
-
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 Hebrew IL 2023-02-26 Tier 3 Bezalel Smotrich — Israeli far-right doctrinal mosaic (Decisive Plan 2017, Huwara 2023, 82%-West-Bank-annexation 2025)
From Bezalel Smotrich (b. 1980, Religious Zionism party chairman, Israeli Finance Minister + Minister in the Defense Ministry over civil administration in the West Bank from 29 Dec 2022 onward): **2015** (interview, cited in The Intercept 2023): "The Palestinian Authority is a burden, and Hamas is an…
-
Speech Hebrew IL 2022-10-13 Tier 3 Itamar Ben-Gvir — Israeli far-right doctrinal mosaic (Rabin-threat 1995, Arab-expulsion 2019, "I am your landlord" 2022, West Bank 2023)
From Itamar Ben-Gvir (b. 1976, Otzma Yehudit chairman, Israeli Minister of National Security from 29 Dec 2022 onward in Netanyahu's sixth government): **1995** (Israeli television, on Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin — then 19-year-old Ben-Gvir holding the hood ornament stolen from Rabin's Cadillac, weeks before Rabin's…
-
Speech English IL 2022-09-22 Prime Minister Yair Lapid — Address to the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly (22 September 2022)
Conducting this orchestra of hate, is Iran. For more than forty years now, in the town squares and on the streets of Iran, demonstrators have been photographed burning Israeli and American flags. [… …] This is a regime that systematically deals with hatred. Iran's regime hates Jews, hates women, hates gay people,…
-
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 Arabic LB 2022-09-21 Mikati — UN GA 77 (Sep 2022): Lebanon's economic collapse, IMF deal, Israel maritime border, NPwA, refugees
كلمة دولة رئيس الحكومة اللبنانية الأستاذ نجيب ميقاتي أمام الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة للدورة السابعة والسبعين — نيويورك في 21 أيلول 2022. […] أخص بالشكر قوات الطوارئ الدولية (اليونيفيل) لما تبذله من تضحيات وجهود من أجل الحفاظ على الاستقرار في جنوب لبنان، بالتنسيق الوثيق مع الجيش اللبناني الذي نتطلع معكم وعبركم إلى…
-
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 Arabic MA 2022-09-20 Akhannouch — UN GA 77 (Sep 2022): Morocco PM, autonomy plan, Algeria-named accusations on Tindouf
كلمة معالي السيد عزيز أخنوش، رئيس حكومة المملكة المغربية أمام المناقشة العامة للدورة 77 للجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة — نيويورك، الثلاثاء 20 شتنبر 2022. […] تعتبر القارة الإفريقية الأكثر تضررا من تداعيات الوضعية الاقتصادية الصعبة التي أنتجتها الأزمة الجيوسياسية العالمية، حيث تتحمل العبئ الأكبر جراء ارتفاع أسعار المواد…
-
Speech Arabic IQ 2022-08-29 Muqtada al-Sadr — statement announcing his 'final retirement' from politics (Twitter communiqué, 29 August 2022; Arabic original)
يظن الكثيرون بما فيهم السيد الحائري (دام ظله) أن هذه القيادة جاءت بفضلهم أو بأمرهم... كلا، إن ذلك بفضل ربي أولا ومن فيوضات السيد الوالد قُدس سره... الذي لم يتخل عن العراق وشعبه. وعلى الرغم من استقالته، فإن النجف الأشرف هي المقر الأكبر للمرجعية كما هو الحال دوما... وإنني لم أدع يوما العصمة أو الاجتهاد ولا حتى (القيادة)…
-
Speech English IL 2021-09-27 Naftali Bennett — Address to the 76th UN General Assembly, 27 September 2021
Israel is a lighthouse in a stormy sea. A beacon of democracy, diverse by design, innovative by nature […]. We are an ancient nation. […] Israel is a miracle of Jewish revival. Am Yisrael Chai - the nation of Israel is alive, and the State of Israel is its beating heart. [… …] Israel is, quite literally, surrounded…
-
Speech English IL 2021-09-27 Naftali Bennett — UN General Assembly address, 76th session (2021)
We are an ancient nation. Returned - to our ancient homeland, Revived - our ancient language, Restored - our ancient sovereignty. Israel is a miracle of Jewish revival. Am Yisrael Chai - the nation of Israel is alive, and the State of Israel is its beating heart. While Israel strives to do good, we cannot lose sight…
-
Speech English IL 2021-09-27 Bennett — UN GA 76 (Sep 2021): Israel PM's first/only UN address, Iran 'butcher of Tehran', Hamas/Hezbollah, NO Palestine mention
Thank you Mr. President. Distinguished delegates, Israel is a lighthouse in a stormy sea. A beacon of democracy, diverse by design, innovative by nature and eager to contribute to the world – despite being in the toughest neighborhood on earth. We are an ancient nation. Returned - to our ancient homeland, Revived -…
