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@PolitVulpes @sawaya_nicolas Your basis is devoid of historical context. The have unequivocally stated their territorial goals in clear terms many times, acted upon them before there was resistance, and have the map on the uniform. You can believe otherwise or you can believe what they have said and done.

@sawaya_nicolas I don't base it off pronouncement. I base it on following through their strategic literature and security policy sphere both in Tel Aviv and Washington.

The truth is that many thoughtful Lebanese commentators advocating for the Lebanese negotiation track w/ Israel while calling for Hizballah's disarmament are (inadvertently, unintentionally, unwittingly), advocating for Israeli occupation / subjugation of Lebanon in one form or another. That's not that group's intent. It's not their desire. But it's hard to see that approach leading to anything but that result, regardless of desire or intent. (note that there is a separate group of Lebanese, much smaller in numbers, who genuinely want Lebanon to be under Israeli tutelage - think of the Antoun Sehnaouis of Lebanon).

@MelissaLantsman You're full of it. More than enough real journalists and observers have reported on the ground and seen the truth while you spew lies devoid of facts. As an MP you have a duty of truth in representation. Fortunately the time for war mongers like you is ending.

Iran’s regime hangs democracy activists, burns protesters, shoots women for removing hijabs, and exports terror into Canadian communities. Liberals looked at that regime and with its deafening silence at the UN said: same side.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Then they denied it.

Mapped the IDF's newly declared "Forward Defense Zone" in south Lebanon. Its maritime boundary fully absorbs Lebanon's Qana gas field, whose exploration rights were explicitly guaranteed under the 2022 US-brokered maritime border agreement. More maps in this thread 🧵

You speak of the Army securing the country, of Lebanon's sovereign rights and borders. Are these words simply to disguise your true colours and alignment with occupier? Words mean nothing, actions matter. Disgraceful. @LBpresidency @nawafsalam @YoussefRaggi

@YoussefRaggi @SenatorWong Since the last ceasefire you have not pursued the removal of Israeli occupation and actions in the South, blocking of Army deployment to the border, and demanded stopping the daily attacks. I would love for you will act in Lebanon's interest vs. mere words. Prove the talk Mr FM.

I received a phone call from @SenatorWong, Australia’s Foreign Minister, during which she reaffirmed her country’s full support for the steps being undertaken by the Lebanese Government to extend its sovereignty over all its territory. She also stressed the importance of restoring stability and security, and expressed Australia’s readiness to provide the necessary humanitarian assistance. For my part, I thanked her for the support and affirmed that Lebanon was drawn into a war it did not choose. I also stressed that the Government remains committed to reclaiming the decision over war and peace and to asserting its sovereignty over the entirety of Lebanese territory. I further expressed our hope that the negotiating track will lead to the recovery of occupied lands and Israel’s withdrawal.

@ytirawi @TuckerCarlson Another example for you.

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

@tparsi @tparsi @dimitrilascaris check out this one featuring @georgegalloway :) ... Thank you George, would love to connect! youtu.be/Z2jRBaMeqoc?si…

Stunning lyrics by Siba Alkhiami, a German-based artist, against Israel's repression of Palestinians.

@MarioNawfal You post about all the destruction in the South, who the aggressor is, what's happening on the ground, what happened/happening in Gaza, and have guests on your show that tell you the same. And then you post this? Are you drunk? Get hacked? Alternate personalities? Please explain.

TIME FOR LEBANON TO DISARM HEZBOLLAH

@ejmalrai Those from the soil can never be anything other than true guardians of the land and, when returned to the soil, cause the next generation of guardians to rise. We are far from humiliation. Alhamdillah.

Five Israeli divisions (70-80k) supported by the most powerful air force and tanks armoured division failed to occupy Bint Jbeil, 3.5 km from the border. Do you expect the Lebanese army to disarm Hezbollah?

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🟡**Statement issued by Hezbollah:** To our dear people of the resistance, With the announcement of the ceasefire, and in the face of a treacherous enemy that has a history of violating pledges and agreements, we call on you to remain patient and not to head toward the targeted areas in the South, the Bekaa, and the southern suburbs of Beirut until the course of events becomes fully clear. We understand the depth of your longing to return to your villages and homes, and we appreciate your patience and steadfastness that you have shown to the entire world, but we urge you, out of concern for your safety and your precious lives, to remain patient and endure. God willing, you will return to your villages with your heads held high, honored as you have always been.

@HalaJaber And that is a big difference. It will not be the previous one-sided ceasefire Inshallah.

