“It is better to start building a popular secular base, which starts with non-sectarian gatherings in schools and universities in all regions and builds up to civil society, and then we can begin to change the laws and system of the country,” said Greek Catholic Bishop Gregoire Haddad. Wise man! One of Ziad Baroud’s smart […]
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon, due to try the suspected killers of ex-Premier Rafiq Hariri, it will open in a suburb of The Hague on March 1 reported NAHARNET. More here.
Read it all on Al Manar. Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah declared on Monday that the Islamic Resistance has the full right to possess all kinds of weaponry, including anti-aircraft weapons, emphasizing that the Resistance has the courage to use such weapons. His eminence renewed his pledge to retaliate the assassination of Islamic Resistance […]
“What we want of the national dialogue is neither to negotiate disarmament nor to negotiate the integration of Resistance into the army. What we want is the completion of the defense strategy, ” said Hizballah official Mahmoud Qamati. MP Mohammad Raad tried to clarify [but in fact did not] the problem saying that Hizballah is […]
People are brutalized and some killed. Why? Because of political affiliation. Disappointingly that happens in today’s Lebanon. Hand Grenade Tossed at LF Center in Sin el–Fil Sfeir Criticizes Hariri Rally Violence that Left 1 Dead, 30 Injured Jumblat Calls for Restraint after Slaying of PSP Member And to end in the same tone. Berri came […]
In this weekend Lebanon remembers two major events: the tragic death of Hariri, and those who were with him, and the Cedars Revolution. It is a time for reflection as well as action. The Revolution entered a comatose state, but it is not yet dead. As preparations for the fourth commemoration of the assassination of […]
Today Tehran celebrates 30 years since Revolution. There is nothing there to celebrate in practical terms, unless, they want to celebrate misery, and the megalomaniacs mullahs ignoring and trespassing the population rights and liberties. In spite of what President Ahmadinejad wants to sell, the answer to all problems is not to export the Islamic revolution […]
The Daily Star had yesterday an interesting editorial. You can read it all here. A third party, therefore, should be built on bold ideas to finally rid this country of the slow but steady fratricide known as sectarianism. In addition, it must devise methods of fighting the culture of corruption that has infected the public […]
In Lebanon there is always something happening at some level. There are literally no breaks. Quite interesting from a socio-cultural perspective and those who follow closely the political events have their hands full at any given time. PSP leader, Walid Jumblatt decided to withdraw his envoy from the Strategic Defence committee. The controversy around the […]
“A ten-year study of poverty in Lebanon has found that, in 2005, 28 percent of the Lebanese population qualified as poor while eight percent lived in extreme poverty with 300,000 people unable to meet basic food and other needs. The findings appeared in two reports launched Wednesday by the United Nations Development Program and the […]
May Chidiac resigned from her position with LBC TV. You can read about the reasons she resigned here. Whether you like her or not, she paid a high price for speaking against the Syrians and their allies in Lebanon. Israel placed a special unit at the border with Lebanon. Just in case Hizballah decides to […]
I am all for resistance. Resistance against abusive governments, corrupt regimes, staggering bureaucracy, greedy leaders, stupidity, ignorance, poverty so on, so forth. Hizballah comes up with good ideas. The downside is the way they put them into action and the direction of their dedication. Sheikh Qauaq made a statement yesterday when Hizballah honored Tehran on […]
A new Palestinian militant group — The Jihad Movement for the Victory of Gaza — emerged in Ain el Hilwe. Their target? The Egyptian Embassy and UNIFIL. What's next? The Saudi Embassy? Then what? The militant Palestinian groups main role is to create trouble. They are used as tools by the mighty Arab and Muslim […]
I interviewed former Lebanese President last year. You have few excerpts here: Manuela Paraipan: What are the few crucial moments that you can recall during your time as President of Lebanon and are willing to speak of? Emile Lahoud: There were more than a few such moments, during 18 years, because I was Commander in […]
“Hamas has not started the war to liberate either Jerusalem or the Palestinian lands. This round of the conflict, as others before it, is bigger than Hamas and the goal it so passionately pursues, that of eliminating Israel.” “The battle is part of the intra-regional broader conflict linked with what appears to be a perpetual, […]