It's so painful to watch these scenes, but we can't just turn away.

🇱🇧The public shows of hate against Nawaf Salam are not some spontaneous displays of anger by people Hezbollah can’t control. They are a precision strike against a PM whose mandate will expire in a few months. They tactically spare the President (Christians) to divide and conquer

"هيدا فخر إلنا".. رواية محزنة ومؤثرة عن شهيد الجيش اللبناني ابراهيم مصطفى على لسان شقيقته خلال تشييعه في مجدلون بعلبك، ماذا حصل مع رفاقه الشهداء الذي سبقوه؟

Missing in this sentence: “Lebanese government”

Not mincing words

🇱🇧 I like that the government is tackling not only big strategic issues like independence from Iran and disarming Hezbollah, but also everyday concerns like private generator cartels and illegal money repatriation

Hidden in all this text is some juicy family drama. Nazek wants to ban “Rafiq”, the Hariri Biopic. But Bahaa is insulted by this and wants his father’s story to be told

🇱🇧 New Hezbollah equation: The strength of their rhetoric is inversely proportional to their real power and abilities

من حديثي اليوم لجريدة "الشرق الأوسط": كلام أمين عام حزب الله الشيخ نعيم قاسم يحمل تهديدا مُبطنا بالحرب الأهلية، ولا يوجد أحد في لبنان اليوم يريد الحرب الأهلية، والتهديد والتلويح بها مرفوض تماماً. الحديث عن أن الحكومة اللبنانية تنفذ مشروعا أميركيا إسرائيليا هو حديث مردود ...

🇱🇧Naïm Qassem’s outburst had already long been priced in. Nobody really believes that Hezbollah was just going to roll over and give away their weapons

“Solidere” did not change Lebanon’s identity. The civil war changed it. Solidere just cleaned up.

Probably the best summary of the Lebanese economy you will read today

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