‼️ Same ‘ceasefire.’ Same war. So let’s be clear. Iran was pushing for a broader deal, a full end to hostilities, withdrawal, & prisoner arrangements. Lebanon’s leadership rejected that path, insisting they were capable of negotiating on their own. And what did that produce? A 10-day “ceasefire” where Israeli forces remain, strikes continue, & nothing is actually resolved, a return to the post–November 2024 status quo. Israeli forces stay in Lebanon, with the freedom to strike at will. The same model, the same violations, just rebranded. In other words: nothing resolved, everything deferred. The only difference this time is that Hezbollah will not sit back. Any breach will be met with fire. But at least Lebanon’s president got his one-on-one with Trump. Bravo.

@ejmalrai Thank you for the response. Given my family is from a border village, I'm attempting to wrap my head around whether there can be enough pressure mustered to achieve true sovereignty vs. the previous Lebanese and ongoing Gaza ceasefire where Israel consolidates gains.

@jaafer If it would work even without a withdrawal. What won't work if Israel starts killing Hezbollah militants during the ceasefire.

Hezbollah will reject any previous rule of engagement established by Israel between October 2024 and February 2026. Otherwise, the ceasefire won't last 24 hours.

@MarioNawfal Unbelievably shallow statement devoid of history or context. Lebanese decision-making requires consensus or is hallow - the multi-confessional system requires this reality. When a puppet government is summoned by the puppet master, they are not speaking for themselves.

🇱🇧🇺🇸🇮🇱 Lebanon showed up to talks in Washington and did something it hasn't done in decades: spoke for itself. For years, Hezbollah has operated as a state within a state, fighting wars on Iran's behalf while the Lebanese government watched from the sidelines. Lebanon's foreign policy wasn't really Lebanese, it was Tehran's. That's what made this week unusual. By sitting across from Israeli and American officials, the Lebanese government was sending a message: we speak for Lebanon, not Hezbollah. No ceasefire came out of it, no peace deal, but that wasn't really the point. The point was the separation. Lebanon is signaling it wants out of Iran's orbit, that its future gets decided in its own institutions, not in Tehran. Hezbollah rejected the talks entirely, which tells you everything. A process that sidelines their military role is a process that threatens their existence. Source: Now Lebanon

@nawafsalam I simply can't understand how you think the world believes your statements and games. It is due to an Iranian condition to continue talks. We will also no doubt continue to witness you ignore continued killing & occupation as the last ceasefire while blaming your own countrymen.

أرحّب بإعلان وقف إطلاق النار الذي أعلنه الرئيس ترامب، وهو مطلب لبناني محوري سعينا إليه منذ اليوم الأول للحرب، وكان هدفنا الأول في لقاء واشنطن يوم الثلاثاء. وإذ أهنّئ جميع اللبنانيين بهذا الإنجاز، أترحّم على الشهداء الذين سقطوا، وأؤكّد تضامني مع عائلاتهم، ومع الجرحى، ومع المواطنين الذين اضطروا إلى النزوح من مدنهم وقراهم، وكلّي أمل أن يتمكّنوا من العودة إليها في أسرع وقت. ولا يسعني أيضًا إلا أن أشكر كل الجهود الإقليمية والدولية التي بُذلت للوصول إلى هذه النتيجة، ولا سيما من قبل الولايات المتحدة الأميركية، وفرنسا، ودول الاتحاد الأوروبي، وكل الأشقاء العرب، وفي طليعتهم المملكة العربية السعودية وجمهورية مصر العربية، إضافة إلى دولة قطر والمملكة الأردنية الهاشمية.

The evil we are witnessing in real-time is beyond comprehension.

Documentary Evidence: Video Capturing the Targeted Crime Against Paramedics in Mayfadoun Following the statement issued by the Ministry of Public Health yesterday regarding the massacre targeting emergency medical teams in the town of Mayfadoun, the Ministry is releasing this video—captured by the cameras of the Nabatieh Ambulance Association—which documents the brutal moments of this barbaric assault. The footage clearly demonstrates: Deliberate Targeting: The intentional strike on ambulance crews in three consecutive waves. Defiance of International Law: A total disregard for all international treaties and norms that grant special protection to medical personnel. Obstruction of Rescue: The enemy's persistence in blocking life-saving operations and targeting those attempting to evacuate the wounded and deceased.

@MsMelChen Sure....when you ignore the repeated invasions, destruction, annexation as part of state doctrine - sure we're the same. I don't think I've read a more tone def post since Twitter was founded. Learn history, it will do you good vs. being a pillar of fantastical ignorance.

