Anti-Israel

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Brotherhood spiritual and intellectual leader, January 28, 2009

Date
Jan. 28, 2009
Name of Author
Yusef al-Qaradawi
Muslim Brotherhood
Body

“To conclude my speech, I’d like to say that the only thing I hope for is that as my life approaches its end, Allah will give me an opportunity to go to the land of Jihad and resistance, even if in a wheelchair. I will shoot Allah’s enemies, the Jews, and they will throw a bomb at me, and thus, I will seal my life with martyrdom.”“Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Allah Imposed Hitler On the Jews to Punish Them – 'Allah Willing, the Next Time Will Be at the Hand of the Believers,” MEMRI, February 3, 2009, http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/802/3062.htm.

Rhetoric Category

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Brotherhood spiritual and intellectual leader, January 9, 2009

Date
Jan. 9, 2009
Name of Author
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Body

“Oh Allah, take this oppressive, Jewish, Zionist band of people… do not spare a single one of them. Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them, down to the very last one.”“Muslim Brotherhood Ideologue Incites Violence Against Jews and Israel,” Anti-Defamation League, February 2, 2009, http://archive.adl.org/main_terrorism/qaradawi_gaza_threats.html#.U4lMhZRdXMd.

Rhetoric Category

Nasir al-Wuhayshi, former leader, January 2009

Name of Author
Nasir al-Wuhayshi
Body

“We must cut the supply routes of the Zionist-Christian Crusaders, and we must kill every Crusader we find in our lands.”“Qaeda: From Here We Begin…and at Al-Aqsa We Meet,” World Analysis, February 19, 2009, http://worldanalysis.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=212.

Nasir al-Wuhayshi, former leader, January 2009

Name of Author
Nasir al-Wuhayshi
Body

“O Muslim nation! You must take a truthful stance in regards to the rulers in the Islamic world. These rulers must either send their armies to Gaza and Baghdad, or they must let the masses march, armed or unarmed, to face the Jews.”“Qaeda: From Here We Begin…and at Al-Aqsa We Meet,” World Analysis, February 19, 2009, http://worldanalysis.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=212.

Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General, 2009

Date
2009
Name of Author
Hassan Nasrallah
Body

Addressing Hezbollah’s stance toward Israel, Nasrallah issued the following statement: “This stand is firm, permanent, and final, and it does not tolerate any retreat or compromise even if the entire world recognizes Israel.”Jonathan Masters and Zachary Laub, “Hezbollah (a.k.a. Hizbollah, Hizbu’llah),” Council on Foreign Relations, January 3, 2014, http://www.cfr.org/lebanon/hezbollah-k-hizbollah-hizbullah/p9155.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Khaled Meshaal, March 2008

Date
Mar. 2008
Name of Author
Khaled Meshaal
Body

“We agree on the [Palestinian] state with the borders of June 4, 1967, Jerusalem as its capital, fully sovereign without settlements, the right of return, but without the recognition of Israel.” “Hamas: No Plan to Recognize Israel,” CNN, April 21, 2008, http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/21/carter.hamas/index.html.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General, 2008

Date
2008
Name of Author
Hassan Nasrallah
Body

After accusing Israel of assassinating a Hezbollah bomb maker: “You crossed the borders. Zionists, if you want an open war, let it be an open war anywhere.”Robert F. Worth and Nada Bakri, “Hezbollah Threatens Attacks on Israeli Targets,” New York Times, February 15, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/world/middleeast/15lebanon.html.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Ahmad Bahar, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, April 20, 2007

Author
Date
Apr. 20, 2007
Name of Author
Ahmad Bahar
Body

“This is Islam, that was ahead of its time with regards to human rights in the treatment of prisoners, but our nation was tested by the cancerous lump, that is the Jews, in the heart of the Arab nation...”“Hamas in Their Own Words,” Anti-Defamation League, May 2, 2011, http://www.adl.org/anti-semitism/muslim-arab-world/c/hamas-in-their-own-words.html.

Rhetoric Category
Threat