After the "controversy" over his celebration of the massive fires that happened in #Greece and Italy last July 2023 as a "payback for the Roman destruction of the 2nd Jewish Temple of #Jerusalem", now, Israeli Researcher & Likud Member Edy Cohen celebrates the Israeli Air Force (IAF) carpet bombing of #Gaza

"Its name was Gaza, #Beirut is next"

Alongside it, Mr. Cohen published a video showing a steaming burned rubble of whatever was left civilian home in Gaza.

This not-so-veiled threat to Lebanese capital comes after the intensity of clashes at the Lebanese-Israeli border increased at alarming levels.

Beirut city houses almost half a million civilians — almost as much as #TelAviv — and its metropolitan region around 2 million

Such a disturbing threat shows that the radicalization of certain sectors of Israeli society considered until the beginning of the year as "Moderate Zionists" is notorious and undeniable.

https://archive.is/dAloP
#Israel #Inhumanity #Lebanon #Politics #SaveGaza #StopIsrael

PS. Israeli influencers and their supporters posting video on Instagram and TikTok about having electricity, food and water, mocking the Palestinian's suffering in Gaza.

Hezbollah calls for 'unprecedented day of rage' against Israel on Wednesday after hospital attack

Protests are taking place in Lebanon against Israel.Hezbollah has called for large-scale demonstrations on Wednesday in what it's calling a day of 'unprecede...#Gazahospitalbombing #gazahospitalmassacre #gazahospitalattack #gazacity #ahliBaptisthospital #ahlihospitalattack #Gaza #Gazabombardment #Gazadoctors #Gazahospitals #Gazahumanitariancrisis #Gazalatestnews #Israel #IsraelHamaswar #Israeliarmy #Palestine #Palestinelatestnews #gazaairraids #gazablockade #gazasiege #gazaunderattack #gazawar #hamas #gazagenocide #Palestinegenocide #AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Hezbollah #Lebanon #Beirut
Hezbollah calls for 'unprecedented day of rage' against Israel on Wednesday after hospital attack

VOR 10 JAHREN

#Beirut #Libanon #Lebanon

VOR 10 JAHREN

#Beirut #Libanon #Lebanon

I really miss Robert Fisk and his raiser sharp pen to remind the hypocrites of the west about the bloody history of Israeli "final solution" to their Palestinian "problem" since their creation in 1948.

This is what Edward Said wrote about this book:

With the Israeli-Palestinian crisis reaching wartime levels, where is the latest confrontation between these two old foes leading? #RobertFisk's explosive Pity the Nation recounts #Sharon and #Arafat's first deadly encounter in #Lebanon in the early 1980s and explains why the Israel–Palestine relationship seems so intractable. A remarkable combination of war reporting and analysis by an author who has witnessed the carnage of #Beirut for twenty-five years, Fisk, the first #journalist to whom bin Laden announced his jihad against the U.S., is one of the world's most fearless and honored foreign correspondents. He spares no one in this saga of the civil war and subsequent Israeli invasion: the #PLO, whose thuggish behavior alienated most Lebanese; the various Lebanese factions, whose appalling brutality spared no one; the Syrians, who supported first the Christians and then the Muslims in their attempt to control Lebanon; and the Israelis, who tried to install their own puppets and, with their 1982 invasion, committed massive war crimes of their own. It includes a moving finale that recounts the travails of Fisk's friend Terry Anderson who was kidnapped by #Hezbollah and spent 2,454 days in captivity. Fully updated to include the Israeli withdrawl from south Lebanon and Ariel Sharon's electoral victory over Ehud Barak, this edition has sixty pages of new material and a new preface. "Robert Fisk's enormous book about Lebanon's desperate travails is one of the most distinguished in recent times."—Edward Said

#books #history #Israel #Palestine #Politics

The Wall Street Journal claims that #Iran gave #Hamas the 'final go-ahead' for its attack on #Israel during a meeting last week in #Beirut

As expected, #WSJ, the unofficial #IDF news outlet is blaming Iran for the attacks of Hamas and Islamic Jihad yesterday.
#Media #Propaganda

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-israel-hamas-strike-planning-bbe07b25

WSJ News Exclusive | Iran Helped Plot Attack on Israel Over Several Weeks

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gave the final go-ahead last Monday in Beirut.

Öffentlicher Nahverkehr im Libanon

Geordnetes Chaos

Von Julia Neumann

Staatlichen ÖPNV gibt es im Libanon kaum. Busse und Taxen werden privat betrieben. Wegen der Wirtschaftskrise steigen mehr Menschen ein.