-
Speech Arabic SD 2021-09-25 Abdalla Hamdok — Sudan's statement to the 76th UN General Assembly, 25 September 2021 (Arabic original)
السيد الرئيس، إننا نُعلّقُ أهميةً كبرى على مسألة سيادة حكم القانون على المستويين الوطني والدولي، ونبذلُ لذلك جهوداً مستمرة لمراجعة القوانين الوطنية، بُغية تطويرها وضمان اتساقها مع المعايير والاتفاقيات الدولية، باعتبار أن تحقيق سيادة القانون على المستوى الوطني هي مسؤولية الدول والحكومات. وفي إطار سيادة حكم القانون…
-
Speech English PS 2021-09-24 President Mahmoud Abbas address to the 76th UN General Assembly, 24 Sep 2021 — the one-year ultimatum speech (English translation of Arabic original)
H.E. Mr. Abdullah Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies Heads of Delegations and Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year marks the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba. More than half the Palestinian people were uprooted…
-
Speech Arabic LB 2021-09-24 Michel Aoun — UN GA 76 (Sep 2021): last Aoun-presidency UN, Beirut port truth-quest, Akkar Academy, Israel maritime border
كلمة فخامة رئيس الجمهورية اللبنانية العماد ميشال عون أمام الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة الدورة العادية السادسة والسبعين — نيويورك في 24ं / 09 / 2021. […] والشكر أيضاً لكل السادة رؤساء الدول الذين شاركوا بتلك المؤتمرات وللمنظمات الحكومية وغير الحكومية ولكل من ساهم في هذا الدعم، وأخص بالشكر فرنسا التي سارع رئيسها الى…
-
Speech Arabic SA 2021-09-22 Saudi Arabia — King Salman's address to the 76th UN General Assembly, September 2021 (“The Kingdom speech”, English text)
The essence of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 is to achieve prosperity, build a better future, and create a leading economy as well as dynamic society engaged with the world. Five years since the inception of Vision 2030, we have made tremendous headway in supporting local industry, developing infrastructure, information…
-
Speech English JO 2021-09-22 Abdullah II — 76th UNGA address — Hashemite Custodianship & two-state pole (22 September 2021)
Mr President, Mr Secretary General, Your Excellencies: It is a special pleasure to be part of this General Assembly, as our countries join in a common cause—to act on shared concerns; to be alert to serious global threats; and to move forward, faster, to the world that our people deserve, leaving no one behind. My…
-
Speech English QA 2021-09-21 Tamim — 76th UNGA address — Al-Ula reconciliation, Iran dialogue, Palestinian centrality (21 September 2021)
Honorable Audience, The issue of conflicts has kept the United Nations busy and placed many burdens on it since its foundation. Unfortunately, the Middle East region is a source of a large part of these burdens. Hence, Qatar considers contributing to the field of peaceful resolution of conflicts, including putting…
-
Speech Arabic TN 2021-07-25 Kais Saied — 25 July 2021 address invoking Article 80 to freeze parliament and dismiss the PM (Arabic original)
«شاء الله وشاءت الأقدار وشاء التاريخ في هذا اليوم الذي نحتفل فيه بذكرى إعلان الجمهورية، أن نتخذ جملة من التدابير الاستثنائية التي يقتضيها الوضع في تونس، تلاحظون دون شك أن عديد المناطق العمومية تتهاوى، وهناك عمليات حرق ونهب، وهناك من يستعد الآن لدفع الأموال في بعض الأحياء للاقتتال الداخلي. [… …] بعد أن تم التشاور عملا…
-
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 JO 2020-09-22 Abdullah II — UN GA 75 (Sep 2020): first virtual GA, renewed-globalization doctrine, food-security-hub offer, Hashemite custodianship
خطاب صاحب الجلالة الملك عبد الله الثاني بن الحسين ملك المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية — الجمعية العامة، الدورة الخامسة والسبعون، الجلسة العامة 4، 22 أيلول/سبتمبر 2020 (المحضر الرسمي A/75/PV.4، المرفق التاسع). بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. […] هذه في واقع الأمر أوقات استثنائية في تاريخنا وفي تاريخ الأمم المتحدة، عندما نجتمع…
-
Speech Arabic MA 2019-11-06 King Mohammed VI — Speech to the Nation on the 44th Anniversary of the Green March, 6 November 2019 (official English translation)
