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On April 16, 2024, the Chinese Global Times media outlet posted on its YouTube channel an excerpt from an interview with former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who said that the Philippines do not have any quarrel with China, but that the United States is attempting to push the Philippine government to find one and to start a war. He said that the American military bases should be removed from the Philippines, because America should not be using the Philippine islands as launching decks.

Hizbullah-affiliated academic Sheikh Sadek Al-Naboulsi said in an April 21, 2024 interview with OTV (Lebanon) said that the element of surprise that existed prior to October 7 has been lost, but that Hizbullah is nonetheless making preparations to cross into the Galilee in northern Israel. He said that Hizbullah is awaiting Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah’s orders when the “time is right,” and he explained that liberating Palestine and annihilating Israel are fundamental components of Hizbullah's culture. He also said that Hizbullah would have lost the narrative war had it joined the war in full force immediately after October 7, but that now after the world has seen Israel's massacres and genocide in Gaza, the world has had the time to change its mind.

In a video posed on Ahmed Alshalfi on X (Twitter) on April 22, 2024, Qatar representative to the Arab Parliament, Shura Council Member Essa bin Ahmad Al-Nassr, said there can be no peace with the “Zionist entity.” He explained that the Zionists’ faith condones deception, the violation of agreements, and lies. Al-Nassr said that Israel only accepts killing. He stated that the October 7 Al-Aqsa Flood was “only the introduction to the annihilation” of Israel. He quoted from the Quranic verse stating that the children of Israel will spread corruption on the land twice.” According to the Qatari Shura website, Al-Nassr “was promoted to military positions and ranks in the Emiri Guard, where he was appointed as an assistant commander of the Guard for Intelligence and Security at the rank of Brigadier General. He was appointed a member of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee, a member of the Cultural and Media Affairs Committee, and a member of the Qatari-Asian Parliamentary Friendship Group in the Council.”

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Former Iranian diplomat Amir Mousavi warned in an April 14, 2024 interview with Al-Jadeed TV (Lebanon) that if "Zionist attacks" on Iran continue, there will be "great surprises." He said that Iran will use strategic missiles, strategic UAVs, and operations similar to October 7, carried out by Iranians themselves. Mousavi said that the weapons used by Iran in its attack against Israel earlier that day "were not very advanced."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at an April 17, 2024 speech streamed live on the AK Party YouTube channel that since October 7, 2023, Israel has been perpetrating a genocide in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank with unconditional Western support, and he asserted that Israel surpassed Hitler "long ago." He reiterated his previous stance that Hamas is a resistance group and not a terrorist organization, and he compared it to Turkey's National Forces during Turkey's national struggles. He claimed that many of the attempted coups in Turkey were done to break Turkey's support for the Palestinian cause, adding that Turkey will continue to courageously support the struggle for Palestinian independence.

In an April 19, 2024 Al-Manar TV (Hizbullah-Lebanon) report about a North Gaza food market in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, a resident says that all food supplies are in the market now. He added that now they are only missing cash and cooking gas. Another resident said: "We feel great that we did not leave," and he expressed hope that the people who have left will return.

Ramzi Awda, Secretary-General of the International Campaign to Combat the Occupation and Apartheid slammed Hamas in an April 4, 2024 interview that aired on Awda TV (Palestine), saying that Hamas steals most of the aid coming into Gaza and selling it again to the people in Gaza for exorbitant prices. He continued to say that Hamas rejects any political solution that involves its removal from power in Gaza.

Lebanese MP Ghada Ayoub slammed Hizbullah in an April 8, 2024 show on LBC TV (Lebanon), saying that it is taking over Christian lands in Lebanon and occupying them. She said that it has even stationed an airport and rocket launching pads in Kfar Houneh. Ayoub said that UN Resolution 1701 must be implemented and the Lebanese army should be deployed on the border with Israel, otherwise the area will be destroyed and become a "second Gaza." She continued to ask what Hizbullah's achievements were from this war, saying that it has not stopped Israel's plan to destroy Gaza and Hamas and it is providing Israel with a pretext to enter Lebanon to fight Iran's proxies. Ghada Ayoub is the incoming MP of the South I constituency for the Lebanese Forces. She is a legal advisor to the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission at Lebanon's National Scientific Research Center. Ayoub is also an associate professor on the faculty of law and political sciences at the Lebanese University, and the chairperson of the department of public law. She received a PhD in international nuclear law from the University of Montpellier.

On April 17, 2024 a group of Columbia University students formed a Gaza Solidarity Encampment on campus, and a protest in support of the students was held outside the campus that continued into April 18. This clip is a compilation of videos from the protest uploaded to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. In a video posted by an X user going by thizzL, protesters chanted: "Oh Al-Qassam [Brigades], you make us proud, kill another soldier now!" referring to Hamas's military wing that spearheaded the October 7 attack on Israel.

