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Every verified statement attributed to a politician or party in the dataset. Each carries a year, the context, and at least one source citation. The same corpus drives the Who-said-it game and the "On the record" sections on entity pages.

The hand of peace is still extended through the Arab Peace Initiative.

يد السلام ما زالت ممدودة عبر مبادرة السلام العربية.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi · 2016 Egyptian presidential address to the UN General Assembly 71st session, 20 September 2016 — restating Egyptian endorsement of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative as the framework for normalisation conditional on a Palestinian state. Sources: almasryalyoum.com Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
The Egyptian experience is wonderful and unique, and can be replicated to solve the Palestinian cause and establish a Palestinian state alongside an Israeli state.

التجربة المصرية تجربة رائعة ومتفردة ويمكن تكرارها مرة أخرى لحل القضية الفلسطينية وإنشاء دولة فلسطينية بجانب دولة إسرائيلية.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi · 2016 Egyptian presidential address to the UN General Assembly 71st session, 20 September 2016 — invoking Camp David as a model for an Israeli-Palestinian peace, in a direct appeal to the Israeli public. Sources: almasryalyoum.com Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
The Arab-Israeli conflict remains the heart of instability in the Middle East.

ما زال الصراع العربي/الإسرائيلي جوهر عدم الاستقرار في الشرق الأوسط.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi · 2016 Egyptian presidential address to the UN General Assembly 71st session, 20 September 2016 — restating the Mubarak-era Egyptian diplomatic position that the Arab-Israeli conflict is the regional first-order problem. Sources: almasryalyoum.com Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
If the price of preserving legitimacy is my blood, then I am prepared to sacrifice my blood for the sake of this homeland and its legitimacy.

إن كان ثمن الحفاظ على الشرعية هو دمي، فإنني مستعد للتضحية بدمي في سبيل هذا الوطن وشرعيته.

Mohamed Morsi · 2013 Final televised presidential address on 2 July 2013 — the night before the military deposed him — defending the legitimacy of the ballot box. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · britannica.com Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■□□□
Egypt is at a crossroads. Either we cross it together to safety, or we go to a state of failure — God forbid.

مصر على مفترق طرق، إما أن نعبر به سوياً إلى بر الأمان وإما أن نذهب لحالة من الفشل لا قدر الله.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi · 2013 2013 mass-mobilization call (July 24 speech) asking Egyptians for a "mandate" to confront protests by Morsi supporters. The framing of the country as "at a crossroads" became a signature rhetorical device. Sources: britannica.com · en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■■□
We are committed to what we have signed on.

Mohamed Morsi · 2012 Egyptian president's address to the UN General Assembly 67th session, 26 September 2012 — implicit affirmation of continued adherence to the Camp David peace treaty. Sources: voltairenet.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■■□
I assure you of Egypt's full support to any course of action Palestine decides to follow in the United Nations.

Mohamed Morsi · 2012 Egyptian president's address to the UN General Assembly 67th session, 26 September 2012 — explicit endorsement of Palestinian sovereignty-bid diplomacy. Sources: voltairenet.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■■□
Our brothers and sisters in Palestine must also taste the fruits of freedom and dignity.

Mohamed Morsi · 2012 Egyptian president's address to the UN General Assembly 67th session, 26 September 2012 — Egypt's first post-revolution Islamist-presidential UN speech. Sources: voltairenet.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■□□
I will die on Egyptian soil.

سأحيا على هذه الأرض ساعاتي الأخيرة وسأموت في ترابها.

Hosni Mubarak · 2011 Defiant televised address on the eighth day of the Tahrir Square uprising in February 2011, rejecting calls to resign while pledging not to seek another term. The line went unhonoured ten days later. Sources: en.wikiquote.org · en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■□□□□
I will not run again. I have served Egypt for 30 years. My son will not run either. The decision is up to the people.

لن أترشح مرة أخرى. لقد خدمت مصر ثلاثين عاماً. وابني لن يترشح. القرار للشعب.

Hosni Mubarak · 2011 February 1 2011 second televised address during the Tahrir Square uprising — the speech in which the speaker tried to defuse the crisis with a partial concession on succession. Sources: en.wikiquote.org · en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
I am ready to go to the ends of the earth, even to the house of the Israelis themselves, to the Knesset itself, in order to bring peace to my people.

إنني مستعد أن أذهب إلى آخر الدنيا، بل إلى بيت الإسرائيليين نفسه، إلى الكنيست نفسه، لأحقق السلام لشعبي.

Anwar Sadat · 1977 November 9 1977 People's Assembly address that preceded by ten days the historic visit to Jerusalem — the rhetorical gesture that broke the regional taboo on direct negotiation. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · britannica.com · en.wikiquote.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■□□□□
I have come to you so that together we may build a permanent, just peace — so that not a single drop of blood is shed from an Arab or Israeli body.

لقد جئت إليكم لكي نبني معاً السلام الدائم، العادل، حتى لا تُراق نقطة دم واحدة من جسد عربي أو إسرائيلي.

Anwar Sadat · 1977 Mission statement at the close of Sadat's 20 November 1977 Knesset address, after explicit rejection of a separate or partial Egyptian peace. Sources: palquest.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■□□□
I have not spoken and will not speak with two tongues; I have not dealt and will not deal with two policies.

إنني لم أتحدث ولن أتحدث بلُغَتَيْن، ولم أتعامل ولن أتعامل بسياستَيْن.

Anwar Sadat · 1977 The second of Sadat's "five truths" — declaration of single-track diplomacy delivered at the Knesset, 20 November 1977. Sources: palquest.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
There is no happiness for anyone at the cost of others' misery.

لا سعادة لأحد على حساب شقاء الآخرين.

Anwar Sadat · 1977 The first of Sadat's "five truths" — opening principle of his 20 November 1977 Knesset address, the Egyptian peace initiative. Sources: palquest.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress.

Anwar Sadat · 1977 From the 1977 autobiography In Search of Identity, on the psychology of political change. Sources: en.wikiquote.org Tier 3 — English secondary ■■■■□
I have decided to give up completely and finally every official post and every political role, and to return to the ranks of the masses, performing my duty in their midst like any other citizen.

Gamal Abdel Nasser · 1967 Resignation broadcast on 9 June 1967, two days after the Six-Day War defeat — reversed within a day by mass demonstrations demanding the leader stay. Sources: en.wikiquote.org Tier 3 — English secondary ■■■□□
If the imperialists do not like it, let them choke on their fury.

إذا لم يعجبهم هذا فليموتوا بغيظهم.

Gamal Abdel Nasser · 1956 July 26 1956 speech in Alexandria announcing the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company, in the dialect-laden register that became the speaker's signature with Egyptian audiences. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · britannica.com · britannica.com Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■□□□

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