Dear Citizens, The Green March has always been the best illustration of the effective cohesion between the Throne and the people. It is testimony to the ability of Moroccans - the King and the people - to rise to the challenges facing the nation. This is a never-ending march. Indeed, the spirit which enabled us to…
-
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 Arabic SA 2019-05-30 Tier 3 King Salman bin Abdulaziz — Saudi monarchy doctrinal mosaic (charity-not-extremism 2002, Iran condemnation 2019)
From King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (b. 31 December 1935, 7th king of Saudi Arabia 23 January 2015 onward; Governor of Riyadh for 48 years before that; father of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; son of founder King Abdulaziz Al Saud): **On his decades-long Riyadh governorship** (Salman's signature…
-
Speech English LB 2018-12-13 Saad Hariri — “Lebanon: A Vision for the Future” (Chatham House, on-the-record address & Q&A), 13 December 2018
[…] I always say to people, you know, this is a regional issue, this is not a Lebanese issue. This is an Iranian issue and if we want to deal with the issue, let's sit down on a table and let's stop these wars and let's talk about how we resolve these issues in the region. If we want to make peace with Israel, we have…
-
Speech English IL 2018-09-27 PM Benjamin Netanyahu address to the 73rd UN General Assembly, 27 Sep 2018 — the 'secret atomic warehouse' map speech
Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, When I spoke here, three years ago, Israel stood alone among the nations. Of the nearly 200 countries that sit in this hall, only Israel openly opposed the nuclear deal with Iran. We oppose it because it threatens our future, even our very survival. We oppose it because…
-
Speech Arabic LB 2018-09-26 Michel Aoun — UN General Assembly address, 73rd session (2018)
Security-Council Resolution 425 of 1978, which called Israel to withdraw its forces from all the Lebanese territories immediately, was only implemented 22 years later, under the pressure of the resistance of the Lebanese people. In contrast, we see that the General Assembly's Resolution 181 of 1947, stipulating the…
-
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 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 English JO 2017-09-21 Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II address to the 72nd UN General Assembly, 21 Sep 2017 — youth generation, on behalf of King Abdullah II
In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Distinguished Heads of Delegation, Your Excellencies, I am honored today to speak on behalf of His Majesty King Abdullah II and the people of Jordan. Two years ago, I had the chance to advocate on behalf of my generation,…
-
Speech English PS 2017-09-20 President Mahmoud Abbas address to the 72nd UN General Assembly, 20 Sep 2017 — the 'draining the swamp of colonial occupation' speech (English translation of Arabic original)
Mr. President of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Twenty-four years have passed since the signing of the Oslo Accords, an interim agreement that set a five-year period for bringing an end to the Israeli occupation, granting hope to…
-
Speech English QA 2017-09-19 Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani address to the 72nd UN General Assembly, 19 Sep 2017 — the Qatar-blockade response speech (English translation of Arabic original)
In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, Honorable Audience, [… protocol elided…] Mr. President, Maintaining the regional and international peace and security is a priority in the State of Qatar's foreign policy, whose principles and objectives are based on the United Nations Charter and the rules of…
-
Speech Arabic IQ 2017-07-24 Ammar al-Hakim's founding keynote launching Tayyar al-Hikma al-Watani (National Wisdom Movement), 24 Jul 2017 (Arabic original, via Rudaw)
اعلن رئيس المجلس الأعلى الإسلامي، عمار الحكيم، اليوم الإثنين، انسحابه من قيادة المجلس وتشكيل حزب جديد بإسم "تيار الحكمة الوطني"، مشيرا الى ان تياره الجديد يعتمد على الدماء الشابة. وقال الحكيم في كلمة متلفزة نقلتها شبكة رووداو الإعلامية، ان "نشكر اخوتنا في المجلس الاعلى الاسلامي لتحملهم معنا في السراء واضراء ونعلن…
-
Speech Arabic SA 2017-03-05 Tier 3 Loujain al-Hathloul — Saudi women's-rights activist statements ("I will win. Not immediately, but definitely.")
