The Sunnis are, unsurprisingly, determined to curb Hezbollah’s power by joining with all the other Lebanese groups that have had enough of Hassan Nasrallah and his bezonians goose-stepping through south Beirut. The Future Movement [predominantly Sunni], led by former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, has demanded that the state and military take responsibility, “in light of […]
Lebanese Politicians Want Their Government to Act Against Hezbollah (Part 1)
Lebanese politicians have been up in arms decrying their government’s inaction amid tensions with Israel. The story is here. They are not talking about the government acting against Israel, which has tried its best to dampen tensions with Hezbollah, but against Hezbollah. For it is Hezbollah that threatens to drag the Lebanese into a war […]
French Foreign Minister Le Drian to Lebanon: ‘Help Us to Help You’ (Part 2)
The French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, on his recent visit to Beirut could see for himself evidence of the economic abyss into which the country has fallen. Dozens of businesses in Lebanon are closing down permanently every day, thousands of people are losing their jobs or suffering massive pay cuts and the suicides of […]
French Foreign Minister Le Drian to Lebanon: ‘Help Us to Help You’ (Part 1)
France’s top diplomat Jean-Yves Le Drian scolded Lebanon’s leadership Thursday for failing to take the measures he said are necessary to save the country from collapse. The story is here. “Help us to help you is the message of my visit,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said after meeting Lebanese leaders in Beirut, adding […]
Former Lebanese Minister Sejaan Azzi: We Don’t Want War with Israel
In an interview on a Lebanese television station, a former minister, Sejaan Azzi, recently declared that Lebanon did not want war with Israel, and was against anyone in the country who did. At MEMRI.org, there is a summary of his remarks,followed by a partial transcript: In an interview aired on LBC TV (Lebanon) on May […]
In Beirut, Protesters Shout “No to Hezbollah”
As the coronavirus lockdown in Lebanon has eased, protesters against the government are back on the streets. While still shouting against the government for its mismanagement and corruption, and demanding its removal, the protesters have focused more of their attention on Hezbollah, the terror group that supports the government, violently suppresses protesters, and threatens to […]
How Weak Is Hezbollah? (Part 2)
Hezbollah now faces the worst crisis of its existence. It has thrown in its lot with a Lebanese regime widely perceived as both corrupt and incompetent; it has violently suppressed Lebanese protesting against that regime; it has shown it is not so much a leader of “national resistance” against Israel as it is Iran’s puppet, […]
How Weak Is Hezbollah? (Part 1)
The story, posted at The National, a UAE paper opposed both to Iran and to its proxy Hezbollah, is here: Some would say that, given the crisis Lebanon is facing today, Hezbollah’s project for the country is dead. Such statements, however, go too far. With thousands of men under arms, a missile arsenal, Iranian backing […]
Lebanon: Sunni Muslims enraged by Shi’ite videos criticizing Aisha, injure 48 people in riots
The Sunni-Shia split goes back to the beginning of Islam and has often been violent throughout Islamic history. The perception of an insult to Islam has all too often led to demands for the death of the offender, and if legal authorities don’t take action, mobs riot and call for lynching. In Western countries, such […]
Lebanon seeks $10,000,000,000 bailout from the IMF as Hizballah’s power increases
“Lebanon is set to request a $10 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to stem the country’s economic crisis, as part of the country’s financial rescue plan.” Meanwhile, the jihad terror group Hizballah has been gaining power in Lebanon, and holds 10% of parliamentary seats and two key ministry positions, including the Health […]
Hizballah joins Iranian jihadists in waging “health jihad” against coronavirus
The Ayatollah Khamenei’s call to wage “health jihad” is becoming manifest in specific actions: “Hezbollah has been using the coronavirus outbreak for propaganda purposes all week, publishing videos showing alleged “Hezbollah health units” helping disinfect parts of Lebanon and Iran with water hoses, a method the Middle East Monitor noted that scientists have dismissed as […]
Hizballah leader calls for Lebanon to boycott American products as “part of the battle to prove Islamic superiority”
“Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah has called for Lebanese citizens to strike at the heart of U.S. global success and boycott its goods and products as ‘part of the battle’ to prove Islamic superiority.” This battle “to prove Islamic superiority” is an Islamic mandate. The battle is to subjugate House of War (dar al harb) and incorporate […]
In Lebanon, Nasrallah Loses Support
In Lebanon, after the government in October announced plans to increase taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and WhatsApp calls, protesters took to the streets. In a country where the confessional divide has traditionally been of great consequence, members of all three major sects – the Christians, Shi’ites, and Sunnis – have joined the protests, a unity […]
Erdogan threatens EU: Submit or “we’ll send 3.6 million refugees your way”; Lebanese MP to EU: “Kneel before us”
Mohammad Raed, a Lebanese legislator representing Hezbollah: “All we have to do is wave the card of Syrian refugees and all the European countries will kneel before us.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: “Hey European Union. Pull yourself together…..If you try to label this operation as an invasion, it’s very simple: we will open the […]
Turks irked as Lebanon’s Aoun says Ottoman occupation was marked by repression and injustice
Dhimmis learn the lesson quickly: if you complain about your lot, it will go even worse for you. Islam mandates death for non-Muslim subjects of the Islamic state who mention “something impermissible about Allah, the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), or Islam” (‘Umdat al-Salik, o11.10), and such laws are based upon passages […]
Is the Umma Shatter-Proof? (Part 2)
A second news item comes from Lebanon, where “Palestinian” refugees — that is, the descendants of those Arabs who left what had been Mandatory Palestine just before, during, and after the 1948-49 war — have been engaged in protesting a new law regarding employment of non-Lebanese. Thousands of Palestinians protested in and around their camps […]
Lebanon: Sunni Muslim plotted jihad massacres at Christian churches and Shi’ite mosques
“And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know, whom Allah knows.” (Qur’an 8:60) “Lebanese Police Prevent Terrorist Attack on Churches,” International Christian Concern, June 19, […]
With aid from the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hizballah builds new missile manufacturing facility in Beirut
“With Iran’s aid, Lebanese-based terror group Hezbollah has built a new missile manufacturing facility in Beirut.” Hizballah is a an Iranian proxy. According to Hizballah’s original manifesto in 1985, its goals are to “destroy Israel, to expel Western influences from Lebanon and the wider Middle East.” There are no limits to what Hizballah will resort […]
Lebanon: Muslim politician apologizes to Allah for attending church and receiving priest’s blessing
“They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the son of Mary” (Qur’an 5:17). So Rola Tabsh has enraged some Muslims by acting as if people who say such things are worthy of respect. “A Muslim Goes to Church and Another Storm Erupts in Lebanon,” by Donna Abu-Nasr, Bloomberg, January 4, 2019 (thanks […]
Lebanon’s security chief praises jihad terror during a diplomatic counter-terrorism conference
The question discussed in the article below, “Why did Lebanon’s security chief praise terrorism during a counter-terrorism speech?,” should be the question routinely asked by anyone who supports the so-called “Palestinian resistance.” The entire “resistance” is a jihad operation that fools people into believing that Israel is at fault for merely trying to exist, for […]