The MEMRI Weekly: February 28-March 7, 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. 1818 - The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 9, March 7, 2025, March 7, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 732 – Gaza – The Day After And The Way Forward, March 6, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11870 - Hindi-Language Dailies Assess Burden Of U.S. Expectations On India: 'U.S. Tariff Reciprocity Policy Will Have A Very Minimal Impact On Indian Exports'; 'The Cost Of Higher Duties Will Ultimately Be Borne By The People Of Both Nations', March 6, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11869 - Columns In Afghan Daily Analyze Trump's Gaza Plan: 'If Trump Seeks The Complete Elimination Of The Palestinian Issue, He Will Still Call It A Pursuit Of Peace', March 6, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11868 - Advisor To Saudi King: We Must Unite Behind Trump's Vision For Peace And Stability In The Region As We Rallied Behind The U.S. During The First Gulf War, March 6, 2025
Inquiry and Analysis No. 1817 - The Relationship Between South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol's Implementation Of Martial Law, His Subsequent Arrest, And China's Infiltration Of South Korea, March 5, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 735 – Qatar For Beginners: The Evil Regime Behind Al-Jazeera, March 5, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11867 - Emirati Daily On Arab Summit And Egyptian Plan For Gaza: Arab Leaders Were Afraid To Address Hamas And Its Weapons; Everybody Is Evading Responsibility, March 5, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11866 - MEMRI CHINESE MEDIA STUDIES PROJECT EXCLUSIVE: Chinese Media Praises Chinese AI Company DeepSeek: 'America's Military Dominance Has Cracked'; 'We Must... Seize Strategic High Ground, And Secure Victory In Emerging Fields', March 5, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 733 – Putin And The Far Right: How To Break The Link, March 4, 2025
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 734 – Öcalan Calls For Peace, But Turkey Continues Its Attacks On Syrian Kurds, March 4, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11865 - Arab Writers: The Arabs And The Resistance Axis Must Acknowledge Their Defeat In The War With Israel; We Must Strive For An Era Without War, March 4, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11864 - Iranian Regime Mouthpiece 'Kayhan' To Iranian President: 'Mr. Pezeshkian, Iran Has Planned, And Is Planning, To Assassinate Trump', March 4, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11863 - Iranian Majlis Deputy Speaker Hamid Reza Hajji Babaee: 'America, We Understand Well Your F-35– And You Understand Well Our 2,000-km-Range Missiles'; 'The State Promoted By Wahhabism [Saudi Arabia] Does Not Represent The Pure Islam – The Pure Islam Is In Iran', March 3, 2025
Special Dispatch No. 11862 - Senior Qatari Journalist On U.S. President Trump's Plan For Gaza: In The Upcoming Month Of Ramadan, Which Is The Month Of Islamic Victories, The Arab Nation Must Unite Against The 'American Imperialism', March 3, 2025
MEMRI TV MONITOR PROJECT
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11875 – Hizbullah-Affiliated Lebanese Political Analyst Muhammad Yaqoub: Hizbullah Will Keep Its Weapons As Long As Israel Exists; Just Let Them Try Collecting Our Weapons – Habibi, We Are Not Zelensky, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11874 – Dearborn, Michigan Mosque Sermon By Ali Hassan: American Capitalism Is The Greatest Terrorist Of The Modern Age; Geneva Convention Rules Of Warfare Were Stolen From Islamic Texts – And Even They Outline The Right To Resist; Prophet Muhammad Was The First To Define Human Rights; Muslims Teach The World What Human Rights Are; Rights For 'Alphabet People' (LGBTQ+) Are Not Human Rights, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11873 – Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji Urges Full Implementation Of UN Resolution 1701: Hizbullah Has Been Trying To Liberate Lebanon For 40 Years Unsuccessfully – They Should Let Us Give It A Try For One Year By Surrendering Their Weapons, MTV (Lebanon)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11872 – CAIR Attorney Amy Doukoure In Dearborn, Michigan 'Know Your Rights' Mosque Workshop: If You Are Undocumented And Concerned About Being Deported, Call CAIR; Terror Designation Of Yemen's Iran-Backed Houthis Is Ludicrous; Trump's Order To Expel International Students For Hateful Ideology Is Intended To Target Pro-Palestine Advocacy; Such Students Have Already Been Expelled From Michigan State And Columbia Universities, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11871 – Hizbullah Official Nawaf Moussawi: Nasrallah's Assassination And Pager Attack Were A Result Of Hizbullah's Negligence; This Would Not Have Happened On Imad Mughniyeh's Watch, Mayadeen TV (Lebanon)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11870 – Council On American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Official Tayyab Yunus In Florida Fundraiser: Muslims In America Have The Power To Change Policy By Donating To CAIR, Building Leadership; Inshallah, Florida Will Have A Muslim Governor, House Representatives, Senators, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11869 – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: We Are In An 'All-Out War' That Pales In Comparison With The Iran-Iraq War; Trump's Policies Are Crippling Iranian Economy; Qatar, Turkey, Iraq Are Withholding Iranian Funds; Despite My Beliefs, Khamenei Firmly Rejects U.S. Negotiations , IRINN TV (Iran)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11868 – Kuwaiti Islamic Scholar Othman Al-Khamees: Hamas Is A Deviant Group That Flung Itself Into The Lap Of Iran, But They Are Still Muslims, And We Must Support Them Against The Jews; May Allah Annihilate The Damned Jews, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11867 – Egyptian Journalist Emad Adeeb: There Will Be No Foreign Aid For Reconstruction In Gaza And Lebanon Unless Hamas And Hizbullah Surrender Their Weapons; Trump's Plan Is Absurd, But It Is The Only Plan On The Table Right Now, Sky News Arabia (UAE)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11866 – Hizbullah-Affiliated Lebanese Journalist Fadi Boudaya: Nasrallah Was A Savior Like Christ – He Redeemed His Nation Through Resistance, Just Like Jesus Redeemed Them From Sin; Demanding That Hizbullah Surrender Its Weapons Is Like Demanding That We Crawl On Our Knees , Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11865 – Hassan Nasrallah's Son Jawad And Daughter Zaynab: During His Final Days, Our Father Was Depressed – The Pager Attack Changed Him; He Became Sad And Spiritless , Al-Manar TV (Lebanon)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11864 – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan Warns Iran Against Using Militias To Undermine Stability In Syria: 'People Who Live In Glass Houses Should Not Throw Stones' , Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11863 – Lebanese President Joseph Aoun: We Are Tired Of War; We Hope To Resolve Our Problems Through Diplomacy; Bearing Arms Is The Prerogative Of The State Alone; Only The State Will Make Decisions On War And Peace, Asharq TV (Saudi Arabia)
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11862 – Hamas Official Mahmoud Mardawi: Jared Kushner Offered Sinwar $10 Billion And A Hamas-Led Palestinian State In Gaza, In Exchange For 'Forgetting About' The West Bank And The Rest Of Palestine; Sinwar Categorically Rejected The Proposal, Online Platforms
MEMRI TV Clip No. 11861 – Hamas Flags Waved At 'Rally To Defend Bay Ridge' In Brooklyn, Protestors Chant: 'We Don't Want No Zionists Here!' Activist Raja Abdulhaq: Gaza Has Shown Us The Way For Resistance - We Need To Reinvent The Movement In The West, Online Platforms
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