In a video posted on the ANSWER Coalition account on X, protesters riding the NYC subway chanted: "Free our prisoners, free them all! Israel will fall!" In a video from the Party of Socialism and Liberation on X, protesters chanted: "Palestine is Arab!" Within Our Lifetime uploaded a video on its X account from within the Encampment, in which students can be seen chanting: "From the water (of the Jordan River) to the water (of the Mediterranean Sea) Palestine is Arab!"

Chinese economist Lu Qiyuan said in a video posted on his Haokan account on March 13, 2024 that China should establish a renminbi-based cooperative economic zone consisting of countries within range of its Dongfeng ballistic missiles, so that it can enforce its economic strength with its military capabilities.

On April 14, 2024, IRINN TV (Iran) aired a press conference in which Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff IRGC General Mohammad Bagheri and IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Hossein Salami spoke about the same-day Iranian missile and UAV attack against Israel. General Bagheri said that the operation achieved its goals and that Iran does not intend to continue the operation further, unless Israel acts against Iran. He said that the operation was targeted at the Israeli intelligence base and airbase from where the April 1, 2024 attack against the Iranian consulate complex in Damascus was planned and launched. Bagheri also claimed that Israel's air defenses and Iron Dome system were incapable of dealing with the attack, asserting that the targets were “significantly destroyed.” He also said that the U.S. failed to thwart the attack. General Salami said that the operation has created a ‘new equation” according to which Iran will retaliate from its own soil against any Israeli attack on Iranian interests.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in an April 14, 2024 address to foreign ambassadors that aired on IRINN TV (Iran) that Iran had warned its neighbors 72 hours before its UAV and missile attack against Israel. He said that they told their neighbors that their goal was only to hit Israeli targets, not American bases in the region. However, he said, if the U.S. used the airspace or soil of these countries to defend Israel, they too would become targets.

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen said in a American Chamber of Commerce in China speech she delivered in Guangzhou, China and that was posted online by CCTV (China) on April 6, 2024 that China and the U.S. have strong economic ties, that China is a huge market for American manufacturers and businesses, and that she and President Biden reject the idea of American "decoupling" from China economically.

IRGC Navy Commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said in an April 6, 2024 interview on the Arabic-language Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) that Iran’s neighbors should know that it will not accept them having “Zionist lackeys” in their countries. He said that while Iran is not interested in shutting down the Strait of Hormuz at the moment, if its neighbors do not reconsider their positions and if they act in “provocative ways,” this might become a “different issue.” Admiral Tangsiri added that if “something bad" happens to Iran, “the place they came from will cease to exist.”

Iranian nuclear scientist Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, the president of Beheshti University, said in an April 7, 2024 interview with Channel 2 (Iran) that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei can change his fatwa forbidding the production of an atomic bomb at any time. He said that Iran’s nuclear capabilities “are high” and that once a country has nuclear capabilities, making a nuclear bomb “is not complicated.” Aghamiri continued to say that Iran is one of the top five countries with regards to nuclear capabilities.

On the backdrop of the recent tensions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea, Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesman Wu Qian said in a March 29, 2024 press conference aired by CCTV (China) that China opposes any foreign interference or provocation, that it is prepared to respond to any emergency in defense of its sovereignty and maritime interests, that the Philippines have violated international law while relying on foreign support, that America is the main source of problems and friction in the South China Sea, and that the "inevitable trend of our times" is that all these issues will eventually be settled.

On April 9, 2024, the What's Up Media YouTube channel posted a video in which Dearborn-based journalist Hussein Hachem spoke about the April 5 International Quds Day rally in Dearborn in which protestors shouted "Death to America" (see MEMRI TV Clip No. 11004, which has gone viral). Hachem criticized the protest and those who organized it for allowing such slogans to be shouted, explaining: "We live in the United States. This country is our country.” He said that even though the Arab community does not at all agree with America's foreign policy, this does not give anybody the right to shout "Death to America," calling for the death of their fellow citizens and brothers. He also said that "security threats" faced by Dearborn in light of the video constitute a threat to the entire Muslim community in America, and he elaborated that nobody should give others a pretext to silence Dearborn, particularly due to how influential its electorate might be in the next presidential elections. He elaborated that if people do not like America's policy or officials, they should vote or donate money, adding: "Enough with all those empty slogans. We had enough of them in our Arab countries."

Chinese journalist Hu Xijin, the former Editor-in-Chief of Global Times, said in a video posted to the Global Times YouTube channel on April 2, 2024 that the April 2001 Hainan Island incident sent an "unprecedented warning" to the United States that it is dangerous to conduct close reconnaissance missions near Chinese territory, and that China has a duty to use its growing strength to defend itself by driving away American naval and aerial forces operating too close to its shores.

