Mustapha Hamoui

🇱🇧 I've been watching and writing about Lebanon for more than 20 years. I can sometimes get carried away.

[Mustapha Hamoui @Beirutspring]

@lpolgreen @ABarnardNYC Lydia is the best

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@FidaKfida Follow real people, make a list with @BeirutCalling , @Joyce_Karam , @ZeinakhodrAljaz, @HibaNasr , @glcarlstrom and others

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@BeirutCalling Has Lindsay Graham started ululating yet?

[Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom]

Listen I think it's entirely plausible that Trump said this to Netanyahu. It's almost a rite of passage for every American president since Clinton

But one thing we should remember from the Biden years is that the "POTUS swore at Netanyahu" news cycle is often followed, some days or weeks later, by Netanyahu finding a way to continue doing the thing that prompted the call in the first place https://t.co/w3Jyn0sAFl

[Karim Sadjadpour @ksadjadpour]

"The Iranian negotiation style is generally known in the world as the ‘bazaar style,’ which means continuous and tireless bargaining,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote in his 2025 diplomatic memoir. “This method is a process of interaction that requires great patience and time,” and thus, “he who gets tired and bored quickly will lose.” https://t.co/6RPjkzFCdg

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@Confusezeus @rmslim @realDonaldTrump Well. That’s not wrong is it?

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇱🇧🇮🇷Trump reins in Netanyahu over Lebanon after Iran threatens to quit talks. My report on @axios
https://t.co/1RxO79NcPS

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@NadimKoteich @MokhtarGhazzawi Water is صحٌة so this meeting was in Lebanon

[Paul Salem @paul_salem]

New and significant: two separate groups of citizens/activists/personalities from the cities of Tyre and Nabatiyeh publish appeals for their cities to be free of non-state arms, and for the Lebanese government and army to deploy and bring security and peace to their regions. Courageous and necessary.

https://t.co/8Yi34u4K3k

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@TheAppleDesign Siri is now Apple’s Copilot. The AI forced down your throat by the OS

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The Iran way. Frustrating negotiators into concessions.

[Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire]

NEW: The Iran peace deal was close. Again. And then didn’t happen. Again.

President Trump has grown deeply frustrated with his inability to get Iran to fully capitulate and angry at those who have said the persistent stalemate has left him looking weak https://t.co/hV5WsHdWR0

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@paulg Come to africa if you like colors

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@manalhamwi Aaakh, you have no idea! 😂

[Mustapha Hamoui @Beirutspring]

News: Qatar denies offering Iran 12 Billion dollars to end the War

My mind: That sounds exactly like something Qatar would do

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@Decafquest Labneh is more adequate. More tangy. To compensate he’ll need to add a good squeeze of lemon

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Very valid and interesting

[Vali Nasr @vali_nasr]

The deal in play looks like a win for Iran. But Tehran is not convinced that it is not a dress rehearsal for war now or in 30 days. In fact the more generous the terms for Iran the more the suspicion that U.S. is not serious about peace and wants to distract Iran ahead of another attack. Iran will be focused on evidence of US military backdown. And the final decision for such a gamble on trusting U.S. will fall squarely on Mojtaba’s shoulders. It is the first big decision he will take as Supreme Leader with big consequences.

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@ima_fadi On the other hand, Robert kagan is known as a pro war pro American pro Israel hawk. So I’d say these two things balance out each other

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I read this when it came out. Things might end up disastrously for Lebanon

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Trump’s endgame in Iran has become clear—as has his desire to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat, Robert Kagan argued earlier this week. https://t.co/4kQwB4SHvN

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@DaouMark @caromoufarrej صح

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@NathalyAndraos It could also be AI generated. Double check the source

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@thepigfarmer_SA Yes, archive dot today slash url

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@BeirutCalling @NosrednehTemple Lebanon’s position will be very interesting