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We deeply regret it. In addition to the genocide of its people, Israel also assassinated their leader at the inauguration ceremony of the President of Iran. This is very unethical,
Do not let it disrupt peace efforts, which have begun to get real. With this murder, the negotiation plans could go back to square one. This issue arose in the middle of the negotiation efforts. This could trigger greater tensions in the Middle East,
The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas expresses its condolences on the death of the descendant of a great Palestinian Nation, Ismail Haniyeh,
as quoted from Hamas' Telegram I express my condolences on the passing of Ismail Haniyeh, the supreme leader of Hamas, as a freedom fighter. I see him as a freedom fighter who fought for Palestinian freedom under Israeli occupation,
the vice president remarked Of course, for us, Indonesia has also lost a freedom fighter. Therefore, we share in expressing our condolences,
All fronts of the resistance will take revenge for Haniyeh's blood,
Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency Rest in peace, Abu Al-Abed Ismail Haniyeh. Our nation, Iran, the Axis of Resistance, your people, your fighters ... are united in the choice of resistance to end the Zionist occupation,
said Hamas deputy chief in Gaza Khalil Al-Hayya in a televised speech at Tehran University We want revenge because Israel killed Haniyeh, who was our guest,
an Iranian woman, who attended a rally after the ceremony at Tehran University, told state TV The Islamic Republic of Iran announced three days of public mourning following the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh,
the government said in a statement It certainly doesn’t suggest that Israel regards the US as a leader in the region, or that Israel is taking its lead from the United States,
Netanyahu is betting on his capacity to corner the US and essentially forces its political leadership to constantly be in a position of bear-hugging Netanyahu, and protect and defend everything Israel does by claiming that it is self-defence,
If you want to avoid further escalation in the region, including an escalation that involves US troops, you’re going to need to secure a ceasefire in Gaza. That’s what is necessary to calm things down with the Houthis [in Yemen], with Hezbollah, and continue the lull in attacks on US troops in Syria and Iraq,
The US needs to have a fundamental rethink about what it is going to do to bring about a ceasefire – what is it going to do to de-escalate the region beyond mere rhetoric,
Since October 7, blind US support for Israel has definitely affected the US’s standing in the region and its ability to have influence. The US has failed completely to show any kind of leadership,
We haven’t really seen the US push for de-escalation – US policy contradicts US actions,
said Raed Jarrar, advocacy director at Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), a think tank in Washington, DC Israel couldn’t have attacked all these countries without US weapons, without US political support, without US military support, and without US intelligence support,
It’s very hard to speculate, and I’ve learned over many years never to speculate on the impact one event may have on something else. So I can’t tell you what this means,
Blinken said when asked to give his assessment of what might come next [That ... That] may very well be true,
said Trita Parsi, the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, a US foreign policy think tank We believe that there is still time and space for a diplomatic solution,
Kirby said, as thoughts turned to what Israel’s next move would be, and whether it would trigger a long-feared all-out regional war I think all of us look at what's occurring in the Middle East and want to see an end to the catastrophe that is playing out,