Sergio Jalil

Director of CELIBAL - Latin American Center for Lebanese Studies. Professor Of Middle East Intl. Rel. Global International Studies, Salamanca University

[Unpopularfootyx @Unpopularfootyx]

🚨🎙️ ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ ON LIONEL MESSI'S INFLUENCE ON ARGENTINA AFTER THEIR WIN OVER AUSTRIA:

“I'm obsessed with watching Messi.

Not because he's my friend.

Not because of nostalgia.

Because after all these years, I'm still trying to understand how one player can control a football match without touching the ball every minute.

I watched Argentina today and the first thing I noticed wasn't the scoreline.

It was the way Austria reacted whenever Messi moved.

One step to the left, defenders follow.

One drop into midfield, the entire shape changes.

One glance over his shoulder panic.

That's not football.

That's psychological warfare.

And that's why I laugh when people reduce him to goals and assists.

They don't understand what they're watching.

Messi isn't just Argentina's best player.

He's Argentina's system.

He's their confidence.

He's their belief.

He's the reason every teammate walks onto the pitch thinking the impossible is possible.

People ask me about the GOAT debate.

What debate?
Seriously.

What debate?

For me, there isn't one.

The debate exists because television needs content and social media needs arguments.

When I watch football, I don't see a debate.

I see Messi.

Then I see everybody else.

That doesn't mean other legends weren't incredible.

It means I've never seen another player influence a match, a team and an entire generation of football the way Messi has.

And today was another reminder.

He didn't need a hat-trick.

He didn't need to score from 40 yards.

He just needed to be Lionel Messi.

And suddenly Argentina looked like a completely different team.

That's greatness.

Not when everything depends on you.

When everybody becomes better because you're there.

I've played against great players.

I've played with great players.

But Messi is the only player I've ever watched and genuinely thought:

'This isn't normal.'

The scary thing?

Opponents know exactly what he's going to do.

And they still can't stop it.

That's why I don't waste my time with comparisons anymore.

Some players become legends.

Some players become icons.

Messi became a category of his own.

And after today's performance, if you're still asking me who the greatest footballer of all time is...

You're asking the wrong question.

The right question is:
Will football ever produce another one like him?”

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

@SannieDaara Argentina not only plays with qualify, with inteligence but also with passion and with the soul that is why they won 3 world cups…

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

@HibaNasr And two things happen:
He gets insulted… and he gets away with anything…

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

@ytirawi He Isa piece of shit!

[Nadira Ali🇵🇸 @Nadira_ali12]

"The Romans occupied England in the 5th century, so anyone of Roman descent has a historical claim to the land."

It's one of the best sketches I've ever seen, it is so accurate and highlights the situation in Palestine.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Israeli settlers escalate their incursions into Taybeh, the West Bank’s last fully Christian town, raising concerns over further land appropriation. The parish priest, Father Bashar Fawadleh, appeals for international intervention, as residents face mounting restrictions and call for peace, justice, and protection.
https://t.co/cw4y0mfWUf

[Randa Slim @rmslim]

What happened in #Venezuela is not good news for #Hezbollah. Another driver of their decline! Will complicate their finances. This should empower #Lebanese politicians to press forward with phase 2 of the disarmament plan.

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

My latest article:
The Politics of Hezbollah’s Disarmament: Why the World Supports It, Lebanon Is Polarized, and Tehran and Israel’s Right Resist It - https://t.co/6B864rFIAc

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

Diaspora groups demand the enshrinement of expatriates' right to vote at their place of registration, and call for presidential and ministerial support to achieve equality among Lebanese.
@LBpresidency
@grandserail

#128not6 #diasporavote #lebelections2026

[Timour Azhari @timourazhari]

THE HAGUE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The world's biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.

Eighty-six percent of those who voted among the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars backed the resolution declaring Israel’s "policies and actions in Gaza" had met the legal definition set out in Article II of the 1948 UN convention on genocide.

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

@Beirutspring Don’t forget that these are both regimes that resort to terror and the use of intelligence or proxies to do their dirty work (which both excell at doing it) and that does no bode well for the region nor the world. Both are serial violators of international law

[رئاسة مجلس الوزراء 🇱🇧 @grandserail]

استقبل الرئيس #نواف_سلام وفدا من المجموعات الاغترابية اللبنانية ضم ممثلين عن 16 مجموعة اغترابية ناشطة في مختلف بلدان العالم.

وبحسب بيان اصدره الوفد فقد اكد تمسّكه الكامل بحق اللبنانيين غير المقيمين في الاقتراع في أماكن قيدهم داخل #لبنان، أسوة بالمقيمين، ورفضه لحصر هذا الحق بستة مقاعد فقط كما ينص عليه قانون الانتخابات رقم 44/2017، الذي يُفترض تطبيقه بدءًا من انتخابات العام 2026.

وشدد الوفد على ضرورة إقرار اقتراح قانون لتعديل المواد المتعلقة باقتراع غير المقيمين في قانون الانتخاب، في أقرب جلسة تشريعية لمجلس النواب، بما يضمن المساواة الكاملة بين اللبنانيين أينما وُجدوا، ويكفل حقهم الدستوري في المشاركة السياسية. ولفت إلى أن الاقتراح حظي حتى الآن بتأييد أكثر من 60 نائبًا.

ويشمل ��لاقتراح توسيع قاعدة المشاركة الاغترابية من خلال تمديد مهلة تسجيل الناخبين غير المقيمين إلى 6 أشهر بدلًا من المهلة الحالية المحددة بشهر و20 يومًا، وخفض الحد الأدنى لعدد المسجلين في كل مركز اقتراع من 200 إلى 100 ناخب، إضافة إلى اعتبار البعثات الدبلوماسية المقيمة وغير المقيمة مركزًا واحدًا لاحتساب عدد الناخبين.

كما دعا الوفد إلى اتخاذ إجراءات عملية لتسهيل مشاركة المغتربين في الانتخابات، لا سيما من خلال تسهيل عملية تجديد جوازات السفر وبطاقات الهوية، لضمان قدرتهم الفعلية على الاقتراع في الاستحقاقات المقبلة.
#مجلس_الوزراء #pcm

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

@nntaleb Except ASSAD in Syria….

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

@Confusezeus Well… when you realize that one of the key leaders of the party has been Gebran Bassil… anything is possible…

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

@MohanadHageAli Sorry Mohanad… barbarity seems to be the new normal for certain Israeli parties and supporters…

[Nadim Shehadi نديم شحاده @Confusezeus]

@BeirutCalling @mahamyahya Hizballah set the trap and fell in it.

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

@caitoz You know nothing about Lebanon! Speak about what you know…

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

@konijntjeeeee @threadreaderapp unroll

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

@LocalMaronite Maronite Patriarch Meouchi said: France for Lebanon is like the Sun… from afar iluminates us and warms us… too close it burns us….

[Sergio Jalil @SERGIO_JALIL]

@Confusezeus Is a fiction…. Only in a fiction the Iranian regime could be innocent…