This is Beirut, 20/05 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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France is "determined" to recognize a Palestinian state, its foreign minister said on Tuesday, condemning Israel for the "indefensible" situation in Gaza created by its military campaign and humanitarian blockade. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot also reaffirmed that Paris backed a Netherlands-led initiative for a review of the cooperation ...
This is Beirut, 20/05 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemen's Houthi rebels said Monday that they would imposed a "naval blockade" of the Israeli port of Haifa in response to Israel's escalation of the Gaza war. The Houthis would "begin working to enforce a naval blockade of the port of Haifa," said military spokesman Yehya Saree. "All companies with ships present in or heading to this port are ...
Michel Touma, 13/04 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Palestinians PLO civil war April 13 Kataeb Ain el Remmaneh
Ain el-Remmaneh, Sunday, April 13, 1975. A religious ceremony is held around 10 in the morning, to mark the inauguration of a Melkite church in this working-class suburb of Beirut, a stronghold of Lebanon’s main Christian parties. Several prominent figures are present, including President Camille Chamoun and Kataeb leader Pierre Gemayel. During ...
Marc Saikali, 27/03 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Hezbollah Israel Lebanon south palestinians
Who fired the missiles at Israel last Saturday? Was it Hezbollah? Its “independent” supporters? Palestinians? No one knows for certain. An investigation is underway, we are told. Yet, this incident has ignited tensions, and it is urgent to identify those responsible for potentially plunging Lebanon back into war. Meanwhile, the government ...
This is Beirut, 01/03 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Switzerland said it will host an international conference on March 7 on the protection of Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories, as called for in a United Nations vote. The 196 signatories to the Geneva Convention will be invited to the meeting, which will be attended by ambassadors, a spokesperson for the Swiss foreign ministry ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 2024-12-19 18:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fatah Hamas camps Palestinians Arms
In the context of the ceasefire agreement and the implementation of Resolution 1701, as well as previous resolutions such as 1559 and 1680, there is no mention of Palestinian weapons in Lebanon and the need to remove them, in line with international resolutions. And even though the National Dialogue held in March 2006 agreed on the need to ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-22 18:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel Police Iran spies palestinians
Israeli police said Tuesday they had arrested seven Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem on suspicion of planning to assassinate an Israeli scientist and a city mayor on orders from Iran. "The Shin Bet and the Central Investigations Unit of the Jerusalem district police arrested seven residents from the Beit Safafa neighbourhood in Jerusalem," ...