Sergio Jalil

@ytirawi He Isa piece of shit!

Lebanon | An Israeli soldier smashing the head of a Jesus Christ statue during operations in southern Lebanon.

"The Romans occupied England in the 5th century, so anyone of Roman descent has a historical claim to the land." It's one of the best sketches I've ever seen, it is so accurate and highlights the situation in Palestine.

Israeli settlers escalate their incursions into Taybeh, the West Bank’s last fully Christian town, raising concerns over further land appropriation. The parish priest, Father Bashar Fawadleh, appeals for international intervention, as residents face mounting restrictions and call for peace, justice, and protection. vaticannews.va/en/church/news…

What happened in #Venezuela is not good news for #Hezbollah. Another driver of their decline! Will complicate their finances. This should empower #Lebanese politicians to press forward with phase 2 of the disarmament plan.

My latest article: The Politics of Hezbollah’s Disarmament: Why the World Supports It, Lebanon Is Polarized, and Tehran and Israel’s Right Resist It - independentdiaspora.org/3242/

Diaspora groups demand the enshrinement of expatriates' right to vote at their place of registration, and call for presidential and ministerial support to achieve equality among Lebanese. @LBpresidency @grandserail #128not6 #diasporavote #lebelections2026

THE HAGUE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The world's biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday. Eighty-six percent of those who voted among the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars backed the resolution declaring Israel’s "policies and actions in Gaza" had met the legal definition set out in Article II of the 1948 UN convention on genocide.

@Beirutspring Don’t forget that these are both regimes that resort to terror and the use of intelligence or proxies to do their dirty work (which both excell at doing it) and that does no bode well for the region nor the world. Both are serial violators of international law

For the Lebanese (and Arab nations), the best outcome for the Israel Iran war is neither a ceasefire nor a victory for any one side. The best outcome is an ongoing, long term, inconclusive war that weakens and degrades both of these aggressive and expansionist regional players

استقبل الرئيس #نواف_سلام وفدا من المجموعات الاغترابية اللبنانية ضم ممثلين عن 16 مجموعة اغترابية ناشطة في مختلف بلدان العالم. وبحسب بيان اصدره الوفد فقد اكد تمسّكه الكامل بحق اللبنانيين غير المقيمين في الاقتراع في أماكن قيدهم داخل #لبنان، أسوة بالمقيمين، ورفضه لحصر هذا الحق بستة مقاعد فقط كما ينص عليه قانون الانتخابات رقم 44/2017، الذي يُفترض تطبيقه بدءًا من انتخابات العام 2026. وشدد الوفد على ضرورة إقرار اقتراح قانون لتعديل المواد المتعلقة باقتراع غير المقيمين في قانون الانتخاب، في أقرب جلسة تشريعية لمجلس النواب، بما يضمن المساواة الكاملة بين اللبنانيين أينما وُجدوا، ويكفل حقهم الدستوري في المشاركة السياسية. ولفت إلى أن الاقتراح حظي حتى الآن بتأييد أكثر من 60 نائبًا. ويشمل الاقتراح توسيع قاعدة المشاركة الاغترابية من خلال تمديد مهلة تسجيل الناخبين غير المقيمين إلى 6 أشهر بدلًا من المهلة الحالية المحددة بشهر و20 يومًا، وخفض الحد الأدنى لعدد المسجلين في كل مركز اقتراع من 200 إلى 100 ناخب، إضافة إلى اعتبار البعثات الدبلوماسية المقيمة وغير المقيمة مركزًا واحدًا لاحتساب عدد الناخبين. كما دعا الوفد إلى اتخاذ إجراءات عملية لتسهيل مشاركة المغتربين في الانتخابات، لا سيما من خلال تسهيل عملية تجديد جوازات السفر وبطاقات الهوية، لضمان قدرتهم الفعلية على الاقتراع في الاستحقاقات المقبلة. #مجلس_الوزراء #pcm

@nntaleb Except ASSAD in Syria….

There could be other choices but here there are. I don't think comparing Trump to modern dictators is apt because they never directly aimed to hurt their own populations.

