Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said on Saturday that any attempts to move the US embassy in Israel to occupied Jerusalem threatens the two-state solution.
Geagea’s comments were made after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
“The Palestinian cause is at a critical condition unfortunately after the Arab, Western and international concerns shifted to other conflicts,” Geagea told Abbas.
US President Donald Trump has vowed to recognize occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
President Abbas is on an official visit to Beirut where he met with several top Lebanese leaders.
Among the visitors of Abbas also was Kataeb party leader MP Sami Gemayel.
Following the meeting, Gemayel said that the Palestinian leadership stressed “the importance of Lebanon’s security and stability,” adding that President Abbas is keen “on keeping all Palestinian refugees camps in Lebanon free of arms.”
MP Ibrahim Kanaan said on Sunday during a conference held by the Free Patriotic Movement on municipalities in Sin el Fil that in order for Taef Accord to be applied, one must first decree a new electoral law that preserves equity of representation and expanded […]
Syrian warplanes on Thursday waged several raids on posts for the jihadist group Fateh al-Sham Front — al-Qaida’s former Syrian branch – near the Lebanese-Syrian border, media reports said. A security source told LBCI television that the strikes targeted Syria’s western Qalamoun region near the […]
Lebanon will not join any international coalitions operating in Syria, limiting cooperation to intelligence sharing, Lebanese Ambassador to Russia Chawki Bou Nassar told Sputnik. “Lebanon will never interfere officially. Of course, as we said, some political parties are interfering, Hezbollah and the others, but the […]