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Singer George Wassouf held in Sweden on drug charges: police - Yahoo! News

Syrian-Lebanese crooner George Wassouf was arrested in Sweden at the weekend on drug charges just hours before he was due to... more

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Samir Kuntar Vows to Work for End of Israel

Three months after his release from Israeli prisons in the Operation al-Redwan, Lebanese resistance hero Samir Kintar said he is... more

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Egyptian tycoon pleads innocent in singer's murder

An Egyptian tycoon and an associate pleaded not guilty today to charges they orchestrated the gruesome murder of a Lebanese pop... more

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Inside the Life of Middle East's Slain Pop Princess

She's the face behind a crime that shook the Middle East. Suzan Tamim, a Lebanese singer who was murdered in Dubai, is the... more

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Syria recognizes Lebanon after 6 decades

Syria said Tuesday it plans to open an embassy in Beirut and an official with the Syrian Foreign Ministry said that will likely... more

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Lebanese business plans to sue Israeli Hummus

JERUSALEM, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A Lebanese business group plans to sue Israel in an international court, claiming its neighbor has... more

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Israel TV News: Massacre in Jenin, The Horrible Genocide by Israel

Israel TV Reports Israel army killing several people in Palestine Muslim genocide killing. Now, even Israeli TV, all three of... more

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First, however, imagine if you will the Roman Catholics or Southern Baptists declaring for themselves a "state" within the U.S., in which they will recognize the human rights of only members of their own religion, and in which they intend to seize homes, lands, orchards, properties and water rights belonging to others, and then drive out the residents who had previously resided in and around their newly claimed "state." Such a situation would not be permitted because it is clearly illegal.

The creation of a "homeland" for Zionists did not happen overnight. Zionist Israel did not simply erupt into existence in 1948. Instead, its plans were drafted and crafted on various papers in England, dating back to the early 1900s. In a 2002 interview with BBC News, previous UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, blamed much of the current and ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict on the activities of "Britain's imperial past." It was the "Balfour Declaration" of 1917, in which England "gave" the land of the Palestinians to the Zionists.

(1) (2) Zionist Israel was born, one might say, as the product of explosives. In the early 1900s, Dr. Chaim Weizmann discovered a way to use industrial fermentation to facilitate the manufacture of cordite. This proved to be immensely helpful to British war efforts, and when he was asked how he wished to be compensated for the services he rendered to Britain, Weizmann reportedly answered, "There is only one thing I want-a national home for my people." Specifically, he desired Palestine. The Balfour Declaration would soon be written, and Dr Weizmann would eventually become the first president of a new state called "Israel."

(3) With the Balfour Declaration, one nation promised a nation not yet in existence the land already inhabited by a third nation. The third nation was not consulted. Balfour would later write, "For in Palestine we do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country" and, he further wrote of Palestine, "Zionism, be it right or wrong, good or bad, is rooted in age-long tradition, in present needs, in future hopes, of far profounder importance than the desire and prejudicies of the 700,000 Arabs who now inhabit that ancient land." With his own personal prejudices, Lord Balfour put pen to paper and ultimately ruined the lives of human beings now numbering in the millions. He apparently failed to realize that many of the Palestinians had been living on their ancestral lands in Palestine for a thousand years, or longer. Giving ancestral Palestinian homes and land to the Zionists and Jewish settlers from all other countries around the globe, gave Jewish immigrants a new home if they desired to have one, but it turned all of the Palestinians into refugees in their own land. The outrage and despair of such an inhumane "declaration" has led to sixty years of violence throughout Palestine, much of which the world knows nothing about, because the situation and the Palestinians, themselves, remain largely invisible to us.

(4) As the fighting escalated when Israel declared itself a state within Palestine in 1948, Count Folke Bernadotte, a Swedish diplomat, was sent there in an attempt to establish rules of fairness that would hopefully bring peace. This is what Bernadotte had to say about Israel: "A Jewish State called Israel exists in Palestine and there are no sound reasons for assuming that it will not continue to do so." He devised a plan that would limit the borders of Israel within Palestine, and would also allow the Palestinian refugees-who had fled in terror from the heavily armed Israeli military-to return to their homes. After writing the plan, the Count was ambushed and assassinated by outraged Zionist terrorists.

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Peaceful coexistence of different communities in Switzerland can be model for Lebanon

Switzerland talks to all to help Lebanese reconciliation.The peaceful coexistence of different communities in Switzerland could be... more

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Diplomat’s sculptures on show in Beirut

Patrick Renauld is a sculptor who is also a European diplomat. Now head of the European Commission’s delegation in Jordan,... more

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Country Fast Facts: Lebanon

Following the capture of Syria from the Ottoman Empire by Anglo-French forces in 1918, France received a mandate over this territory and separated out a region of Lebanon in 1920. France granted this area independence in 1943.

