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The Italian Parliament adopts the new electoral law

National News Agency: WATANIYA – Rome – The Italian Parliament has finally adopted the legal amendment to the electoral law put forward by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which the opposition considers tailored to her needs to ensure her re-election. The new law, dubbed “Stabilicum” by its supporters and “Melonellum” by its opponents,…

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Loyalty to the Resistance Expresses a Positive Stance Toward the Government, and Ammar Addresses Salam Cordially

Ad-Diyar: The regional course does not eliminate the challenges facing the Lebanese authorities at home. This atmosphere was evident when MP Ali Ammar addressed Prime Minister Nawaf Salam during a televised interview on Al-Manar with the phrase “dear friend,” following the positive statement by the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc regarding the government,…

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Escalation in southern Lebanon coincides with the Israeli elections… “Hezbollah” is rebuilding its defensive capabilities, not its offensive ones

Lebanon 24: The Israeli escalation in southern Lebanon coincided with the Israeli parliamentary elections, amid Lebanese anticipation of their results and their implications for the course of negotiations and military operations in the south. Advertisement The Israeli airstrikes and explosions coincided with the ongoing dispute over the mechanism for verifying the measures…

Al-Boustani visits the Vehicle Registration Department in Ouzai and praises the improvement in administrative performance and organization at the branch

LBCI: The chair of the Parliamentary Committee on National Economy, Industry, Trade and Planning, MP Farid Al-Boustani, visited the Ouzai branch of the Vehicle Registration Department, where he met the department’s head, Brigadier Nazih Qobrosli, and the head of the Ouzai branch, Captain Ali Samaan, and reviewed the workflow and the mechanism for providing services…

“Repetition teaches the donkey”... except for us!

MTV Lebanon: While the authorities busy themselves and wait by the river for Netanyahu or Eisenkot to fall, or for some event to keep the cup of extending their authority out of their hands, Hezbollah is working like a tireless beehive. And according to what “Reuters” reported, citing Lebanese security officials, it is rebuilding its capabilities and preparing for a new war. The question is:…

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The Irish Experience Returns to Lebanon: A Delayed Settlement and Mounting Pressure

Al Anbaa: Official Lebanon is still searching for a formula to spare it the security vacuum that could be left by the withdrawal of the international forces operating in the south, “UNIFIL,” at a stage when the region appears to be heading toward more serious possibilities. The Lebanese state, which has not yet been able to impose its sovereignty over the entire…

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Paula wants Sheikh Saad to return… but she’s embarrassed!!

CH23: “Abu Zuhair” wrote in Nidaa al-Watan: I was browsing the pages of the blue giant, “Facebook,” when a video clip appeared before me, going back 15 years, showing President Saad Hariri shouting and saying, in sync with the creation of his navy-blue jacket and blue tie in the color of his movement: “We want to breathe... I came to talk to you…”

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Cautious anticipation of the Israeli election results and growing signs of a possible renewed regional war

Lebanon 24: Attention turned to Israel, where the significance of the election is not limited to determining the balance of power within the country, but also extends to the potential impact of its results on the course of the confrontation in the Middle East, particularly on the Lebanese front. In Lebanon, there is cautious anticipation of what will follow the vote, amid the continued…

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Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The foreign minister held a call with his Saudi counterpart to discuss containing the current crisis in the region, and the likelihood of escalation has increased recently

MTV Lebanon: Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The foreign minister held a call with his Saudi counterpart to discuss containing the current crisis in the region, and the likelihood of escalation has increased in recent…

Lebanon Awaits the Repercussions of the Israeli Vote Amid Political Uncertainty

Ad-Diyar: “Israel” has voted, but its ballot boxes have not determined who the next ruler will be. Lebanon, which is awaiting the repercussions of the Israeli vote, finds itself facing an uncertain phase that the identity of the next prime minister will not necessarily dispel, since replacing Netanyahu, if it happens, does not automatically mean a change in approach…

Mahfoud: We are not facing a “popular mobilization” in a Lebanese fez

MTV Lebanon: The head of the “Change Movement” party, lawyer Elie Mahfoud, wrote on “X”: “There is no negotiating over the militia’s weapons and no dialogue about its continued existence outside the state. Any proposal in this direction is not a solution but a return to square one of failure. We are not facing a ‘popular mobilization’ in a Lebanese fez, and whoever tampers with the file…”

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Ministers “embarrass” the patriarch

CH23: Press sources reported that the most prominent Christian ministers apologized for not accepting Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi’s invitation to a meeting about the Christian presence in the state, scheduled shortly before a cabinet session devoted to renewing the appointment of a senior civil servant, which came close to being a scandal. Join our news channel…

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After half the votes have been counted… Netanyahu or Eisenkot?

