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Political Hate Speech in Lebanese Social Media
Salam Zaatari 2024-08-22 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Hate speech has become an increasingly pervasive issue in today's interconnected world, particularly on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), amplifying divisive rhetoric with profound societal repercussions. In Lebanon, a country with a fragile sectarian balance, the recent surge in hate speech between Lebanese Shias and Lebanese ...
Narcotics Hidden Inside Food Containers at BIA, Two Individuals Arrested
This Is Beirut 2024-08-22 16:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Two Lebanese individuals were arrested in the Airport Road area following intensive investigations and inquiries by the Internal Security Forces (ISF) related to drug trafficking. The Public Relations Division of the ISF's General Directorate issued a statement, noting that the Central Anti-Narcotics Bureau had received information about a ...
Sports Federation Elections on the Warpath or Not?
Jalal Beaino 2024-08-23 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Three sporting elections are scheduled for the coming period: - The elections for the Olympic and non-Olympic sports federations will start soon, after the end of the Paris Olympic Games about a fortnight ago, and will run until the end of the year. - Elections for a new Olympic Committee Executive Committee, to be held next February. - The ...
Iran Will Fight Until the Last Arab
Marc Saikali 2024-08-24 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tehran’s brief statement reads: “Israel may be waiting a long time for Iran’s counteraction.” The regime’s staunch supporters see this as a shrewd strategic move to fray Israeli nerves, which they believe are consumed with worry. Yet, the more skeptical consider that Iran might delegate response to its proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas, and ...
A Lebanese State That Mirrors... an Orchestra
Alain E. Andrea 2024-08-24 18:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon is mired in an increasingly unbearable chaos, partly due to the persistent neglect of music education. Yet, music could offer a clear path to peace and, above all, harmony. One person affirms, “We need to restore our ties with the West,” in desperation, while another insists, “We must turn to the East,” pointing a finger. ...
Liverpool ‘Colossus’ Ron Yeats Dies Aged 86
This Is Beirut 2024-09-07 17:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Former Liverpool captain Ron Yeats, who led the club to their first FA Cup and two top-flight titles, has died aged 86, the Premier League side announced on Saturday. The ex-Scotland defender was part of the Liverpool side that won the Second Division title under Bill Shankly in 1962 and went on to win the old First Division twice, the FA Cup in ...
Rai: Reconciliation Is a Necessity for Lebanese Society
This Is Beirut 2024-08-25 12:41 - Reading : less than a minute
The Maronite Patriarch, Bechara Rai, underlined that "reconciliation is necessary for our Lebanese society," stressing that "with it, wars of personal interest, which are more dangerous than armed wars, would end." He also underlined the importance of national reconciliation, in a country where divisions are growing deeper, and the election of ...
A Second Airport Is No Aberration
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-08-27 11:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
We are being led to believe that attorney Majd Harb has committed a serious offense by submitting an urgent draft law proposal, signed by several MPs, to establish additional airports in Lebanon. The opposition to this proposal can be categorized into three main groups. While none of these groups have relied on weak excuses to justify ...
The Splitting of Nations: Divided by Conflict and Ideology
Salam Zaatari 2024-08-29 08:59 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The rise of Hezbollah has significantly altered the landscape of Lebanese governance. As the formation consolidates its influence, many Lebanese Christians and a faction of politicians have begun to voice their concerns over the erosion of state authority and the marginalization of legitimate institutions. This growing discontent has sparked ...
West Bank: Israeli Forces Kill Gunmen, Borell Demands Sanctions
This Is Beirut 2024-08-29 12:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli military said its forces killed five Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Thursday in a second day of "counter-terrorism" operations that have killed 14 in total. "Following exchanges of fire, the forces eliminated five terrorists who had hidden inside a mosque" in Tulkarem on Thursday morning, the military said. Among ...