@Confusezeus Well… when you realize that one of the key leaders of the party has been Gebran Bassil… anything is possible…

Question is whether the next elections in 2026 will see a Aounist revival under new leadership or a new party.

@MohanadHageAli Sorry Mohanad… barbarity seems to be the new normal for certain Israeli parties and supporters…

Central Nabatieh in ruins, many childhood and family memories under this rubble, my father was laid to rest there. I am lost for words, this is barbaric …

@BeirutCalling @mahamyahya Hizballah set the trap and fell in it.

@caitoz You know nothing about Lebanon! Speak about what you know…

Hezbollah are just Lebanese people. There's this framing of "liberating Lebanon from Hezbollah" like they're some kind of invasive, alien presence, when they're an entirely native fighting force organically arising from the injustices and abuses inflicted by Israel and the west. The imperial spin machine always does this. The empire uses narrative to try and de-couple the people it wants to kill from the rest of the population in the nation they are targeting in order to legitimize the violence they want to inflict upon the country. They want to take out a certain government or element within a nation that conflicts with their interests, so they start babbling about "terrorists" or "evil dictators" or "regimes" in order to make it seem like they're not just attacking a country and murdering people who disobey them. If they can uncouple a nation from the people in that nation who they want to kill in the eyes of the public, then they can portray that killing as a heroic act of liberation from a force which doesn't belong there. If they can get you to believe that, then they can get you to believe they're killing people for the benefit of the nation they're attacking, instead of for their own benefit. It's literally always solely and exclusively for their own benefit, though. It's literally always a lie.

@konijntjeeeee @threadreaderapp unroll

¿Qué pasó realmente en el 98? Un hilo para entender el inicio de la dictadura venezolana (primera parte)

@LocalMaronite Maronite Patriarch Meouchi said: France for Lebanon is like the Sun… from afar iluminates us and warms us… too close it burns us….

@Confusezeus Is a fiction…. Only in a fiction the Iranian regime could be innocent…

Anyone watched S1 E3 of The Diplomat? I lost count of how many times 'she' says "it's not Iran" that hit the UK ship. She even says we need to investigate Saudi Arabia. It is fiction as strange as reality.

@Confusezeus Confusing? First most Americans need a Map to figure out that Persia is Iran, second they would have to figure out who is the guy wearing black robes and third they need to research where is the Strait of Hormuz… then the confusion begins…

Too confusing for the Americans.

@Narreddine @Hbounassif Whatever nationalism they claim is not Lebanese nationalism….

So apparently if you don't support being a broken shield to Iran, you are called a traitor of Lebanon. 🤦‍♂️ Basic Nationalism has been called Treason, so that basic Treason can be called Nationalism. The Age of Hezbollah in a sentence.

Let me summarize it a bit : The president of Cyprus and the president of the European Commission visit the country to announce an "Exceptional" aid package to Lebanon to help it shoulder the refugee crisis it has on its hands. Interesting, so they consider hosting 2 million refugees cost around 250mn per year ? (the deal covers years 2024-2027). Very well, we are willing to pay the 250 mn ourselves for the EU to host them. This would be the investment with highest ROI in history for Lebanon. Putting aside the arrogance and the cynicism of constantly declaring that the EU simply can't absorb any significant level of refugees (it's their right) but in the same time shaming us into hosting them indefinitely, the bare fact that they think they can throw us a bone and call it a day is mind boggling. To be fair, this doesn't only apply to the EU, all of the Arab world, starting with the GCC, are as liable as well. To put things into perspective, for the EU to be having the same refugee per capita level, they would be asked to host 300 mn refugees. Lebanon needs to be very clear regarding the financial package pledged to it : 1 - This is not aid. This is an obligation by the international community to cover the cost of hosting refugees. Lebanon wouldn't need it if the crisis wasn't forced onto it . 2 - This package is only a small down-payment, we would need at least 2.5 bn per year , and then again the cost of rebuilding the dilapidated infrastructure would not be fully covered 3 - Security help needs to be pledged as well : Our security apparatus needs to be beefed up significantly in equipment and overall power to deal with the unprecedented amount of delinquency (more than 80% of crimes are done by foreigners)