שני צד"לניקים עברו ללבנון מישראל.

The Lebanese army was on Tuesday questioning citizens Nadim Abu Rafeh and Khalil Hanna Abu Hamad after crossing the border from Israel in the Ras Naqoura area.
The National News Agency said the International Red Cross handed over the man to the army for questioning.

Rafeh, 50, who hails from Hasbaya, and 90-year-old Abu Hamad from Marjayoun were previous South Lebanon Army collaborators who escaped to the Jewish state after the Israeli withdrawal from the south in 2000.


Beirut, 29 Dec 09, 14:07

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התנהלות חיזבאללה כזרוע איראנית תגרור את לבנון לקונפליקטים אזוריים על רקע השאיפות ה"גרעיניות" של איראן.

Geagea: Hizbullah Existence Not for Lebanese Cause Sake Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday said that the region is heading toward "tensions and clashes," adding that the main event of the year 2010 will be the Iranian nuclear program. In an interview with Al Jazeera satellite network, Geagea expressed his fears from possible military strikes and added that "through Hizbullah's presence in Lebanon… Any tension in the region would affect Lebanon." "Hizbullah doesn't exist for the sake of the Lebanese cause," added Geagea. Geagea asked whether Israel would have an alibi to attack Lebanon in case Hizbullah's arms existed with the Lebanese Army in addition to its current deployment in the South. Answering a question, LF leader said that he does not expect any internal escalation in the near future, but rather a regional confrontation. On the other hand, Geagea compared the latest visit of PM Saad Hariri to Syria to "the visit of (former) PM Fouad Saniora to Damascus when he headed his first government." Geagea denied the visit was a reconciliation one, and added: "If I was a minister in the government, and my duties obliged me to visit Syria, I would visit it carrying my beliefs and opinions, and I would engage with it in a state-to-state manner." "We have formed a national commission for the abolition of political sectarianism: March 14 with all of its components," said Geagea answering a question about Speaker Nabih Berri's raising of political sectarianism issue. Beirut, 30 Dec 09, 18:36

לאחר נאום ה"חסות" ששידר נסראללה לעבר הנוצרים בלבנון בערב האחרון של העשורה החלו הנוצרים בלבנון לקלוט שעצם קיומם בסכנה,בין השורות נסראללה מציע להם להיות "בני חסות" או להתחפף.
באופן לא מפתיע החזון ה"שיעי" של "חיזביארן" יוצא לאור.

March 14 Forces Criticize Nasrallah's 'Nervous Advices' to Christians March 14 forces general-secretariat lashed back at Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah over his last speech on the occasion of Ashoura, saying they were surprised by Nasrallah's "unconcealed threats and nervous advices" he addressed to the Christians. In a statement issued after its weekly meeting on Wednesday, March 14 general-secretariat said that Nasrallah, "who couldn't probably hide his anxiousness about external threats, was seen as seeking internal confrontations." The March 14 general-secretariat called on Hizbullah and its leader for "calm contemplation," and added that all parties should be under the governance of a sovereign State which alone can provide safety and reassurance for everyone "instead of repeating futile experiences that many have tried before uselessly." "With the beginning of the year (2009), the Lebanese managed, in their state and political forces, to succeed in overcoming the Gaza war challenge, and to neutralize Lebanon, due to their awareness and attachment to international resolution 1701 which has proved its effectiveness in the most difficult times," added the statement. March 14 forces said that Christian-Muslim solidarity managed to maintain its firm basis despite the confusion and puzzlement that marked the March 14 coalition after the May 7, 2008 incidents and the subsequent foreign interventions. On the other hand, the conferees expressed their "deep concerns over the bombing that targeted a Hamas quarters which exists inside Hizbullah's Security Square in Beirut Southern Suburbs," condemning its presence in that area "outside the camps." Beirut, 30 Dec 09, 16:51

ועל רקע הרוח הגבית מחיזבאללה שר סורי בראיון ל"א ספיר":
סוריה מוכנה לעשות הכל ע"מ לייצב את המצב בלבנון ואולי כרמז לדבריו הוא מגדיר באמצע הראיון "הסורים והלבנונים אחד הם"......

