Previous administrations would be reaching out to Hizballah and offering it billions in exchange for a temporary semblance of peace and order. “U.S. Prepares Sanctions Against Hezbollah’s Allies in Lebanon,” by Dion Nissenbaum, Ian Talley and Benoit Faucon, Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2020: The Trump administration is preparing to impose anticorruption sanctions against prominent […]
Dima Sadek: Hezbollah ‘Worse Than Israel’
Dima Sadek was until last year an anchor for a popular political program in Lebanon, when she dared to criticize Hezbollah, and was promptly fired. Fortunately she still has her social media outlet, and her latest video tweet has been viewed 715,000 times. The story of her video is here. A Lebanese blogger’s criticism of […]
Ambassador Alberto M. Fernandez Discusses Lebanon’s Nightmare
Last Friday, Jihad Watch contributor Andrew E. Harrod on his blogtalk radio show Conservative Casual Friday had an excellent discussion concerning Lebanon’s history in light of the devastating August 4 Beirut harbor explosion with American diplomat Alberto M. Fernandez. This current vice president of the Middle East Media Research Institute has extensive experience in the […]
Carl Bildt Snipes At Israel
As is well known, whenever there is a natural or man-made disaster, anywhere in the world, Israel is always among the first to offer aid, beginning with Human Locator Devices to rescue those still under the rubble. It sends medical teams, medical equipment, medicines, field hospitals. And Israel has a long record, too, of providing […]
Lebanon’s president suggests he is open to peace talks with Israel
Aoun did not respond enthusiastically when asked if Lebanon would make peace with Israel. “That depends,” he said. “We have problems with Israel and we have to resolve them first.” This was, however, not a blanket rejection, as has always been given in the past. The Israel/UAE deal is reverberating positively around the Islamic world, […]
Canada: Hamas-linked Islamic group receiving public money for Beirut disaster relief
IRFAN’s links to Hamas has been long established. The former Conservative government revoked IRFAN’s charity status and labeled it a terrorist organization. A National Post article written six years ago states: “We are determined to stop Canadian funds from getting in the hands of terrorist groups,” said RCMP Assistant Commissioner James Malizia. “We continue to […]
Muslim sociologist says Beirut blast Allah’s punishment for blasphemy, homosexuality, plastic surgery in Lebanon
“You curse Allah and His religion, and you expect Him to give you success?” Abd Al-Zaziz Al-Khazraj Al-Ansari here assumes the Islamic view that obedience to Allah will bring one success in this world, and disobedience will bring ill fortune in this world. When pious Muslims don’t achieve success in this world, this often leads […]
Blaming the Beirut Blast on Israel
While there is near-universal agreement in Lebanon that the blast in Beirut was the result of a fire that caused 2,750 tones of ammonium nitrate — that had been carelessly stored in Hanger 12 at the Port of Beirut for six years — to explode, there are still those brazenly promoting the story that Israel […]
In Lebanon, Can Hezbollah Be Tamed?
When 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been carelessly stored for six years in Hangar 12 at the Port of Beirut blew up on August 4, the loss of life and destruction was terrific. 154 people have died so far, 5,000 have been wounded, 300,000 are now homeless, and $10-$15 billion in damage has […]
Israel Offers Medical Help to Lebanon, Lebanon Remains Silent
As so often happens after disasters worldwide, Israel was among the very first countries to respond to the blast in Beirut, offering medical help to the affected people. In this case, those affected are Lebanese, many of them Muslims, and their country, Lebanon, is still officially at war with Israel. None of that mattered to […]