Mahdi Al-Kaabi of the Iran-backed Iraqi Hizbullah Al-Nujaba militia spoke in an April 3, 2024 show on Al-Alam TV (Iran) about the recent announcement by his group's military wing, the Hizbullah Brigades, that it is prepared to arm 12,000 fighters from the "Islamic resistance" in Jordan. He said that this shows that his militia maintains security coordination with Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, and he asserted that it is necessary to open the Jordanian front with Israel in order to lay siege on it. He accused Jordan of being a base for America and Israel in the region, and he said that he hopes there will be "noble people" and resistance fighters in Jordan who will open this front with Israel and exert pressure on the Jordanian government.

Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said in an April 8, 2024 speech that was aired on Spot Shot Online (Lebanon) that the United States controls Israel, and not the other way around. He said that the Jewish or Zionist lobby in America is a "joke" invented by Arabs in order to provide an excuse for their financial ties with America. Nasrallah also said that these Arabs claim that they are creating an "Arab lobby" to compete with the Zionist lobby, but in fact, all they are doing is increasing the money in the American coffers.

A video uploaded to the Telegram channel of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing Al-Quds Brigades on April 8, 2024 claims to depict PIJ fighters preparing and firing rockets at "Zionist cities" from the northern Gaza Strip. According to the video, members of the "rocket force" of the Al-Quds Brigades fired the rockets on April 3, 2024, while the area was under Israeli military control.

At an International Al-Quds Day rally in Dearborn, Michigan, held on April 5, 2024 and streamed live on Dearborn.org on Facebook, protesters chanted: “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!” Michigan activist, who is affiliated with the Hadi Institute, Tarek Bazzi said that it is not “Genocide Joe” that has to go, referring to President Biden, but it is the entire system of the United States “that has to go.” He Quoted Malcolm X, saying: “We live in one of the rottenest countries that has ever existed on this earth.” Bazzi added that “death to Israel” has become the “most logical chant shouted across the world today.” Michigan Imam Usama Abdulghani, who is also affiliated with the Hadi Institute, said that the founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini established the International Al-Quds Day because he realized that Israel was a “cancer” and an “evil settler colonialist project.” He said that the “people of conscience” recognize that Israel is ISIS, Nazis, and fascists. At the end of the rally, Tarek Bazzi encouraged a young child to lead the chant: “Free Palestine! From the River to the Sea Palestine will be free!”

Shaba TV (Houthis-Yemen) is airing a daily animated Ramadan series, geared towards children in March 2024. In the series, a group of Yemeni children, guided by a hoopoe bird, go back in time using a magical book and track the history of Zionism, and their grandfather also tells them stories about the Jews. In the first episode, a Yemeni boy tells his grandfather that the Arabs must unite and "annihilate the Jews." In the second episode the children discuss how the Jews are the "most cunning enemy of the Muslims." They travel in time to 19th century Budapest, where the bird tells them that the whole world hated the Jews because of their "evil moral values and because they are treacherous." They see Herzl establishing the Zionist movement, saying that this is the first step towards achieving political and economic control of the world. In another episode of the show, Herzl says that he intends to exploit the Dreyfus affair and to bribe the judge or witnesses in the trial. The series was produced by Ofoq for Cartoon Production and aired daily during Ramadan on several Yemeni channels.

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Fatah Revolutionary Council member Mohammed Al-Hourani said in an April 3, 2024 interview on Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) that the demonstrations and sentiment in support of the Gaza Strip throughout Jordan must not be turned against the Jordanian state as he said Iran is attempting to do. He referred to the recent Iraqi militia calls to establish and arm a 12,000-man militia in Jordan, and he explained that Iran has no problem scorching Arab land, exploiting the "pure name" of Palestine, and pitting Arabs against one another in order to bolster its influence in the region. Al-Hourani also said that due to the brotherly relations between the Palestinian and Jordanian peoples, any threats to the stability of Jordan is an affront to the Palestinians.

Former senior PFLP official and activist Khaled Barakat, who is based in Canada, said in a March 30, 2024 interview with Al-Manar TV (Hizbullah-Lebanon) that today's generation of Americans and Canadians broadly – and courageously – support armed resistance and the elimination of "the Zionist entity." He said that the chants of “from the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” during the protests proves this. Barakat explained that this is because the history curricula in high schools and universities teach about colonialism, racism, and slavery. He said that the movements boycotting Israel “serve” the armed resistance, but they cannot replace it. Barakat recounted that during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, a group of Canadian-Arab supporters of Hizbullah met with Canada's foreign minister and told him: "We are all with Hassan Nasrallah. Even the cup of coffee that you are drinking was paid for by him."

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