Syria says it is ready to strengthen Lebanon December 30, 2009 Print Save as PDF Email Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal said in an interview with As-Safir newspaper on Wednesday that Syria is ready to take all the necessary steps that would strengthen Lebanon’s stability. He added that Damascus is looking forward to improve Lebanese-Syrian relations, voicing hope that bilateral relations would further develop to serve the best interests of both states. He also said, “The Lebanese and Syrian [people] are one.” Bilal said that the Syrian leadership believes Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s visit to Damascus earlier this month was crucial to clear the air between the two countries. Syria has not changed its position, despite all the pressure put on it, said Bilal. “Syria wants to change for the better and wants to develop its institutions, but its political stances remain unchanged.” -NOW Lebanon

מנהיג הדרוזים ג'ונבלאט מאושר מהמספר הרב של דרוזים שהחליטו לא להתגייס לצה"ל לדבריו עכשיו צריך לשחרר גם את הדרוזים בפלסטין הכבושה,בין השאר הוא קורא כהרגלו לחיילים הדרוזים לסרב לפעול כנגד הפלסטינים.

צריך לציין שמוזכרת הפגישה בין ג'ונבאלט ונציגי דרוזים מישראל וביניהם הח"כ סעיד נפע (מחליפו של בשארה) מבל"ד

Daily Star staff Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader MP Walid Jumblatt expressed relief on Monday over the decreasing number of Druze enrolling in the Israeli Army. Speaking to reporters following a meeting in Cyprus with Druze Member of Knesset Said Naffaa and other representatives of the Druze community in Israel, Jumblatt said that the percentage of Druze who are not enrolled in the Israeli military has reached 63.7 percent compared to a past rate of 9 percent. He added that now that the issue of the government’s formation in Lebanon was “finally settled, it is high time to turn our attention to the Free Arab Druze in Occupied Palestine.” Jumblatt, who is accompanied by Minister of State Wael Abu Faour and MP Marwan Hamadeh, discussed with Naffaa mandatory conscription of the Druze in Israel. Jumblatt is considered the most prominent leader of the Druze community in the Arab Levant region. The Druze are a religious community found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan, whose traditional religion is said to have begun as an offshoot of Islam, but is unique in its incorporation of Gnostic, neo-Platonic and other philosophies, similar to other followers of Ismaili Shiite Islam During a similar meeting in Amman back in 2000, the PSP leader also called for the boycott of the conscription, or at least for the Druze to avoid military combat with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Jumblatt praised the significance of such meetings, saying “they keep the contact and communication with the free Druze alive.” In Israel, the majority of the approximately 120,000 Druze consider themselves a distinct religious group. Since 1957, the Israeli government has also designated the Druze a distinct ethnic community, at the request of the community’s leaders. “We are first and foremost Arabs,” Jumblatt told Lebanon’s An-Nahar newspaper in comments published on Tuesday. Theologically, Druze consider themselves “an Islamic Unist, reformatory sect.” The Druze refer to themselves Ahl al-Tawhid “People of Unitarianism or Monotheism” or al-Muwahhidun “Unitarians, Monotheists.” Abu Faour said Jumblatt wanted the Druze living in Israel to have the same status as the 1948 Arabs. Naffaa told An-Nahar that the Druze of Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Jordan ought to keep their ties and heritage alive, “so as to confront the siege imposed by Israel.” He added that the meetings with Jumblatt gave the Druze “extra strength to feel that they are Arabs” and encouraged them to pursue their political struggle. – The Daily Star

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בכוונה דרוזים פלסטינים אינו מכוון לדרוזים ברמת הגולן שהם בסטטוס של סורים.


דובר יוניפיל:אין שום הסכם בעיניין נסיגת ישראל מראג'אר.

UNIFIL denies reports of deal on Ghajar pullout Daily Star staff Thursday, December 31, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) issued a statement on Wednesday saying nothing new happened concerning Israel’s withdrawal from the northern part of the occupied southern village of Ghajar. UNIFIL’s spokesman Andrea Tenenti said in the statement that UNIFIL was exerting “all possible efforts with the Lebanese and Israeli armies to ensure a withdrawal from the region.” “Israel’s withdrawal from Ghajar region is obligatory according to Resolution 1701,” Tenenti said, adding that the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon was working to solve this matter “as soon as possible