A lengthy civil war (1975-1990) devastated the country, but Lebanon has since made progress toward rebuilding its political institutions. Under the Ta'if Accord - the blueprint for national reconciliation - the Lebanese established a more equitable political system, particularly by giving Muslims a greater voice in the political process while institutionalizing sectarian divisions in the government. Since the end of the war, Lebanon has conducted several successful elections, most militias have been disbanded, and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have extended authority over about two-thirds of the country. Hizballah, a radical Shi'a organization listed by the US State Department as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, retains its weapons.

During Lebanon's civil war, the Arab League legitimized in the Ta'if Accord Syria's troop deployment, numbering about 16,000 based mainly east of Beirut and in the Bekaa Valley. Damascus justified its continued military presence in Lebanon by citing Beirut's requests and the failure of the Lebanese Government to implement all of the constitutional reforms in the Ta'if Accord. Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000, however, encouraged some Lebanese groups to demand that Syria withdraw its forces as well. The passage of UNSCR 1559 in early October 2004 - a resolution calling for Syria to withdraw from Lebanon and end its interference in Lebanese affairs - further emboldened Lebanese groups opposed to Syria's presence in Lebanon.

The assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq HARIRI and 20 others in February 2005 led to massive demonstrations in Beirut against the Syrian presence ("the Cedar Revolution"). Syria finally withdrew the remainder of its military forces from Lebanon in April 2005. In May-June 2005, Lebanon held its first legislative elections since the end of the civil war free of foreign interference, handing a majority to the bloc led by Saad HARIRI, the slain prime minister's son. Hizballah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers in July 2006 leading to a 34-day conflict with Israel. UNSCR 1701, which passed in August 2006, called for the disarmament of Hizballah. Following the capture of Syria from the Ottoman Empire by Anglo-French forces in 1918, France received a mandate over this... more

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Clerics' debate underlines Sunni-Shiite divide

Two of the Arab world's most prominent Muslim theologians have waded into a bitter exchange of barbs, engaging in a debate... more

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Fears grow in Lebanon as 10,000 Syrian troops arrive on the border

Syria has massed thousands of troops along its border with northern Lebanon in what officials in Beirut fear is a prelude to the first incursion since Syrian forces pulled out three years ago.

Although Damascus insists that its forces are conducting an anti-smuggling operation, the Lebanese Government is eyeing the moves with unease, believing that the unusual scale of the deployment has more to do with tensions between the two countries over recent sectarian clashes in northern Lebanon.

“People around here are worried. We don't know why the Syrians have arrived like this,” said Ali, 18, a farmer in the tiny hillside hamlet of Hekr Janin overlooking the border.

Much of Lebanon's northern border with Syria follows the Kabir, or Great river, which despite its name, is little more than a trickle after the hot summer months. Lined by trees and bamboo thickets, the river meanders through a narrow floodplain of meadows and crop fields flanked by steep hills of black basalt.

The Lebanese media report that between 8,000 and 10,000 Syrian special forces have taken up positions along some of the hills overlooking the Kabir.

Their surprise deployment comes after several months of clashes in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, pitting the majority Sunnis against the minority Alawites, an offshoot of Shia Islam.

The small Alawite community in Lebanon is a close ally of the Syrian regime. President Assad of Syria is an Alawite and most top positions in the Syrian security and military apparatus are filled by them

Much of northern Lebanon is populated by Sunnis, the majority of whom are supporters of the Future Movement, which is headed by Saad Hariri, the son and political heir of Rafik Hariri, whose 2005 assassination is widely blamed on Syria.

Last month Mr Assad said that he had warned his Lebanese counterpart, Michel Suleiman, of the “problem of extremism” - a reference to Islamic militants, who he said were responsible for destabilising northern Lebanon. He said that he had urged Mr Suleiman to dispatch Lebanese troops to confront the extremists.

Mr Assad has also likened the situation between Syria and Lebanon to that of Russia and Georgia. His comments sparked speculation in Beirut that Damascus could be contemplating a military incursion into northern Lebanon to protect the Alawite community from the Sunni militants.

Tucked into a dusty olive grove on a hill overlooking the Kabir river, more than a dozen white canvas Syrian military tents were clearly visible from Hekr Janin and the neighbouring Lebanese village of Dabbabiyeh.

Two miles to the east, in a large field beside a small village, another encampment could be seen, with more trucks parked in a neat row along with a small building festooned with antennas. “None of them were here two weeks ago,” said Khaled, a shepherd, who used to take his flock of 300 sheep to graze on the lush green grass growing beside the river.

Now, Khaled said, it had become too dangerous to approach the river. Four days ago he said that Syrian soldiers had opened fire at him from the other side of the border when he was cutting wood near the river. “I could feel the wind of the bullets passing by,” he said. “They are shooting at anyone going close to the river.” Syria has massed thousands of troops along its border with northern Lebanon in what officials in Beirut fear is a prelude to the... more