In the News Quotes Archive - Page 18 of 36

The Media Line,

January 7, 2021

“The sale of the F-35, in particular, has the potential to lead to a significant escalation of an arms race in the region, not even just with Iran trying to match capabilities, but with other US partners wanting the same advanced equipment.”

Mada Masr,

December 24, 2020

“This sends an important message to the Egyptian government that Congress is deeply concerned with its continued unjust detention of human rights defenders.”

The World,

December 18, 2020

“It’s been a really steadily escalating campaign of targeting and repression, using lots of different tools… And of course there are, you know, very difficult circumstances on the ground for anyone who wants to engage politically.”

Middle East Eye,

December 11, 2020

“It is an encouraging sign that with an incoming Biden administration, nearly every Democrat sent a strong signal of where their party lies in that they oppose these sales.”

Times of Israel,

December 4, 2020

“[The Emirati ambassador’s comment] ignores inconvenient facts like [the UAE’s] illegal arms transfers in Libya and the Trump administration’s rushed effort [to ram the arms deal through].”

Middle East Eye,

December 2, 2020

“The planned arms sales to the UAE, a party to the conflicts in Yemen and Libya, would fuel continued civilian harm and further exacerbate these humanitarian crises… Delivery of the sales would undermine US national security interests.”

Vox,

December 1, 2020

“To sell such advanced military equipment to the UAE now would be to endorse those policies and threaten US interests and regional stability.”

Reuters,

November 30, 2020

“The hope is to stop these sales altogether. But if that is not possible in the short term, this sends an important signal to the incoming Biden administration that there is a diverse group of organizations that oppose delivery of these weapons.”

Al-Monitor,

November 19, 2020

“If the Trump administration’s goal with this trip was to send Turkey a message about Ankara’s aggressive foreign policy or its disrespect for religious freedom at home, then I think it’s a bit too late for either of those to resonate at this point.”

HuffPost,

November 3, 2020

“Especially if Trump blames the media [for an undesired result in the U.S. presidential election], I can see [Erdogan] coming to Trump’s defense, in the way Putin came to [Erdogan’s defense] on the night of the coup.”

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