#taz #tageszeitung #Libanon #Wirtschaftskrise #ÖPNV #Beirut #Kraftstoff #Bus #Bahn

Öffentlicher Nahverkehr im Libanon: Geordnetes Chaos

Staatlichen ÖPNV gibt es im Libanon kaum. Busse und Taxen werden privat betrieben. Wegen der Wirtschaftskrise steigen mehr Menschen ein.

Drei Jahre nach Explosion in Beirut

Die Stille danach

Von Karim El-Gawhary

Vor drei Jahren starb die Tochter von Tracy und Paul Naggear bei der Explosion im Hafen von Beirut. Ihre Eltern kämpfen für die Rechte der Betroffenen.

#taz #tageszeitung #Beirut #Libanon #Explosion #wochentaz

Drei Jahre nach Explosion in Beirut: Die Stille danach

Vor drei Jahren starb die Tochter von Tracy und Paul Naggear bei der Explosion im Hafen von Beirut. Ihre Eltern kämpfen für die Rechte der Betroffenen.

Fairuz is more than a singer: she is an icon, a true global superstar. Nouhad Wadie’ Haddad was born in Beirut, Lebanon on November 21, 1934. Although her singing career began as a teenager she didn’t adopt the name Fairuz (the Arabic word for turquoise) until she worked as a singer on a Lebanese radio station in the 1950s. She rose to stardom because of her exceptional vocal skills that blend western and Arab musical styles. Fairuz was already known as the “First Lady of Lebanese singing” when she went on her 1971 North American tour. The U.S. is just one of the many countries in which she has performed sold-out tours and shows in her lifetime.

She was a mainstay on Arab radio stations around the world for decades and has sold more than 150 million records worldwide.

Fairuz is often called “the soul of Lebanon” and remains the greatest living Arab diva.

#Culture #Lebanon #music #Arabic #Fairuz #Beirut

Libanon: (Wirtschafts-)Krise ohne Ende | DW | 25.03.2023

Der Libanon ist pleite, Zahlungen aus dem Ausland an Organisationen verhindern das Schlimmste. Das Land braucht Reformen, doch die politische Elite stemmt sich dagegen.#Libanon #Beirut #Wirtschaftskrise #Finanzkrise #Dollar #LibanesischeLira #LibanesischePfund #Korruption #Reformen
Libanon: (Wirtschafts-)Krise ohne Ende | DW | 25.03.2023

Libanon: (Wirtschafts-)Krise ohne Ende | DW | 25.03.2023

Der Libanon ist pleite, Zahlungen aus dem Ausland an Organisationen verhindern das Schlimmste. Das Land braucht Reformen, doch die politische Elite stemmt sich dagegen.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/SXDrqhSuocNs/

BANKS IN #LEBANON ARE BEING ATTACKED AND BURNED FOR FREEZING ACCOUNTS AND NOT ALLOWING WITHDRAWALS
BANKS IN LEBANON ARE BEING ATTACKED AND BURNED FOR FREEZING ACCOUNTS AND NOT ALLOWING WITHDRAWALS BEIRUT, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Several dozen Lebanese protesters attacked banks in a #Beirut neighbourhood on Thursday, while blocking roads protesting agai…

BANKS IN LEBANON ARE BEING ATTACKED AND BURNED FOR FREEZING ACCOUNTS AND NOT ALLOWING WITHDRAWALS

BANKS IN LEBANON ARE BEING ATTACKED AND BURNED FOR FREEZING ACCOUNTS AND NOT ALLOWING WITHDRAWALS BEIRUT, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Several dozen Lebanese protesters attacked banks in a Beirut neighbourhood on Thursday, while blocking roads protesting agai…

https://twitter.com/brulla_micha/status/1626980059507556357

#Libanon #Beirut #Liban

Libanons schwindende Mittelschicht | DW | 22.01.2023

Seit Jahren wird der Libanon von politischen und wirtschaftlichen Krisen erschüttert. Für die Bevölkerung hat das schwerwiegende Folgen. In den kommenden Jahren wird sich die strukturelle Ungleichheit noch verstärken.#Libanon #Inflation #Beirut #BeiruterHafen #Explosion #Mittelschicht
Libanons schwindende Mittelschicht | DW | 22.01.2023

Libanons schwindende Mittelschicht | DW | 22.01.2023

Seit Jahren wird der Libanon von politischen und wirtschaftlichen Krisen erschüttert. Für die Bevölkerung hat das schwerwiegende Folgen. In den kommenden Jahren wird sich die strukturelle Ungleichheit noch verstärken.

