Sunday, 15 Nov 2026 5 Jumada al-Akhira 1448 AH Beirut

What they said

Direct quotes as they appeared in the news — each one links to its source.

دونالد ترامب (76) يسرائيل كاتس (47) غادي آيزنكوت (46) بنيامين نتنياهو (39) ماركو روبيو (31) محمد باقر قاليباف (28) نواف سلام (26) نعيم قاسم (26) ترامب (26) آيزنكوت (22) محسن رضائي (19) جبران باسيل (18) قاسم (16) عباس عراقجي (16)
We are prepared for every scenario
بنيامين نتنياهورئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · سكاي نيوز عربية
Your proposal will receive serious consideration
بنيامين نتنياهورئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · بوابة الشروق
Perhaps we could establish a Palestinian state in Uganda
مذيع القناة 14 العبرية14 Oct 2026 · بوابة الشروق
putting the details in place and drafting the law
عامر البساطوزير الاقتصاد والتجارة اللبناني14 Oct 2026 · الشرق بلومبرغ
a major change in the structure of the hierarchy of losses, which begins with banks' capital and ends with depositors, so that depositors are the least affected party
عامر البساطوزير الاقتصاد والتجارة اللبناني14 Oct 2026 · الشرق بلومبرغ
We can say that at a comprehensive level there is agreement; there is no disagreement or any discussion between the Fund and the government, or the government and the central bank.
عامر البساطوزير الاقتصاد والتجارة اللبناني14 Oct 2026 · الشرق بلومبرغ
If Hezbollah joins Iran in attacking Israel, we will annex Nabatieh and the Litani to our security zone.
يسرائيل كاتسوزير الدفاع الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · tayyar.org
We will not withdraw from the security zones in Lebanon and Syria.
يسرائيل كاتسوزير الدفاع الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · tayyar.org
The southern suburb of Beirut will be evacuated if Hezbollah joins Iran in any attack on Israel.
يسرائيل كاتسوزير الدفاع الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · tayyar.org
UNIFIL is responsible for the border points demarcated by the Blue Line, and if it leaves the south, these points that secure Lebanon's borders will become open and abandoned. Therefore, the fears lie in the absence of observers to protect the Lebanese border.
نجاة عون صليبانائبة في البرلمان اللبناني14 Oct 2026 · العربي الجديد
There are more than 10,000 citizens from three border villages — Dibbine, Ayn Ebel and Rmeish — who will be completely isolated if we cannot find an alternative to UNIFIL, as it secures the humanitarian corridor to these areas. They live under fear for their fate amid the expansion of the occupation around their villages and the tightening of the noose on them, while the state's presence recedes and it fails to secure the most basic means of steadfastness.
نجاة عون صليبانائبة في البرلمان اللبناني14 Oct 2026 · العربي الجديد
We are not only saying that we want the extension; rather, it is impossible to implement the latest Security Council resolution, 2790, which speaks of handing over all equipment, points and areas where UNIFIL elements are located to the army. The most important here are the points, and since there are points under occupation, handing them over to Israeli forces would consecrate the occupation.
نجاة عون صليبانائبة في البرلمان اللبناني14 Oct 2026 · العربي الجديد
Beirut's southern suburb will be evacuated if Hezbollah joins Iran in an attack on Israel
يسرائيل كاتسوزير الدفاع الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · Elnashra
The continuation of Israeli attacks and the occupation of southern villages and towns makes UNIFIL's presence critically important, and its withdrawal would create a security vacuum and deprive the region of international monitoring of what is happening there.
جوزاف عونرئيس الجمهورية اللبنانية14 Oct 2026 · الإمارات اليوم
Our enemies want to attack us these days. Iran's proxies want to launch rockets and carry out attacks. On October 7, there was blindness – and even on September 11, 2001 (the double attack) there was blindness and no one asked President Bush to leave.
نتنياهورئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
In my view, this timing is not suitable for us.
بنيامين نتنياهورئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · annahar.com
Our enemies want to attack us these days... Iran's arms are seeking to launch rockets and carry out offensive operations.
بنيامين نتنياهورئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · annahar.com
If Hezbollah joins Iran in attacking Israel, we will annex Nabatieh and the Litani to our security zone.
يسرائيل كاتسوزير الدفاع الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · annahar.com
If Hezbollah joins Iran in an attack on Israel, it will receive a strong blow and will lose additional areas in southern Lebanon, specifically the Nabatieh and Litani areas, which will become part of Israel's permanent security zone. The IDF is prepared to carry out the maneuver. Also, the Dahieh neighborhood in Beirut will be evacuated, and military infrastructure there will be targeted, and more than a million Shia in Lebanon will be displaced. Nasrallah destroyed the Shia community in Lebanon until he was assassinated, and it is likely that Naim Qassem will completely destroy it until he is also assassinated, and sent to meet Nasrallah and his successor in the depths of hell.
يسرائيل كاتسوزير الدفاع الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
The two explosions that targeted the gas pipeline linking Sholah and Deir ez-Zor, and the line feeding the Tishreen station near Damascus, are difficult to treat as mere technical failures, especially given their close timing and coincidence with other security incidents
سمير سعيفانباحث في اقتصاد الطاقة السوري14 Oct 2026 · اندبندنت عربية
Investigations proved that the gas pipeline in the Sholah area in the Deir ez-Zor countryside was subjected to sabotage using explosives, along with a direct attack targeting the oil pipeline near the Tal Hamis area in Hasakah province
عبدالحميد سلاتالناطق الرسمي باسم وزارة الطاقة السورية14 Oct 2026 · اندبندنت عربية
The ball is now in the Israeli court
أحمد زيدانالمستشار الإعلامي للرئيس السوري14 Oct 2026 · اندبندنت عربية
We are in a battle over the right of the state and the right of the Lebanese to live in peace
أشرف ريفيالنائب14 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Lebanon is not a card in Tehran's calculations
أشرف ريفيالنائب14 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
It is an important day for the state of Israel, and an important day also for the city of Jerusalem
جدعون ساعروزير الخارجية الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
The goal of our program is the people and the directly affected person who was displaced from his actual home and does not have an alternative housing
دعموش14 Oct 2026 · annahar.com
We will make a decision very soon
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي14 Oct 2026 · annahar.com
This is the tenth embassy to be opened in Jerusalem. Since I took office less than two years ago, the number of embassies in Jerusalem has doubled. There will be more, God willing, soon.
جدعون ساعروزير الخارجية الإسرائيلي14 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
The tours of the Syrian chargé d'affaires focus on establishing state-to-state and government-to-government relations, meaning that Syria, through its president Ahmed al-Sharaa and all officials, recognizes that Lebanon is a sovereign country, and we deal on this basis, unlike what used to happen previously.
ياسر نجارالباحث السوري والخبير في العلاقات بين لبنان وسوريا14 Oct 2026 · annahar.com
The movement of the Syrian chargé d'affaires in Lebanon is important and positive and in the interest of both countries, unlike what used to happen previously. More clearly, there are old residues from Hezbollah's incursions into the government and the state, which affected these relations and raised the level of representation to an ambassador, but that will be later when ambassadors are exchanged. Therefore, Lebanon, like Syria, is heading toward an extremely positive relationship, and the Syrian chargé d'affaires in Lebanon has important relations with all Lebanese parties and communicates with everyone.
ياسر نجارالباحث السوري والخبير في العلاقات بين لبنان وسوريا14 Oct 2026 · annahar.com