The MEMRI Weekly: March 7-14, 2025
The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series , as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project , released during the past week.
MEMRI REPORTS
Inquiry and Analysis No. 1820 – The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 10, March 14, 2025, March 14, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11876 – Russian-Chinese-Iranian Joint Naval Exercise 'Reflects Shared Opposition To Unilateralism', March 14, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 738 – Why Syria's Future Depends On Empowering The Kurds, March 13, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11875 – Fatah Facebook Page Posts Graphic Glorifying 1978 Coastal Road Terror Attack Against Civilians, Including Children, March 13, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11874 – Conflicting Reports Emerge On Death Of Russian Officer In Syria Amid Coastal Violence; Russian Media Refutes Allegations, Confirms His Death While 'Fighting Terrorism', March 13, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11873 – Top Hamas Officials: No Discussion Of Disarming Us, March 12, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 737 – Tucker Carlson Whitewashes America's Enemies – Part I: Qatar, Mach 12, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11872 – Syrian Journalists Warned Before HTS' Massacres Against The Alawites: The New Regime Is Allowing Acts Of Vengeance Against Them; International Intervention Is A Necessity, March 11, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11871 – Hamas Political Bureau Deputy Chair Khalil Al-Haya To Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei: 'We Have Come To Meet With You Today When We Are All Proud, And This Great Victory Is Jointly Ours And Iran's'; Khamenei: 'You Have Triumphed Over The Zionist Regime And In Fact Also Over America', March 11, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 736 – Making Real The New Pivot Toward The Western Hemisphere, March 11, 2025
Inquiry and Analysis No. 1819 – Syrian Women Fear For Their Status And Rights Under Rule Of Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham, March 10, 2025
MEMRI REPORTS
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11889 – Hizbullah-Affiliated Lebanese Academic Sadek Al-Naboulsi: I Urge Every Honorable And Believing Fighter To Bear Arms And Fight The Israeli Enemy; We Have No Choice But To Take The Responsibility The Government Has Relinquished, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11888 – American Muslim Activist Abdullah Akl At Staten Island Mosque: Columbia University Activist Mahmoud Khalil Was Targeted By President Trump; They Claim He Is Antisemitic, But He Just Stood Up For Gaza; It Is Your Right Not To Open The Door To ICE; Call CAIR For Help; Will You Protect, Hide Your Brothers And Sisters?, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11887 – U.S.-Based Palestinian Writer And Activist Mohammed El-Kurd: October 7, Plane Hijackings, And Suicide Bombings Taught Us That Only Violence Gets The World's Attention; Synagogues Display Israeli Flags While Mosques With ISIS Flags Are Seen As Problematic, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11886 – American Pro-Kremlin Influencer Jackson Hinkle, Now Based In Russia, Gives Interview To Yemeni Journalist While In Lebanon To Attend The Funeral Of Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General Of Designated Terror Organization Hizbullah: It Would Be An Honor To Visit Yemen; I Have Close Connections With The Russian And Chinese Governments, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11885 – PLA Showcases Lifelike 'Bionic Bird' Drone In Chinese Military Competition Event, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11884 – Head Of Hamas Abroad Khaled Mashal: Only Jihad Will Restore Our Rights; A Small Number Of Our Prisoners Were Freed By The Oslo Accords – But This Ceasefire Deal Freed Thousands; Palestinians Will Not Leave Gaza Or The West Bank For An 'Alternative Homeland'; The Future Will Be Decided On The Battlefield, Not In The Capitals Of The West Or East, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11883 – Columbia University Activist Mahmoud Khalil, Recently Arrested By ICE For Supporting Hamas, In May 2024 Al-Arabiya Interview: Republicans Are Using The Pro-Palestine Protests To Punish Universities For Being Pro-Democrat; I Never Said Things Got Out Of Control In Our Protests; We Had Nothing To Do With Such Cases, Al-Arabiya Network (Dubai/Saudi Arabia)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11882 – Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Youssef On Reports Of Weapons Purchases From Iran, Ukraine: We Buy Weapons From Any Country Willing To Sell Them To Us – Nobody Can Stop Us; We Have A Deal Allowing Russia To Build A 'Service Center' For Ships On The Red Sea, BBC Arabic (The UK)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11881 – Hizbullah Secretary-General Naim Qassem Rejects President Aoun's Call For Hizbullah To Surrender Its Arms: The State Has A Monopoly On Enforcing Security In Lebanon, But We Use Our Weapons Against Israel; Israel Constitutes A Danger Even Within Its Borders, Al-Manar TV (Lebanon)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11880 – Arab League Sec.-Gen. Ahmed Aboul Gheit Rejects Trump's Gaza Relocation Plan, Adds: I Acknowledge The Right To Resist Occupation But The October 7 Attack Took A 'Wrong Turn' Leading To The Destruction Of Gaza, Death Of 1,200 Israeli Civilians, Al-Arabiya Network (Dubai/Saudi Arabia)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11879 – Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei: Negotiations Are Just Means To 'Bully Governments'; They Are Used To Present New Demands That Are Unacceptable To Iran, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11878 – Yemeni-Houthi Leader Abdul-Malik Badreddine Al-Houthi Threatens: We Will Resume Our Naval Attacks Against The Israeli Enemy If It Does Not Allow Aid Into The Gaza Strip Within Four Days, Al-Mahriah TV (Yemen)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11877 – California Imam Amir Abdel Malik Ali, Who In December 2023 Said That Jews Are The New Nazis: Muslims Are Being Framed For 'False Flag' Violence, Such As The ISIS Threat To The Taylor Swift Concert In Romania And The Southport, UK Stabbings; Muslims Living In The U.S. 'Empire' Must 'Train' By Studying Sayyid Qutb's Foundational Islamist Book 'Milestones', Used By The Muslim Brotherhood And Al-Qaeda, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11876 – Saudi Cabinet Member Saleh Al-Sheikh On Western Demands To Change Islamic Rhetoric In KSA: Terrorist Groups Were Not Created By Saudi Arabia; U.S. Actions In Iraq And Afghanistan Fueled Islamic 'Zeal' Behind Anti-Western Rhetoric Post 9/11, Rotana Khalijiya TV (Saudi Arabia)
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