Egypt Intensifies Draconian Repression of Free Speech
This Is Beirut 2024-08-29 15:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Egyptian authorities have intensified their crackdown on online freedom of expression, prosecuting and imprisoning dozens of people for social media posts, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. Since May 2024, prosecutors have ordered at least 110 travel bans and asset freezes in cases related to freedom of expression, and courts have ...
South Lebanon: Intermittent Fire Exchange
This Is Beirut 2024-08-30 22:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Intermittent exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army continued throughout the day in southern Lebanon on Friday. Late in the day, Israeli aircraft launched air strikes on the outskirts of the village of Zebqine in the western sector. A drone then targeted the same area, and artillery bombarded the plains of Marjayoun and Kfar ...
Football: Juventus Held by Roma in Drab Goalless Draw
This Is Beirut 2024-09-02 15:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Juventus were held to a goalless draw by Roma on Sunday, ending Thiago Motta's perfect start as coach of the Serie A giants. A match short on action and goalmouth incidents left Juve on seven points from their first three matches of the new campaign. Motta's team are behind the champions and league leaders, Inter Milan, on goals scored after a ...
Parliamentary Committees: Operating Guidelines and Political Context
2024-09-03 19:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Scheduled for October 22, the upcoming elections of parliamentary committees — typically a routine affair — will this year be a focal point of political maneuvering amid rising tensions within the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). For the FPM, the stakes are high, as the elections will decide whether key figures — Ibrahim Kanaan (Chair of ...
Former FPM MPs From Diman: A National Christian Dynamic Is Needed
2024-09-05 16:09 - Reading : less than a minute
Former Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) MPs Alain Aoun, Simon Abi Ramia, Elias Bou Saab and Ibrahim Kanaan met with Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai at the latter's summer residence in Diman on Thursday, to advocate for closing Christian ranks. At the end of the meeting, Kanaan announced that the former FPM MPs aimed to “create a national ...
Guterres: World Leaders Must Re-boot Global Cooperation
This Is Beirut 2024-09-06 08:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
On the occasion of the Summit of the Future, to be held on September 20 and 21 at UN headquarters in New York, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has sent us the following OP-ED: Final negotiations are underway in New York for this month’s Summit of the Future, where Heads of State will agree on reforms to the ...
Alain Aoun to This Is Beirut: Our Priority Is to Unblock the Stalled Presidential Election
Marilyne Jallad 2024-09-06 13:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MPs and former members of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) – Alain Aoun, Simon Abi Ramia, Elias Bou Saab and Ibrahim Kanaan – were at the Patriarchate's summer residence in Dimane on Thursday for a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai. Following the meeting, MP Alain Aoun delved into its intricacies in a conversation with This is ...
ISF Arrests Mastermind Behind Beirut-Mount Lebanon Theft and Robbery Gang
This Is Beirut 2024-09-07 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Internal Security Forces have arrested the mastermind of a gang responsible for numerous motorcycle thefts and armed robberies in Beirut and Mount Lebanon. The suspect, identified as H. J., a Lebanese citizen born in 1997, has a criminal record that includes robbery, theft, gunfire, and unlawful detention, according to a statement by the ...
Starmer Visits Ireland to 'Reset' Relations
This Is Beirut 2024-09-07 12:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday began the first visit by a British leader to Ireland in five years, vowing to "reset" damaged post-Brexit relations between the two nations. The visit, described by Downing Street as a "historic moment for UK-Ireland relations", signals a further warming in bilateral ties that had frayed under the UK's ...
Sustained Fire Exchange in South Lebanon, Casualties Reported
This Is Beirut 2024-10-02 12:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following a violent night in Beirut's southern suburbs, several regions in Lebanon came under Israeli attack on Wednesday. An Israeli raid took place in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Wednesday morning, near Choueifat. The villages of Zaoutar, Debel, Haouch, Ramadiya, Deir Kanoun, Markaba, Ras al-Ain and Froun were targeted. Three people were ...