From Loujain al-Hathloul (b. 1989, Saudi women's-rights activist, the primary public face of the campaign to lift the ban on women driving; first detained December 2014 for driving from the UAE into Saudi Arabia; arrested in the mass crackdown of 15 May 2018 — weeks before the formal lifting of the driving ban on 24…
-
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 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 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 Arabic EG 2012-09-26 Mohamed Morsi — Address to the 67th UN General Assembly, 26 September 2012 (official English text)
Coming here today and addressing the General Assembly carry meanings reflected in the fact that I am the first Egyptian civilian President elected democratically and freely, following a great peaceful revolution hailed by the world. This revolution established a genuine legitimacy, through the efforts of all Egyptians…
-
Speech Arabic TN 2012-03-02 Rached Ghannouchi — “Secularism and the Relation between Religion and the State” (CSID lecture, Tunis), 2 March 2012 (English translation of Arabic original)
This leads us to ask the following question: are we in need of secularism in its procedural aspect? Perhaps the most important idea in the ensemble of these procedures is the idea of the state's neutrality i.e. towards religions and its abstention from interfering with people's consciences. […] In other words, the…
-
Speech Arabic YE 2011-12-10 Tier 1 Tawakkol Karman Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, Oslo, 10 Dec 2011 (English translation of Arabic original)
In the name of God the Compassionate the Merciful! Your Majesties, Highnesses, Excellencies, Distinguished Committee of the Nobel Peace Prize, Arab spring and revolution youth in the arena of freedom and change, and all free people of the world: Peace upon you from the Nobel Peace rostrum! I have always believed…
-
Speech Arabic YE 2011-12-10 Tawakkol Karman — Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, Oslo, 10 December 2011 (English translation of Arabic original)
I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. [… …] The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both women and men together. [… …] Peace…
-
Speech Arabic YE 2011-12-10 Tawakkol Karman — Nobel Peace Prize lecture (2011)
I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. I have always believed that human civilization is the fruit of the effort of both women and men. So, when women are treated unjustly and are deprived of their natural right in this…
-
Speech Arabic SY 2011-03-30 Bashar al-Assad — speech to the People's Assembly as the uprising began (30 March 2011)
I am sure you all know that Syria is facing a great conspiracy whose tentacles extend to some nearby countries and far-away countries, with some inside the country. […] Today, there is a new fashion which they call "revolutions". We do not call them so because we think this is mostly a popular condition. They mixed…
-
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 Arabic LB 2006-09-22 Hassan Nasrallah — 2006 "Divine Victory" rally speech, Beirut (post-July War) (English translation of Arabic)
This is not a Shi'i weapon [...] and the Christians. This weapon is for the Sunni, Druze, and Shi'i. This weapon is for all the Lebanese. It seeks to protect Lebanon, its sovereignty and independence. The army and the Resistance are two dear, loving brothers that no one can separate. Building a strong, just, and…
-
Speech Arabic IQ 2006-07-26 Nouri al-Maliki — Address to a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress, 26 July 2006 (official English record)
I know that some of you here question whether Iraq is part of the war on terror. Let me be very clear. This is a battle between true Islam, for which a person's liberty and rights constitute essential cornerstones, and terrorism which wraps itself in a fake Islamic cloak […]. The truth is that terrorism has no…
-
Speech English EG 2005-12-10 Mohamed ElBaradei — Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, Oslo, 10 December 2005
A recent United Nations High-Level Panel identified five categories of threats that we face: 1. Poverty, Infectious Disease, and Environmental Degradation; 2. Armed Conflict – both within and among states; 3. Organized Crime; 4. Terrorism; and 5. Weapons of Mass Destruction. These are all ‘threats without borders’ –…
-
Speech English EG 2005-12-10 Mohamed ElBaradei — Nobel Peace Prize lecture (2005)
