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7337 in English · 219 original-language storiesAl Anbaa: Lapid: Our task is to form a Zionist government, even if it is not ideal or does not have a broad coalition from day one, and we will work to improve and expand it…
Al Liwaa: The most dangerous thing about corruption is not that it spreads among those in power and influence, but that it loses its ability to provoke condemnation; that money becomes a source of respect regardless of its origin, and that an official’s success is measured by the wealth he has amassed and the connections he has built, not by the public service he has provided. At that point, the crisis is no longer confined to…
Al Liwaa: ثمة مؤشرات تدلّ على أنّ لبنان، ومن بوابة جنوبه، قد يتحوّل إلى ورقة في صناديق الاقتراع الإسرائيلية. فبعد وعيد رئيس حكومة الكيان الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهو بتحويل بيروت والضاحية الجنوبية إلى أهداف عسكرية، في حال تدخّل حزب الله لإسناد إيران إذا شنّت إسرائيل…
Al Liwaa: Topping the list are the failures of Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Gebran Bassil and the former energy ministers aligned with him, who succeeded one another throughout the past decade in managing the Ministry of Energy, after tens of billions of dollars were spent, most of which went into the pockets of those who benefited from them, and all of Lebanon was plunged into darkness…
MTV Lebanon: Naftali Bennett: We will do everything to form a government…
Al Liwaa: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Youssef Raggi accepted an invitation from Kuwait’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammed Al-Sharji, to a luncheon with ambassadors of the Gulf Cooperation Council states, and wrote on his page on “X”: I was honored to accept the invitation of the Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to Lebanon, Mohammed Al-Sharji, to a luncheon that brought me together with ambassadors of the Cooperation Council…
Al Liwaa: Exit polls showed that Israel’s election held yesterday apparently produced no clear winner, and predicted that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival Gadi Eisenkot would win a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.…
Kataeb: Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of an “Arab left-wing government” after the polls for the Knesset elections closed,…
Al Liwaa: Polling stations in Israel saw an unprecedented turnout yesterday, the highest in decades, 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 displaced from the West Bank, alongside the fragile Gaza ceasefire and escalating…
Al Liwaa: On the day of the Israeli elections, attacks in the south did not stop—shelling, overflights, airstrikes and the demolition of homes—even though the occupation army’s soldiers were among the most enthusiastic voters, with more than (68%) perhaps hoping to escape the cycle of wars that the current caretaker prime minister, Benjamin… boasts about.
An-Nahar: Ben Gvir rejects forming a unity government with Eisenkot, describing it as a government of paralysis that would affect political stability in…
Al Liwaa: Under the patronage and in the presence of First Lady Neemat Aoun, the opening ceremony of the “SAB Chair in Beirut” was held, in partnership with the French Embassy and at the invitation of Blue Shores International, on the Ain al-Mreisseh Corniche, in the presence of Tourism Minister Laura Khazen Lahoud and Information Minister Dr. Paul Morcos, and MPs Najat Aoun…
Al Anbaa: Hochstein: We have witnessed a striking rejection of Netanyahu’s extremist government, and we hope the American people will express a similar rejection of policies…
Al Liwaa: ☐ Under the patronage of the President of the Lebanese Republic, General Joseph Aoun, Télé Liban will hold its annual meeting at eleven o’clock tomorrow morning, Thursday, to present its strategy and vision for the next phase, and the projects completed during the past year, at the Télé Liban studios in Hazmieh. ☐ The president of the Council…
MTV Lebanon: Israel’s Channel 12, citing Ben-Gvir: We hear talk of forming a unity government with Eisenkot, and this is a mistake…
Al Anbaa: Joint List chairman Yousef Jabareen: The far-right government that ignited the wars will not be able to continue…
Al Liwaa: Between the “neutrality” suit and scaremongering about war, the Lebanese media decided to become an undeclared election campaigner in Israel: one hands out missiles on the news bulletins, another hands out hopes for de-escalation, and a third puts on the glasses of a neutral analyst to dissect the mood of the Israeli voter, perhaps finding among the ballot-box votes…
Al Anbaa: Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman calls on Likud members to rebel against…
Al Liwaa: Election day in the Hebrew state was no ordinary day; from its earliest hours, it seemed more like an open political battle over the identity of the state and its future. Turnout rose to an unprecedented level in decades, accusations of election ballots being destroyed and voters being obstructed escalated, while Netanyahu…
