The MEMRI Weekly: February 14-21, 2025
MEMRI REPORTS
Inquiry and Analysis No. 1813 - The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 7, February 21, 2025 February 21, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11849 - Ahwazi State Executive Conference In Germany: 'A Significant Step Toward Internationalizing The Cause And Exposing Iran's Reality'
Special Dispatch No. 11843 - Pakistani Editorial On Trump's Gaza Plan: 'Muslim Ummah Needs To Show Courage And Reject The Game Of Intimidation, Pressure, And Hypocrisy Though Mutual Unity'
Special Dispatch No. 11842 - Pakistani Editorial On Trump's Gaza Plan: 'The Very Zionists Whom The Almighty Himself Has Condemned In... The Quran, And Against Whom The Muslim Ummah Has Been Commanded To Wage War, Cannot Be Expected To Bring Any Good'
Special Dispatch No. 11841 - Afghan Writer Criticizes Trump's Gaza Plan: U.S. 'Is The Only Power On The World Stage And A Crazy Businessman Issues Nazi-Like Orders'
Special Dispatch No. 11840 - Editorials In Pakistani Dailies React To Trump's Gaza Plan: 'Forced Displacement Would Be Equivalent To Genocide'; 'The Only Foreseeable Outcome Is More Conflict'
Special Dispatch No. 11848 - Pakistani MP: Parts Of Balochistan Are Ready To Declare Liberation From Pakistan; 'If Districts In Balochistan Announce Liberation, The UN Will Accept Their Independence And Pakistan Will Fall' February 20, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11847 - Palestinian Articles: Al-Jazeera Is A Hamas Mouthpiece That Spreads The Movement's Lies February 20, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No 721 - How The Russian Economy Has Reacted To The 'Peace Talks' February 20, 2025
Inquiry and Analysis No. 1805 - Global Jihadi Threats: What Is On The Horizon In 2025?, February 19, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 720 - Qatar Seeks To Sweep Away Trump's Gaza Plan With So-Called Peace Plan, February 19, 2025
Inquiry and Analysis No. 1809 - Predictions For REMVE Extremism In 2025: Emerging Technology And Shifting Discourse Present New And Evolving Threats, February 19, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11846 - Iranian Interior Minister Iskander Momeni: '1.1 Million Afghan Refugees Have Been Sent Back To Afghanistan', February 19, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11845 - Criticism Of Hamas In Egyptian Media: It Brought Disaster Upon Gaza, Must Be Held To Account, February 19, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11831 - Pakistan's Former Ambassador To U.S. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi On Trump's Gaza Plan: 'The Extremist Christian-Zionist Crusader [Donald Trump] And The Israeli Mass Murderer [Benjamin Netanyahu] Feel Completely Secure And Unrestrained', February 19, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11844 - Another Qatari Regime Scandal In France: Qatari Official Investigated By French Authorities; Earlier, In 2016, Qatari Ambassador Had Allegedly Bribed A French Minister, February 18, 2025
Inquiry and Analysis No. 1812 - African Intellectuals On U.S. Foreign Aid Pause: 'Time To Break Free From Foreign Aid Dependency'; 'A Challenge And An Opportunity'; 'Relying On Aid From The West Limits Our Opportunities To Be Industrious And Creative', February 18, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11839 - Member Of Egyptian Senate: Arab Countries Should Propose A New Peace Initiative, February 18, 2025
Inquiry and Analysis No. 1806 - A Review Of The Use Of Tunnels By Hamas, Hizbullah, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Ansar Allah (Houthis), And Other Jihadi Groups And Ramifications For U.S. National Security – With Foreword By General (Ret) Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., USMC, February 14, 2025
Inquiry and Analysis No. 1811 - The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 6, February 14, 2025, February 14, 2025
MEMRI TV MONITOR PROJECT
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11838 – IRGC Aerospace Force Commander General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh: True Promise III Attack on Israel Will 'Definitely' Take Place; There Are Enough American Targets Around Us that Require Cheap Missiles, IRINN TV (Iran)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11837 – Anti-Israel Protesters in Boro Park, Brooklyn Pray: Oh Allah, Annihilate the Criminal Zionists, Kill Them One by One, Do Not Leave a Single One of Them, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11836 – Chinese Professor and Social Influencer Shen Yi: DeepSeek Combined with Huawei Will Form a Completely Closed Ecosystem Loop, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11835 – California Islamic Scholar Iyad Hilal: Europeans Should Facilitate 'Return Of Jews Migrants' To Europe – They Created This Crisis; Otherwise, Bloodshed Will Continue Beyond Gaza, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11834 – Iranian Student In China: Deepseek Has Shaken The U.S., Even Those Asleep In The Western Media's 'Information Cocoon' Will Eventually Realize China Will Rule The Future World, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11833 – Former Hizbullah TV Correspondent In Iran Mohammad Shamas: Iran Could Produce A Nuclear Weapon In Two Weeks If Faced With Existential Danger, Al-Manar TV (Lebanon)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11832 – Chinese Commentator Da Liu: DeepSeek Is Attacking The Core Of America's Technological Hegemony, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11831 – PLO Official Dr. Ahmad Majdalani: Hamas Dragged The Palestinians Into A New Nakba; This Is No Victory; One More Such 'Victory' And No Palestinians Will Be Left In Gaza, Palestinian Authority TV
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11830 – Senior Hamas Official Osama Hamdan: We Have The Opportunity To Expand The 'Resistance Camp'; Arabs Must Break Free From Western Hegemony, We Can Slap Israel Anytime, Hamas Proved This October 7, Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11829 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Rejects Trump's Gaza Relocation Plan: Palestinians Should Be Allowed To Return To The Cities And Villages They Were Driven Out Of During The Nakba, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11828 – Palestinian Children Brandish Weapons, Salute Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades During Hamas Hostage Release Ceremony, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11827 – Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Visits Weapon Exhibition, Inspects Upgraded Khorramshahr Missile Warhead, Unmanned Submarines That Launch UAVs, And Other Achievements Of Iran's Military Industries, Channel 1 (Iran)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11826 – Russian Philosopher Aleksandr Dugin: Islamic World's Response To The Gaza War Was Pitiful And Disgusting; It Was A Defeat And We Should Not Call It Victory; Islam Will Become A Real Global Power When It Can Destroy Israel, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11825 – Michigan Islamic Scholar Ahmad Musa Jibril: Imams Who Support Trump Are 'True Enemies'; He Sought Support From Them Like A Fly Searching For Waste, Then Appointed Zionists To His Cabinet Instead, Online Platforms
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