Political Shiism and the Void Ahead
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-10-04 09:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The assassination of Hezbollah's Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, marked the conclusion of the fourth phase in Lebanon's history, known as political Shiism. Each phase has been characterized by the dominance of one of the major sects over the others in various ways. Political Maronitism prevailed from independence until the assassination of ...
Change Lebanon and CCLF Organize a Rally in Paris
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 10:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On the occasion of Lebanon’s Independence Day, the Lebanese Community in France, under the “Change Lebanon” (CL) initiative, and in coordination with its various components, including the Comité de Coordination Libano-Français (CCLF), is organizing a rally at Place du Panthéon in Paris. The event will take place tomorrow, Sunday, November ...
Israel Targets Abadiyeh in Aley District for the First Time, 12 people killed in Joun
This is Beirut 2024-11-12 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel strikes Beirut Tyre
The number of victims rose on Tuesday as Israeli attacks persisted across Lebanon. Israeli airstrikes killed 29 people across the country, among them many who had been displaced by the intensified conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The attacks targeted not only known Hezbollah strongholds such as the southern suburbs of Beirut, but also ...
Real Madrid - Valencia Postponed Due to Deadly Floods
This is Beirut 2024-10-31 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Real Madrid's away match at Valencia in La Liga this weekend was postponed on Thursday by the Spanish football federation due to floods that have killed more than 95 people. Villarreal's home match against Rayo Vallecano was also suspended after the devastating flash floods in eastern Spain. La Liga asked the Spanish football federation (RFEF) ...
Demographic Shifts Amid the Roar of Rockets
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-11-01 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon's demographic landscape has undergone continuous transformation since the country’s independence, up to the present date. For instance, a large number of Christian residents from the south gradually migrated over the years, driven by various occupations and conflicts. Many formally changed their civil registrations to new areas, ...
The Role of Social Media in the American Presidential Election
Tylia El Helou 2024-11-03 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA Kamala Harris Donald Trump Social Media Presidential Election
Social media has profoundly reshaped the American presidential election landscape, influencing campaign strategies, candidate-voter interactions and the direction of public debate. These platforms have become indispensable tools for capturing voters' attention, mobilizing support bases and shaping public opinion. However, they also present ...
Casualties Mount in Lebanon, Israel Announces the Elimination of Two Hezbollah Commanders in Khiam
This is Beirut 2024-11-03 11:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In southern Lebanon, Israeli air strikes targeted Ghaziyeh, the vicinity of the Tibnin government hospital, and a house in Aarabsalim. According to preliminary reports, three people were killed and nine injured in the strike on Ghaziyeh. The number of people injured in the Israeli strike on a residential apartment in Haret Saida is still ...
The Army Is the Ultimate Solution…
Tarek Karam 2024-11-04 14:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Joseph Aoun Lebanese Army Army commander
First, I want to clarify that the title of this article is inspired by a controversial book authored by retired Brigadier General Fouad Aoun. Released without a designated publisher or date toward the end of President Amine Gemayel’s term (1982-1988), the book aimed to promote the idea of “Michel Aoun or no one.” It provided a justification ...
Qataris Vote in Referendum on Scrapping Legislative Elections
This is Beirut 2024-11-05 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qataris went to the polls on Tuesday in a referendum on ending a brief and limited experiment with legislative elections in the wealthy emirate. Voters among the gas-rich peninsula's roughly 380,000 Qatari nationals cast their ballots on constitutional changes that would scrap the legislative council polls. In 2021, a year before Qatar held the ...
Israeli Shelling Targets Southern Lebanon, Barja, Jiyeh, and the Beqaa
This is Beirut 2024-11-05 16:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Tuesday evening, an Israeli raid targeted an apartment in a residential building near Barja High School in the town of Barja in Iqlim el-Kharroub (Shouf), where 600 displaced people from the south are sheltering. The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the ministry of Public Health issued a statement announcing that the Israeli raid ...