MTV Lebanon: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp had suffered a crushing defeat, in his first comment after polling stations closed in the Israeli elections. Lapid added, on his page on “X,” that the public had sent a message…
Al Anbaa: Ben Gvir: Some are talking about a unity government with Eisenkot, and that would be a mistake…
Al Anbaa: Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party: Israel’s prime minister acted like the leader of a criminal organization and crossed every…
ASAS Media: Recently, as in the 2024 war and on 2 March 2026, “the party” refused to state its position on whether it would enter the war if a confrontation broke out…
Al Anbaa: Ben Gvir: Channel 14’s poll on the Israeli elections is the correct one; we won 60 seats and will form a right-wing government…
ASAS Media: 3 defendants located outside Kuwait directed 7 others to plan the operation, and those others held meetings to determine how to carry it out and divide…
El Shark: The “Ghassan Skaff National Forum” held its regular meeting and discussed political and security developments amid escalating regional and international tensions, and the risks and challenges imposed by this phase, particularly in light of the two electoral events in the United States and Israel and their implications for the course of the conflict in…
El Shark: Prime Minister Nawaf Salam received Camille Chamoun, head of the National Liberal Party and a member of parliament, at the head of a party delegation. After the meeting, Chamoun said: “Today, we wanted to make this visit to the prime minister to brief him on the contacts we are currently conducting. We believe in national dialogue, and this dialogue must…”
El Shark: Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri received former minister Wadih Al-Khazen at the Second Presidency headquarters in Ain al-Tineh, where they discussed developments in the general situation, political and field developments, and national affairs. After the meeting, Minister Al-Khazen said: “I was honored to meet President Nabih Berri, with whom we discussed…”
El Shark: Between Benjamin Netanyahu’s advances and the impossibility of a decisive outcome, Lebanon awaits the outcome of the Israeli election and its repercussions for outstanding issues, from restricting weapons and extending state authority to negotiations with Israel and the post-UNIFIL phase in the south. At home, calls for dialogue and negotiations intersect with an escalation…
Tayyar: The ministers representing the “Lebanese Forces” announce that they will not participate in the Cabinet session scheduled for Thursday, devoted exclusively to discussing the waste file, in protest at the failure to include on the agenda an item referring the case of the explosives in Dahr el-Baidar to the Judicial Council. While the ministers stress the importance of the file…
El Shark: MP Sajih Atiyeh visited the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Fahd bin Abdulrahman Al-Dossary. The meeting comes as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral relations and explore ways of joint cooperation between the two brotherly countries. Atiyeh wrote on the “X” platform: “I was very happy to meet the distinguished and kind ambassador, and every…
El Shark: Lebanon’s Grand Mufti, Abdul Latif Derian, received Iraq’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammed Dardha al-Husseini, at Dar al-Fatwa, and they discussed the situation in Lebanon and the region. Ambassador al-Husseini also visited Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh in his office at the National Library today, on a protocol visit. It was an occasion…
El Shark: The Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Committee held a meeting chaired by MP Fadi Alama and attended by Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Youssef Rajji and the committee’s members. Alama said in a statement, “The committee heard from Minister Rajji about the results of the latest contacts and the efforts being made to safeguard Lebanon’s security and stability, and affirmed…
El Shark: The former honorary consul of Lebanon in the African Republic of Ghana and former head of the Lebanese community there, Saeed Fakhri, and his wife, Mrs. Saada al-Asaad Fakhri, received the writer and journalist Ali Badr al-Din, who gave them a copy of his latest book, titled “150 Days of Bitter Displacement.” Writer Badr al-Din visited,…
El Shark: “Project Homeland of the Human” launched the “Peace and Prosperity” Forum at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, through the YOUth Lead and CIVITAS 3 initiatives, in the presence of the chairman of the executive council of “Project Homeland of the Human,” MP Neemat Frem, the university’s first vice president, Professor Neamat Azouri, and the director of the Office of Relations…
El Shark: The Royal Hashemite Court announced Wednesday that King Abdullah II received the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. During the meeting, the Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs conveyed the condolences of the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, regarding…
