Hamas: “Death to Israel! Death to America!”
Michael Young: Tiptoeing around death in South Lebanon Elie Fawaz: Who and why now? Tony Badran: Assad,Jalili, PFLP-GC, and the Rockets from Lebanon NOW Lebanon: Hamas rejects UNSCR 1860, says it does not suit Palestinians Manuela Paraipan: Is this Leadership? Khaled Abu Toameh: Hamas: Abbas no longer heads PA NOW Lebanon: Eddé says holding Arab […]
I left Beirut around 9 in the morning. At 10 am Ali Abou Hassan, head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine [PFLP] political office promised to wait for me at the entrance of Ain el Hilwe camp in Saida. Ain el Hilwe is famous for being the most dangerous Palestinian camp. It […]
For a week starting today General Michel Aoun meets with Syrian officials. This is one of the most controversial visits since President Suleiman took the Presidency. Worth keeping an eye on it. Three years after his return from a 15-year exile, Maronite opposition leader Michel Aoun shakes hands with the son of the man who […]
"On the basis of the progress so far reported … it is envisaged that the Special Tribunal will commence functioning on 1 March 2009," Ban wrote in a report to the UN Security Council.” [NOW Lebanon]
Alongside the reconciliation [in theory only] trend, party leaders, the President, Prime Minister and now the Speaker of the House travel to countries in and out of the region. Probably they are doing it to secure some type of support, to open channels etc. Whatever the reason, the political leadership seems to be dead set […]
Hizbullah's Secretary-General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah in a televised address on Tuesday on the occasion of the party's “Martyr's Day” called for settling the much talked about defensive strategy in Lebanon “so that we may know how to build our forces in face of challenges.” He called also for settling the issue of expanding the number […]
I realized yesterday [don't ask why so late!] that Lebanese politics are provincial. You have the political figures and their allies, all day long in the media. If Hizballah has al Manar TV, Future movement has Future TV and Future News, AMAL has NBN [an old joke says NBN stands for: Nabih Berri News] and […]
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools […]
Hizbullah's General Conference ended speculations regarding keeping its Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in his current position, following a Fatwa (religious decree) by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei allowing him to maintain his top post. The Kuwaiti daily al–Rai said that the conference is mulling naming senior Hizbullah commander Mustapha Shehadeh to succeed the late […]
Tasnaq is not the only Armenian party. However, I believe it is the most important one on the Lebanese political scene. MP Hagop Pakradounian strikes me as a different type of politician. “Our alliance with the Free Patriotic Movement in the upcoming elections is ultimate and we don't stab our ally in the back.Today thanks […]
After a two years break the leaders of Future Movement and Hizballah met on Sunday. The press learned about the meeting on Monday. A joint statement said that both leaders stressed national unity, while reiterating their common position regarding peace as well as the need to take all necessary measures to prevent internal tensions and […]
Beqaa valley is renowned world wide. Not for touristic purposes mind you. Its for drugs and weapons smuggling. Months ago the government said that a large part of the poppy cultures were destroyed. A trip to the Beqaa will prove otherwise. I did not read any statistics on the country's drug issue, but talking with […]
I met Minister Tarek Mitri a while ago. You can read the interview on WSN. “…. and you have the fact that you need the good offices, in times of crises, of some third party. However, this is only one part of the answer. The other is that Lebanon's conflict and tensions have more than […]
An interview with Mohammad Fneish [Hizballah] explaining that May events were a solution. “… Hizbollah acted when the other side tried to undermine the resistance. It had nothing to do with the balance of power in terms of the internal political situation. They threatened the resistance. We weren't the only ones to be using weapons, […]