I believe it is because our security strategies have not yet caught up with the risks we are facing. […] These are all 'threats without borders' – where traditional notions of national security have become obsolete. We cannot respond to these threats by building more walls, developing bigger weapons, or dispatching…
-
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 Arabic IQ 2004-04-01 Tier 3 Muqtada al-Sadr — Iraqi Shia populist doctrinal mosaic (anti-occupation, Saddam-as-war-criminal, "freedom that satisfies God")
From Muqtada al-Sadr (b. 1973, Iraqi Shia cleric, leader of the Sadrist Movement and successor to his father Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, assassinated by the Saddam regime in 1999; led the Mahdi Army insurgency against the US occupation 2003-2008; later transitioned to electoral politics and won the largest…
-
Speech Arabic IQ 2001-01-17 Saddam Hussein — Address on the 10th anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War (the “Mother of All Battles”), 17 January 2001 (official Iraqi-government English translation of Arabic)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate Great people, […] Arabs, […] Peace be with you and Allah's Mercy and Blessings! On a day like this day in the year 1991, a marvel happened on both sides of an encounter. […] At that time […] Evil and all those who made Satan their protector lined up in one place,…
-
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 English IL 1994-12-10 Yitzhak Rabin — Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, Oslo, 10 December 1994
There is only one radical means of sanctifying human lives. Not armored plating, or tanks, or planes, or concrete fortifications. The one radical solution is peace. [… …] To preserve the Sanctity of Life, we must sometimes risk it. Sometimes there is no other way to defend our citizens than to fight for their lives,…
-
Speech Arabic PS 1994-12-10 Yasser Arafat — Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, Oslo, 10 December 1994 (English translation of Arabic original)
The Palestinians, whose national cause guards the gates of Arab-Israeli peace, look forward like their Arab brethren, to that comprehensive, just and lasting peace, based on “land for peace” and compliance with international legitimacy and resolutions. [… …] Peace is in our interest: as only in an atmosphere of just…
-
Speech Hebrew IL 1994-12-10 Yitzhak Rabin — Nobel Peace Prize lecture (1994)
At the tender age of sixteen, I was handed a rifle so that I could defend myself – and also, unfortunately, so that I could kill in an hour of danger. That was not my dream. […] However, I was compelled to resort to the gun. The leaders of nations must provide their peoples with the conditions – the 'infrastructure',…
-
Speech English EG 1978-12-10 Anwar al-Sadat — Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, 10 December 1978 (read by Sayed Marei on Sadat's behalf)
First, the true essence of peace which ensures its stability and durability, is justice. Any peace not built on justice and on the recognition of the rights of the peoples, would be a structure of sand which would crumble under the first blow. The peace process comprises a beginning and steps towards an end […]. That…
-
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 Arabic LB 1974-03-17 Imam Musa al-Sadr — Baalbek address founding Harakat al-Mahrumin (the parent movement of Amal), 17 March 1974 (Arabic original)
ننتقل الى الرمل العالي وبرج البراجنة، الى ضواحي بيروت، ألا تستحي أيها المسؤول أن يكون على بُعد كيلومترات منك مثل هذه البيوت التي لا تُسكن؟ ويسألون لماذا ننفجر ولماذا نغضب؟ في شوارع بيروت 1200 طفل متشرد: 1100 منهم من الشيعة، هل يقبل الحسين؟ هل يقبل علي أن يكون أبناؤه مشردين؟.. إنّ الظلم تجاوز كل حد، وحادثة كربلاء ليست…
-
Speech Arabic SA 1965-03-28 Tier 3 King Faisal of Saudi Arabia — "Palestine more valuable than oil" doctrine + "our constitution is the Quran" (1964-1975)
From King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1906-1975, third king of Saudi Arabia 2 November 1964 — 25 March 1975; assassinated by his nephew Prince Faisal bin Musaid in Riyadh 25 March 1975; led Saudi Arabia through the 1967 Six-Day War, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and the 1973 oil embargo against the US and other states…
-
Speech Hebrew IL 1950-08-16 נאום בפתיחת ועידת מפא"י (David Ben-Gurion — opening keynote to the Mapai conference, 1950)
גם בימי ההתחלות המיצערות והדלות של תנועתנו, זה כיובל שנים, נשאנו ברמה ובאמונה דגל הגאולה המלאה והשלמה, היהודית והאנושית, דגל הציונות הסוציאליסטית. בעשרות שנים אלה עברנו כברת ארץ לא קטנה. וזכינו לגדולות ולנצורות. עם כינון מדינת־ישראל בוּצע השלב הראשון במהפכה הלאומית והסוציאלית אשר בישԂרנו והכשרנו בואה. מדינת־ישראל…