Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

There are no first-class and second-class human rights.

There are no victims who matter more than others, and there is no international law à la carte depending on whether we are talking about the Middle East or Eastern Europe.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

We are going to continue being a firm voice—yes, firm, but above all clear and courageous—where others remain silent.

A European, democratic voice committed to peace.

A voice that defends in Ukraine the same thing it defends in Palestine, and that, of course, defends respect for international law wherever it is violated.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on climate change:

The argument "they were going to die anyway" is not acceptable — although some people would apparently like to repeat it. Climate change kills.

More than 5,000 people have died from causes attributable to high temperatures.

These are silent deaths in many cases, people who do not appear on the front pages of the media or lead the evening news.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov on WW2:

But those same people who helped us through Lend-Lease and the northern convoys, and who promised a second front, later began watching to see which way the pendulum would swing.

In the first year of the war, assistance was provided to us immediately and unconditionally because it was obvious that Hitler — as the West believed at the time — was unstoppable.

It was no accident that the second front was opened only in the spring — really, at the beginning of the summer — of 1944.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

As soon as it became necessary to punish Russia, they forgot about the free play of market forces and forgot about the presumption of innocence.

We are not against the dollar. We simply want the dollar — we did not abandon the dollar; they denied us access.

The Americans, Europe, Japan, and everyone who follows their policies are deliberately destroying the model of globalization that they themselves created, nurtured and promoted.

Russia's Lavrov on Operation Unthinkable:

It turns out that the guns of the Second World War had barely fallen silent when Churchill was already devising Operation Unthinkable.

In 1949, the Americans were planning to bomb almost 300 of our cities. And only the appearance of the Russian nuclear bomb calmed the Americans down.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

The West is famous for wanting to negotiate through ultimatums, putting forward demands that are humiliating for many countries and that smell of colonialism.

We need to remind people of the suffering that colonialism brought to our land.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

Every country has its own history, and every country answers for its history.

If that history suits the English, Scots and Irish, for God’s sake, let them live as their gods have commanded them.

I’m not sure we have the same God.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

Europe found itself under Nazi rule and the overwhelming majority of its population not only submitted to Nazi rule, but fought on the side of Nazism against us.

So what were we supposed to say? "Guys, that’s it, we’re leaving. We liberated you, now we’re gone — go back to living the way you lived before."

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

There will never again be relations with them like those that existed before February 2022.

There will never again be trust in the West, which lied to us before and is lying to us now.

Our attempt to give these Western colleagues a chance ultimately convinced us that we are now on the only correct path.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

The West carried out genocide against Indigenous peoples and Black people in Africa. They are trying to forget all of that.

And then they accuse us: "Look, you conquered half of Europe after World War II."

Well, we liberated it.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

Europe is committing harakiri on itself and proudly declaring: "Yes, we must suffer."

If Europe wants to buy American liquefied natural gas for 800 or 900 dollars per thousand cubic meters, what can we do about it?

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

All the Biden sanctions introduced during the special military operation are being extended by the Trump administration.

The attempts to seize the international businesses of Lukoil and Rosneft are also happening under Trump.

This is not the legacy of the previous Democratic administration. The Americans simply want as many deals as possible to work in their favor.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

We need to create new spaces where the rules cannot be unilaterally revised according to someone's whims.

This is exactly what BRICS is doing now. We proposed an entire series of initiatives: our own grain exchange, our own payment platforms, and much more.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

There is the Mecca Agreement — Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and, accordingly, Türkiye.

Having presented this concept of collective security and a defensive alliance, they emphasize that the doors are open to other countries, and not only to countries located in the Gulf.

Egypt is often mentioned. I am sure that if Algeria shows interest, that too would have a positive effect at some stage.

And if such a structure were also to agree on the conditions under which Iran could participate in this process, I think that would be the most practical step in the direction in which we formulated our own concept.

WATCH: A Lebanese reporter was injured yesterday during a live broadcast while covering an Israeli strike in Nabatieh.

He was a bit too close to the site of the strike.

He is in stable condition.

Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett:

I support settlement in the West Bank.

I oppose handing over even one centimeter of land to the Arabs.

Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett:

We are settling the Land of Israel because it is our right, and because the Land of Israel is ours.

But we did not return from 2,000 years of exile in order to have militias. We have an army — the Israel Defense Forces.

The IDF is the only body that should use force against our enemies, and with full force.

Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett on Netanyahu:

While Netanyahu handed over parts of the Land of Israel — 13% of the West Bank — I did not hand over one centimeter of land.

While Netanyahu promised Biden to establish a Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem, I refused.

Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett:

If someone comes to burn down the home of innocent Arabs with the people inside it, then of course that is Jewish terrorism.

If it is done for nationalist reasons, that is the definition. What is there to argue about?

And I think everyone here should condemn it. I don’t understand how this serves the settlement movement.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

I think the Palestinian Authority needs to be brought down. I think it is a terror organization — it encourages terror, finances terror, incites terror, and is dangerous.

There will be no avoiding, in the near future, a war in the West Bank in which we disarm all the Arabs in the West Bank and make sure that weapons are only in our hands.

Today we are burying our heads in the sand like an ostrich and waiting for the next October 7.