This is how the Saudi/UAE-backed Yemeni leadership spoke with Hamas’ then-leader and co-founder Khaled Mashal, reflecting a broadly similar, stance shared by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Yemen toward Hamas leadership.

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Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem adresses Netanyahu’s threats: “When my time comes, no one can prevent it.”

Hamas co-founder and leader abroad Khaled Mashal on Alliance with Iran:

“Iran was the only country that offered us help; no Sunni country did.

We were knocking on the doors of North African Countries, Gulf States, Saudi Arabia.

Tehran used to invite us for back to back visits” — Archive

Archival: Saddam Hussein sentenced to death, November 5, 2006.

During a previous meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and the country’s Shia leadership following the fall of the Assad regime, people familiar with the meeting told Al Mayadeen that al-Sharaa spoke positively about Hassan Nasrallah because of his aggressive stance toward Palestine.

Saddam Hussein: The so-called Kings and Presidents.

What are your titles worth if you are constantly being humiliated — Archival/2000

Hamas co-founder and interim leader abroad Khaled Mashal explains in full detail why he and his group chose to launch October 7:

No nation is liberated without sacrifices.

Russia sacrificed 130 million people in World War II to be free from Hitler’s attack.

The Vietnamese sacrificed 3.5 million people until they defeated the Americans.

Afghanistan sacrificed millions of martyrs to defeat the USSR and then the U.S.

The Algerian people sacrificed 6 million people over 130 years.

The Palestinian people are just like any other nation.

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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa/2014:

“This is the project the people of Gaza await, even under bombardment. Don’t limit your ambition to Aleppo, Damascus, or al-Bab, aim for Jerusalem and break the chains on the Ummah.

There is no barrier between us and the Jews except the Assad regime, so it must be removed before we move forward.”

“هذا هو المشروع الذي ينتظره أهل غزة رغم القصف. لا تجعلوا طموحكم يقتصر على حلب أو دمشق أو الباب، بل اجعلوا هدفكم القدس، وفكّوا القيود عن الأمة (المجتمع الإسلامي). لا يوجد حاجز بيننا وبين اليهود إلا نظام الأسد، لذلك يجب التخلص منه
قبل المضي قدماً."

— Archival

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah:

“Removing this cancerous tumor, this usurping entity… some may think Israel’s elimination serves only Palestinian interests.

True, it’s a Palestinian interest, but not just that. Israel is a threat to the entire Islamic world… the entire Arab world… Jordan… Egypt… Syria… Lebanon… and its elimination serves their national interest.” — Archival

Hezbollah co-founder and former Secretary-General Subhi al-Tufayli:

“Any Hezbollah member killed in Syria is not a ‘martyr’ and will go to hell.” — Archival

Subhi al-Tufayli, Hezbollah co-founder and former secretary-general (later expelled), on the group’s support for Bashar al-Assad since 2000 and Iran’s influence in the region:

After 2000, this isn’t resistance, these weapons serve and protect the Zionist enemy, and have devastated Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, and Beirut — Archival

Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal, when asked what event he would like to see in the Middle East, said:

“The first thing I would like to see is the extermination of Israel.” — Archival

In August 1990, the Arab League allowed troop deployment to support coalition forces against Iraq, with all members abstaining except Libya, whose Gaddafi voted against, a decision that also paved the way for a permanent U.S. presence in the Gulf for decades. — Archival