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37889 in English · 1020 original-language storiesNidaa Al Watan: I was flipping through the pages of the blue giant, “Facebook,” when a video appeared before me, dating back 15 years. It shows President Saad Hariri shouting and saying, in keeping with the color of his navy jacket and blue tie matching the color of his movement: “We want to breathe... I came to speak to you in colloquial Arabic, in the language of Lebanon’s youth, and the language of…”
Nidaa Al Watan: The challenge remains, even if the truck carrying explosives had not been discovered in Dahr al-Baidar, and there had been no proposal before the Council of Ministers to refer the threat to national security to the Judicial Council. It has become greater and more dangerous after "Hezbollah" declared that the explosives belonged to it, demanding their return, and all that was missing was a call to award medals…
Nidaa Al Watan: Amending Telecommunications Law No. 431, issued in 2002, is no longer a union demand limited to improving the working conditions of employees at the “Ogero” Authority. Rather, according to the Authority’s employees’ union, it has become a necessity imposed by rapid technological developments and changes in Lebanon’s telecommunications market. And between…
Nidaa Al Watan: Israelis entered their long election day yesterday carrying to the ballot boxes the weight of three years of fateful wars and political divisions, and emerged from it facing a scene suggesting that the battle for power will be prolonged. Exit polls conducted at polling stations by major television networks showed…
Elnashra: Last year, the announcement that Syria had joined the International Coalition to Defeat Terrorism stood out, despite the many question marks raised about…
Lebanon 24: The United States announced that it would grant Flávio Bolsonaro and his family visas to enter its territory, amid reports that he is heading to this country after refusing to acknowledge his defeat in the Brazilian elections. Advertisement A senior official at the U.S. State Department said: “The State Department will issue…
Lebanon 24: Syria’s General Authority for Ports and Customs announced that buses carrying Umrah pilgrims returning to the country would be allowed to cross, in addition to medical and humanitarian cases, despite the exceptional closure of the Nasib border crossing. Advertisement The director of the authority’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation explained,…
Al Manar: Eisenkot: “The Israelis” voted for change and against the policies…
Al Manar: Eisenkot: Netanyahu must not use “Israel’s” security for his considerations…
An-Nahar: Eisenkot confirms that Netanyahu has lost the people’s trust and announces the formation of a stable government to achieve political stability in…
Al Manar: Leader of the Yashar party Gadi Eisenkot: Netanyahu has found himself facing a large majority…
Al Jadeed: Channel 12’s new update: Netanyahu’s camp gets 53 seats and Eisenkot’s camp gets…
Al Manar: Hebrew Channel 13: Netanyahu’s bloc gets 51 seats, Eisenkot’s change bloc gets 51, and the Arab lists…
Lebanon 24: The French government is moving to require those involved in riots to pay compensation of up to 10 thousand euros for damage caused by vandalism, under a bill that is sparking widespread debate over the right to demonstrate, amid fears of holding peaceful protesters responsible for damage committed by other people within…
Al Jadeed: Channel 12 sample update: Netanyahu’s bloc gets 52 seats, Eisenkot’s bloc gets 50, and the Arab lists…
Saida Online: After she signed her new book, titled (Theatre and Sacred Memory), as part of the activities of the Arab and International Book Fair in Beirut, a delegation from Hezbollah, headed by Sidon sector official Sheikh Zaid Daher and including Ghaziyeh branch official Hajj Samir Hassoun, visited Dr. Hayat al-Rahawi’s home in the town of Ghaziyeh to congratulate her, where…
MTV Lebanon: Reuters, citing an updated poll conducted by Israel’s Channel 13: Netanyahu’s bloc is now tied with the camp of his rival…
Al Manar: Saudi media: Alert issued in Yanbu to warn of…
MTV Lebanon: Arab parties made significant gains, according to the first opinion poll results as voters left polling stations for Tuesday’s Israeli parliamentary elections. Israeli media reported heavy turnout among the base…
Al Liwaa: The transformation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s request and Parliament’s response in granting him constitutional authorization into a fully-fledged institutional process moves the Egyptian state from the realm of taking a position to that of readiness. This fundamental development establishes an effective constitutional authority with strategic dimensions that extend beyond the Yemeni arena…
An-Nahar: Bennett announces Netanyahu’s defeat and calls for the formation of a strong Zionist government to strengthen political stability in Israel after the elections…
Al Liwaa: When the blood of the innocent is shed, it is not only the victims’ faith that is tested, but the conscience of all humanity. And when a person is terrorized in their home, in front of a church, or inside a mosque, the attack is not against one particular group, but against the human right to life, security, and dignity. The martyrdom of the innocent in the attack…
Al Anbaa: Israel's Channel 12: There is a strong belief in Netanyahu's circles that the gap between the two political camps will narrow in the final results…
Al Liwaa: • Today, the citizens of Israel will determine what kind of state we will live in over the coming years: Will the government of those evading military service remain in power? Will the policy of containment, the loss of the state’s ability to assert its authority, and the high cost of living continue? Or will we form a government that puts citizens and working people at…
Al Liwaa: - The “Ministers’ Travel Observatory,” affiliated with the “Gherbal” initiative, revealed that ministers and officials have made 383 official trips abroad since the formation of President Nawaf Salam’s government. Of these trips, 107 were recorded as having procedural violations, as officials traveled before obtaining prior approval and requested it after their return!…
Al 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…
Al Liwaa: تكتسب الانتخابات التي جرت أمس في إسرائيل أهميتها من كونها جاءت بعد سنوات من المواجهات العسكرية والتحوّلات الأمنية التي أعقبت هجوم السابع من تشرين الأول 2023، وما تلاه من حرب إقليمية مفتوحة على احتمالات متعددة، وتوترات تتجاوز حدود فلسطين ولبنان إلى المواجهة مع…
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.…
Al Liwaa: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin yesterday that the Middle East is capable of solving its problems without US intervention. Pezeshkian said during his meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit in Moscow: “I believe we are capable of solving our problems in…”
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…