#architecture

#art

#Beirut

Beirut district of Mar Mikhael

40 Jahre nach Massaker im Libanon

Auf Leichen gebaut

Von Hanna Voß

Vor 40 Jahren verüben radikale Christen ein Massaker in Beirut. Was damals geschah, ist bis heute nicht ganz geklärt. Eine Spurensuche.

#taz #tageszeitung #Beirut #Libanon #PLO

40 Jahre nach Massaker im Libanon: Auf Leichen gebaut

Vor 40 Jahren verüben radikale Christen ein Massaker in Beirut. Was damals geschah, ist bis heute nicht ganz geklärt. Eine Spurensuche.

DIE ZEIT: Herr #Abdel-Samad, Sie sind der Sohn eines ägyptischen Imams, haben gut 25 Jahre in #Deutschland gelebt und mehrere Bestseller geschrieben. Jetzt sind Sie oft im Libanon. Warum?
Hamed Abdel-Samad: Weil ich mich im #Libanon sicherer fühle als in Deutschland. Ich habe keine Lust mehr, wegen meiner #Kritik an meiner Herkunftsreligion als #Islam|feind beschimpft zu werden. Vor allem möchte ich nicht mehr auf offener Straße, trotz #Polizei|begleitung bepöbelt werden. In #Berlin und anderen europäischen Großstädten passiert mir das regelmäßig, in #Beirut nicht. Meine Frustrationstoleranz ist aufgebraucht.

https://www.zeit.de/2022/34/hamed-abdel-samad-islamismus-libanon-salman-rushdie/komplettansicht #usa #russland #medien #hisbollah #rushdie #ägypten #irak #freiheit #religion #islamismus

https://twitter.com/KuesterTill/status/1555286902596685824

#Beirut #Libanon

New journalism project from The New Humanitarian:

WhatsApp, Lebanon

As the second anniversary of the #Beirut explosion approaches, WhatsApp, Lebanon? tells the story of life over the past three years as five young people in #Lebanon WhatsApped it. 

This bilingual (English and Arabic) illustrated, interactive timeline uses real WhatsApp messages and an accompanying playlist to demonstrate what happens when #journalists ask people to tell their own stories. WhatsApp, Lebanon? is their story, and it’s Lebanon’s, too. 

Humans behind the headlines

Lebanon only occasionally hits global headlines at moments like mass protests at the start of the collapse in 2019 – which were spurred in part by a proposed tax on #WhatsApp use; the port explosion; or when the currency hits a new low. This has thrust nearly 80 percent of the population into #poverty, and has impacted almost every aspect of daily life.

“It was important to me that with this timeline, we not only showed those sorts of major incidents, but also what people were talking about, and feeling, as they happened,” said The New Humanitarian Middle East Editor Annie Slemrod. “The project shows that a country like Lebanon’s fall isn’t just about ‘newsworthy’ events, it’s actually an accumulation of multiple small-seeming, intimate moments – like waiting in an endless queue at the bank only to find there is no money, or trying to do your job without electricity.”

This piece is a personal, close-up account of what it’s like to live through and deal with the collapse of a country. Ahead of the anniversary of the port explosion that grabbed the world’s attention on 4 August 2020, this story shows what happens to ordinary people in a crisis long after the headlines fade.

#HumanRights #humanitarian #crisis

The New Humanitarian | WhatsApp, Lebanon?

How 5 people lived through one of the world's worst-ever economic crises, as told through their WhatsApp messages.

Nach der Hafenexplosion im Libanon

Mahnmal in Flammen

Von Julia Neumann

Im Beiruter Hafen brennt seit zwei Wochen ein Weizenlager, nun droht der Einsturz. Der Regierung wird vorgeworfen, ihr komme das Feuer gerade recht.

#taz #tageszeitung #Hafen #Beirut #Explosion #Mahnmal #Libanon

Nach der Hafenexplosion im Libanon: Mahnmal in Flammen

Im Beiruter Hafen brennt seit zwei Wochen ein Weizenlager, nun droht der Einsturz. Der Regierung wird vorgeworfen, ihr komme das Feuer gerade recht.

#Beirut, #Líbano, 1982
#photography by Steve McCurry