The first time I was flying to Beirut, the desk officer at London Heathrow asked before checking us in, “have you been to Israel?” We had rehearsed the answer to this question before. But Winston can't lie, so he said yes. I gave him the dirty look. There goes our vacation! "Well, you don't have the stamp on your passports so just make sure you tell the officer in Beirut that you haven't," she intoned. I was stressed out for the next 5 hours, and even more so when we had to face the border officer who, by the grace of God, did not ask us THE question (even though he took our passports to a secondary office for extra checks). Spending time in Beirut, you realize that it's the same Mediterranean light that bathes Tel Aviv; the sea is the same shade of shimmering blue because... well, it's the same sea. In both places, young people spill out of clubs at sunrise, the bass still thumping from rooftops that overlook the same ancient coastline. Both cities pulse with the same Levantine hunger for life: the clink of arak glasses, endless plates of hummus swirled with olive oil, the sudden eruption of dabke or house music that pulls strangers into a circle. Parties start on the rooftops of Gemmayze in Beirut and tumble down into Mar Mikhael’s narrow alleys; in Tel Aviv they begin on the sand at Gordon Beach and migrate to the warehouses of the Florentin district. These are both stylish people who love life, and who love to party. The energy is truly infectious. The accents may differ but something about this weird combination along with a deep sense of rootedness in community and the extended family really underscore how similar they were. And yet, there's been a wall between these two peoples. There are no flights stitching the 45 min hop across the water. No commercial trucks rumbling between the ports. Lebanese law forbids its citizens - inside the country or in the diaspora - from so much as speaking to an Israeli, a rule so absolute that some Lebanese friends of mine who live in Europe still glance over their shoulders before typing a reply to any Israeli even outside the country, whether for business or pleasure. I spent evenings in Beirut listening to Lebanese friends speak of Israelis not as the enemy but as people caught in the same endless loop of fear and longing. Decades of Hezbollah’s shadow have hollowed out parts of Lebanon, turning the south into a garrison and the economy into a ruin. Yet in the cafés of Achrafieh and the mountain villages above the city you hear it more and more: a quiet, exhausted recognition that the real hostage-takers are not across the border but inside it. I keep imagining the day the question at Beirut airport changes. I keep picturing the first flight from Rafic Harari to Ben Gurion. One day the music will be louder than the fear. One day the Lebanese and the Israelis will throw the party the rest of the world has been waiting for. I hope this is the first step:

@nawafsalam Quite remarkable @nawafsalam. Unity, lessons, and authority. Great message but your actions have shown the opposite - Ignoring the South, zero protection, suffering, while bowing to the entity murdering and openly coveting the land. Sovereignty requires strength. Not complicated.