Al Jadeed: After 50,1% of the votes had been counted, the results showed that the right-wing Likud party led by Netanyahu and its allied parties had won 56 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, compared with 49 for the opposition bloc and 15 for the Arab parties. These partial results may change significantly, as several opinion polls showed…

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الكويت: “الحزب” خطّط لاغتيال وزير الدّاخليّة!

CH23: تغيّرت الحروب والقيادات، لكنّ الأساليب التي عرفتها الكويت في الثمانينيّات تعود إلى الواجهة: خلايا سرّيّة، وتوجيهات من الخارج، وتخطيط لتفجيرات واغتيالات. فبعد أكثر من أربعة عقود على العمليّات التي ارتبطت بإيران و”الحزب” اللبنانيّ في زمن الحرب العراقيّة –…

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These are the factors behind the expansion of rapport between Berri and Jumblatt and the background to the call for dialogue

CH23: The relationship between President Nabih Berri and Mr. Walid Jumblatt is not merely situational, nor is it tied to political agreement at this stage or another. The two men have shared a special relationship since the abrogation of the May 17 Agreement during the tenure of former President Amin Gemayel and before that, and they fought many battles together…

Judges pool money to buy cleaning supplies!

MTV Lebanon: One of Al-Nahar’s secrets stated: It turns out that judges in the courts pay a monthly subscription to a fund they created themselves, to ensure the purchase of necessary cleaning supplies and sanitary services amid the absence of allocated funds…

Rebuilding the “party’s” capabilities: reality or exaggeration!

MTV Lebanon: A prominent Lebanese security source paused over the growing talk that «Hezbollah» has begun to recover its military capabilities to make up as much as possible for the losses it sustained by supporting Gaza and Iran. The source told «Asharq Al-Awsat» that there is deliberate exaggeration, and that what the party is doing remains…

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نتنياهو ومنافسه يبديان استعدادهما لتأليف حكومة بعد انتخابات إسرائيلية متقاربة

National News Agency: وطنية - تعهد رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتانياهو ومنافسه غادي آيزنكوت، اليوم، بتأليف حكومة جديدة رغم إخفاق الطرفين في تحقيق أغلبية بعد أول انتخابات تشريعية منذ السابع من تشرين الأول، بحسب "فرانس برس". وتعهد نتنياهو فجرًا، بتأليف حكومة جديدة، قائلا: "إن…

For this reason, the “Forces” called for shortening the Parliament’s term

MTV Lebanon: One of An-Nahar’s “secrets” said: A political activist said that the Lebanese Forces party’s aim in calling for shortening the term of the current Parliament, which extended its own term, was to close the door on any further extension beyond 2028, amid talk that has begun circulating about an additional two-year extension that would make the term…

MPs avoid making statements... This is what they were asked to do!

MTV Lebanon: One of Al-Nahar’s “secrets” said: It is noted that a number of MPs affiliated with political parties and movements are avoiding expressing their positions on diplomatic and military developments in the region, given the delicate situation and the rapid shifts and changes, and in response to recommendations from their party leaders…

Netanyahu leads Eisenkot’s camp by 13 seats

CH23: While the final results of the legislative elections held yesterday in Israel are expected to emerge in the coming days, preliminary results indicated that the coalition of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ahead. An update from the Central Elections Committee today, Wednesday, showed Netanyahu’s coalition leading by…

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بعد انتخابات متقاربة... نتنياهو وآيزنكوت يفتحان باب تشكيل الحكومة

Nidaa Al Watan: تعهد رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهو ومنافسه غادي آيزنكوت، الأربعاء، بتشكيل حكومة جديدة رغم إخفاق الطرفين في تحقيق أغلبية بعد أول انتخابات تشريعية منذ هجوم السابع من أكتوبر الذي أصاب إسرائيل بصدمة عميقة. وشهد الثلثاء إقبالا كثيفا للناخبين هو الأعلى…

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Israeli Elections Between the Bet on Change and the Constants of War

MTV Lebanon: Nadine Salam - Al-Liwaa: Polling stations in Israel saw unprecedented turnout in decades yesterday, in an election taking place amid ongoing escalation on the ground in Lebanon, with demolition and bulldozing operations, and the continued suffering of more than five thousand Palestinians who were displaced from the West Bank…

A warning carried by the “Mecca Delegation” to Tehran: What comes after Israel’s elections?

CH23: The historic elections in Israel, which saw the highest turnout in its history, did not overshadow the continued search for the outcomes of the meeting held in Tehran with the countries of the Mecca Alliance: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan. It is inseparable from the meetings held in Russia between President Vladimir Putin and the Emir of the State…

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The Dhahr al-Baydar explosives file returns to the government’s table

MTV Lebanon: On the Dhahr al-Baydar bombings file, sources told "Al-Liwaa" that "the file is expected to be raised again and put up for discussion in light of the repeated demands by the Lebanese Forces ministers and the Kataeb minister to refer the file to the Judicial Council, after the government confirmed its return to…"

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