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) غادي آيزنكوت (44) بنيامين نتنياهو (41) محمد باقر قاليباف (28) ماركو روبيو (28) نعيم قاسم (27) نواف سلام (27) ترامب (25) يسرائيل كاتس (22) آيزنكوت (19) جبران باسيل (19) محسن رضائي (19) جوزاف عون (16) قاسم (16)
Do you want to see the shock and the problems? As I said before. Let them hit San Diego or Los Angeles and you will see bad things happen. It will lead the country to collapse. We will not allow that to happen. We protect our cities and our country and we will not allow them.
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة8 Oct 2026 · المدن
Making a deal is not the option I want, but they are already ready to give us anything so that we stop, and they will certainly never get a nuclear weapon.
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة8 Oct 2026 · المدن
Renewing the war before the elections in Israel may delay it.
إيال زاميررئيس أركان الجيش الإسرائيلي8 Oct 2026 · Alfajer TV
The desperate attempts and malicious strikes against the pillars of the regime and security in society did not deter the internal security forces from performing their duties
مجتبى خامنئي8 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
The focus of the American-Zionist enemy and its insistence on directing strikes at various levels of the internal security forces revealed the importance of the institution
مجتبى خامنئي8 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
The killing of officer Elyav Haim Tzfalmus from the Seventh Brigade during a military operation in southern Lebanon
يسرائيل كاتسوزير الدفاع الإسرائيلي8 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
The killing of officer Eliav Haim Tzefalmos from the Seventh Brigade during a military operation in southern Lebanon
يسرائيل كاتسوزير الدفاع الإسرائيلي8 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
The Druze in Sweida do not want to be part of the state established by the Sharaa regime; they look to Israel.
يوني بن مناحيمباحث بارز في مركز القدس للشؤون الخارجية والأمنية8 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
It will not launch an attack on Iran before the midterm elections scheduled for November 3
دونالد ترمبالرئيس الأميركي8 Oct 2026 · شفق نيوز
Productive talks with Iran
دونالد ترمبالرئيس الأميركي8 Oct 2026 · شفق نيوز
Iran will not possess a nuclear weapon
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة8 Oct 2026 · وكالة وطن للأنباء
Despite the very bad situation Iran is experiencing, economically and militarily, and despite the blockade remaining in full force and effect, we will not launch any attack on Iran at any time before the midterm elections
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة8 Oct 2026 · وكالة وطن للأنباء
We are currently holding fruitful discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة8 Oct 2026 · وكالة وطن للأنباء
On the Israeli side, Benjamin Netanyahu faces the parliamentary elections, which may ring alarm bells and push him to engage in a new confrontation to postpone them, in order to escape the pressures of losing power and the multiplicity of regional conflict fronts.
حميد روشناييكاتب8 Oct 2026 · Iran International
The continuation of the siege and pressure strategy, while keeping the possibility of war alive.
علي بيكدليخبير الشأن الدولي8 Oct 2026 · Iran International
The sharp separation between war and siege is inaccurate; the current phase is in a gray area where parties seek gains through negotiation and dual pressure.
صادق ملكيكاتب ودبلوماسي سابق8 Oct 2026 · Iran International
The Treasury Department is working to deprive the authoritarian regime in Tehran of the funds it uses to wage war in the region, and we will continue to expose those who enable the regime to sell oil.
سكوت بيسنتوزير الخزانة الأمريكية8 Oct 2026 · العين الإخبارية
The need to manage the space of diplomacy and the battlefield on Iran's part, as the country's future is being determined today. Correct action will strengthen our country's power in the region and in the future, while a mistake will undoubtedly lead to great regret.
حميد روشناييكاتب8 Oct 2026 · Iran International
The strategy of siege and pressure, while keeping the possibility of war alive.
علي بيكدليخبير الشؤون الدولية8 Oct 2026 · Iran International
The sharp separation between war and siege is inaccurate; the current phase lies in a gray zone in which the parties seek gains through negotiation and dual pressure.
صادق ملكيكاتب ودبلوماسي سابق8 Oct 2026 · Iran International
Renewing the war before the elections in Israel may delay it.
إيال زاميررئيس أركان الجيش الإسرائيلي8 Oct 2026 · وكالة صدى نيوز
We are having fruitful talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran. I would like to make clear to everyone that although Iran is suffering from an extremely bad situation, economically and militarily, and the blockade will remain in full force and effect, with oil flowing in record quantities through the Strait of Hormuz (22 million barrels last night alone, without a single barrel coming from or going to Iran!), we will not launch any attack on Iran before the midterm elections scheduled in the United States on November 3.
دونالد ترامبرئيس الولايات المتحدة8 Oct 2026 · صدى البلد
No aid has reached Hezbollah directly from Iran
مصدر أميركي8 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
There is no Palestinian people, this is a lie. There is no Palestinian state. The entire purpose of this idea is to destroy the state of Israel. It is time to wake up. We must be clear and say the truth out loud, first to ourselves and then to the world: no negotiations over the home.
عوفر فينترزعيم حزب "عمخا يسرائيل"8 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Come, let us sign a surplus-votes agreement and declare together that we are two parties that will enter only a Zionist government. Together we will be a blocking bloc against non-Zionist governments and against coalitions with ultra-Orthodox or Arab parties. Get out of the prevailing perception and help us decide the battle on the battlefield.
يوعاز هندلرئيس حزب "الاحتياط والاقتصاد"8 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Yesterday we marked three years since the heaviest disaster we have known since the state's founding. The war we have fought since then was also the hardest, and it changed all of us. After everything we have been through, politics cannot continue as if nothing happened.
يوعاز هندلرئيس حزب "الاحتياط والاقتصاد"8 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
the biggest blow so far
مسؤول في وزارة الخزانة الأميركيةمسؤول في وزارة الخزانة الأميركية8 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
a major deterioration in the security situation
فاديم فيلاشكينحاكم منطقة دونيتسك8 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
The negotiation process is still ongoing
عباس عراقجيوزير الخارجية الإيراني8 Oct 2026 · الجزيرة نت
is in full force and effect
دونالد ترمبالرئيس الأمريكي8 Oct 2026 · الجزيرة نت