كلمتي إلى اللبنانيين عشية ذكرى ١٣ نيسان: عشية ذكرى اندلاع الحرب الأهلية في 13 نيسان 1975، ما أحوجنا اليوم إلى أن نتعلّم من ماضينا، لا أن نستحضره للتهويل او الترهيب، ولا أن نحوّله إلى سلاح في وجه بعضنا البعض. في تلك الحرب، التي أنتجت خرابًا هائلًا، وذكريات موجوعة وانقسامات دفعت أجيالًا كاملة أثمانها، أخطأ الكثيرون. بعضنا أخطأ حين حمّل لبنان أكثر مما يحتمل، فغلّب تضامنه مع قضايا عادلة على حساب مقتضيات حماية سيادة البلاد وأمنها. وبعضنا الآخر أخطأ أيضًا حين اعتقد أنه يمكن تحويل ضعف لبنان إلى قوّة. وأخطأ كل من لجأ إلى دعم خارجي متوهّمًا أن لا هدف لهذا الخارج سوى دعمه، فوجد نفسه أسير لعبة أكبر منه. ففي الحرب الأهلية تقاتل بعضنا مع بعض، ودفع الجميع الثمن. أما اليوم، فالمطلوب أن نقف جميعًا مع بعضنا البعض، لا بعضنا في وجه بعض، وأن نحصّن الداخل، ونمنع الفتنة، أو التهديد بها، أو التهويل بالحرب الأهلية، وكأننا لا نعرف أثمانها. أيها اللبنانيون، أيتها اللبنانيات، أتوجّه إليكم اليوم في منعطفٍ مأساوي آخر من تاريخنا، حيث يثقل القلوب شعورٌ جارح بأن الصوت قد لا يصل، وأن المعاناة لا تجد دائمًا من يُنصفها. أعرف، وأدرك تمامًا، آلام من فقدوا أحبّاءهم، بيوتهم، قراهم، وحقول زيتونهم، ومن يجدون أنفسهم اليوم يتنقّلون من مأوى إلى آخر. أفهم غضبكم، وحاجتكم لأن يُسمَع صوتكم، حتى عند أبواب السراي. وأفهم أيضًا قلق وغضب أولئك الذين لم يعودوا يحتملون مصيرًا لا يختارونه بأنفسهم، مصيرًا تصنعه إرادات غيرهم، ولو بالحرب والدمار. وأعلم أن ذاكرة الرابع من آب لم تندمل، خاصة عند أهلي في بيروت، وأنها استُحضرت بكل قسوتها مع فاجعة الثامن من نيسان، وضحاياها المدنيين العزّل. أعلم أنكم جميعاً سئمتم أن يُسلب منكم حقّكم في تقرير مصيركم. أشعر بوجع الأمّ التي فقدت ابنها المقاتل على الجبهة، كما أشعر بوجع الأمّ التي فقدت طفلًا لم يختر هذه الحرب، ولم يطلب سوى أن يعيش. أعلم أنكم جميعًا تتألّمون… أكثر مما يُحتمل، ومنذ زمنٍ طويل. وأدرك أيضًا أن ما كان مصدر غنى لهذا البلد — أي تنوعه — قد يتحوّل في بعض الأوقات إلى عامل انقسام. تحملون في وجدانكم ذاكرةً جامعة، إلى جانب ذاكرات وتجارب متباينة. ومسؤوليتي أن أعزّز ما يجمع بين هذه الذاكرات، وأن أهدّئ توتّراتها، وأن أقرّب بينها قدر الإمكان. وأهلي في الجنوب يعرفون أكثر من غيرهم كلفة الحروب والانقسامات والرهانات الخاطئة. فقد دفعوا على مدى عقود أثمان الاحتلال والاعتداءات والتهجير، كما دفعوا أيضًا أثمان تعدّد مراكز القرار وغياب الدولة أو ضعف حضورها. ومن هنا، فإن من واجبنا الوطني اليوم أن نؤكد أن الجنوب لن يُترك مرة جديدة وحيدًا في مواجهة الخوف والدمار والقلق على المصير. حمايته، كما حماية كل لبنان، لا تكون إلا بدولة واحدة قوية وعادلة. وسنستمر في العمل من أجل وقف هذه الحرب، التي لم تكن خيارنا، وتأمين الانسحاب الإسرائيلي من كامل أراضينا، واسترجاع كل أسرانا، ومن أجل إعادة إعمار قرانا وبلداتنا المدمّرة، وعودة أهلنا النازحين الآمنة إليها، وتمكينهم من العيش فيها بكرامة وأمان. ولهذا، فإننا مستمرون بجهودنا لوقف الحرب، وفي مقدّمتها المبادرة التي قدّمها فخامة الرئيس للتفاوض لوقف الحرب، وتمكين مؤسسات الدولة الشرعية من القيام بدورها الكامل في حماية لبنان واللبنانيين. لذلك فلنعد جميعًا، إلى ما ارتضيناه ميثاقًا فيما بيننا لا لوقف الحرب الأهلية فحسب، بل لبناء الدولة المنشودة، الدولة العادلة القوية، الدولة الواحدة الحاضنة لجميع أبنائها، والمقصود هنا ان نعود جميعاً لاتفاق الطائف. فلنطبّق بنوده كاملة، ولنصوّب ما طُبّق منه خلافًا لنصّه أو روحه، ولنعمل على سدّ ما بيّنت فيه الممارسة من ثغرات، وعلى تطويره كلما برزت حاجة إلى ذلك. ولما كان اتفاق الطائف قال ببسط سلطة الدولة على كامل أراضيها بقواها الذاتية، وهو ما لم نفعله منذ إقرار هذا الاتفاق، ففي تنفيذ ذلك ما يوفّر الأمن والأمان لكل المواطنين، ويسمح ببسط سلطة القانون في كل أرجاء البلاد وعلى الجميع بالتساوي. فلا يكون أحد فوق القانون أو خارجًا عنه. كرامة الوطن هي كرامتكم جميعًا، دون تمييز. وإذا كان الحفاظ عليها يقتضي اليوم تواضعًا ومسؤولية، فأنا ملتزم بذلك… وأدعوكم جميعًا إلى التمسّك بما يجمعنا، حمايةً لوطننا ولمستقبل أبنائنا. فلنواجه معًا الأخطار المحدقة بنا بالعقل والوحدة والمسؤولية الوطنية. وحدتنا اليوم ليست شعارًا عاطفيًا، بل ضرورة وطنية. كلّنا للوطن، والوطن لنا جميعًا

@DimaSadek Dima - Can you point to one other country on earth that works to actively remove the ability to defend their nation and acquiesces to attacks of another country that has an unapologetically open stated goal of expansion and occupying their land since 1919? Go ahead, I'll wait.

ب ١٥ شهر الدولة ما عملت شي. بشهر واحد من حرب الحزب ، تهجر كل الجنوب، كل الضاحية، جزء من بيروت، ١١٠٠ شهيد ، و اسرائيل فاتت ع ٣٠ ضيعة. حلّل و ناقش.