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[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇱🇧🇮🇷 Lebanon's President Aoun delivers his sharpest rebuke yet to Iran and Hezbollah:

"It's not your country, it's our country. Iran is using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in their negotiation with the United States.

Hezbollah must understand there is no other way but to sit and talk."

Source: TABZ (Telegram), CNN

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

The U.S. stands firmly with the legitimate Government of Lebanon as it works to restore its authority and build a better future for all its people. Hizballah's threats of violence and overthrow will not be allowed to succeed. The era in which a terrorist group held an entire nation hostage is coming to an end.

[The Best @TheBestqueenx]

Once buddies always buddies, that genuine laugh hits different.

[Fouad Makhzoumi @fmakhzoumi]

I would first like to reaffirm my full support for President General Joseph Aoun in the path he is leading to protect Lebanon, restore the full role of the state, and guide the country toward a just and lasting peace that preserves its sovereignty and serves the interests of its people.

Any serious approach to saving Lebanon requires courage in decision-making and wisdom in managing sensitive national issues, foremost among them stability, security, and sovereignty. From this perspective, we support the option of direct negotiations with Israel in a manner that safeguards Lebanon’s supreme national interest, ensures stability in the South, and reaffirms the rights and full sovereignty of the Lebanese state and opens the way toward a real and lasting peace.

We also reaffirm our full support for the government and its decisions in every sovereign step that restores the confidence of the Lebanese people and the international community in the Lebanese state and its institutions. In this context, we call on the government to move forward in dismantling the parallel and illegal economy, shutting down institutions such as “Al-Qard Al-Hassan,” preventing smuggling and illegal trade through all border crossings, ports, and the airport, and restructuring the banking sector and financial system to prevent the future financing and arming of militias by drying up their illicit financial resources.

We also believe it is necessary to suspend the implementation of the 1955 boycott law, as its continued use as a tool of intimidation and fear obstructs the confidence-building measures required to achieve a genuine and lasting peace and prevents Lebanon from advancing toward realistic solutions that serve its highest national interests.

I also stress the urgent need to accelerate the implementation of the decision to make Beirut a safe and weapons-free city under the sole authority of the state. The delay in beginning implementation is no longer justified and is draining the Lebanese people’s confidence in the state’s ability to enforce its decisions.

Making Beirut free of weapons must be a sovereign Lebanese decision fully implemented by the Lebanese state, because the capital cannot recover its natural role and its political, economic, and cultural symbolism except under the sole authority of the state. The success of this step in Beirut would gradually pave the way for extending this process to the South, then to the North and the Bekaa, thereby consolidating the authority of the Lebanese state over all its territory and strengthening comprehensive national stability.

At the same time, we call on Israel to fully abide by any understandings or arrangements reached, and to carry out a gradual withdrawal from Lebanese territory in a manner that guarantees stability and respects Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial unity, leading to a fully sovereign Lebanese state free from any illegal or foreign military presence.

In parallel, we believe that the issue of general amnesty can no longer tolerate delay or political exploitation. The adoption of a fair and comprehensive general amnesty law has become a national and humanitarian necessity, Away from political point-scoring and political disputes.

What is required today is a balanced approach that preserves the rights of the wronged, takes into account the humanitarian conditions of prisoners, and at the same time safeguards the dignity of the military institution while preserving security and stability.

True justice cannot be selective; it must be comprehensive and balanced—protecting the nation, preserving human dignity, and safeguarding state institutions.

Lebanon today needs a strong state, genuine transparency, and responsible decisions that lead to peace and restore hope to the Lebanese people. This is what we are working for.

[Jarbi3 @TheJarbi3]

> *Starts a war*
> *Gaslights everyone"
> *Dies*

[U.S. Embassy Beirut @usembassybeirut]

Lebanon stands at a crossroads. Its people have a historic opportunity to reclaim their country and shape their future as a truly sovereign, independent nation. 

Direct engagement between Lebanon and Israel, two neighboring countries that should have never been at war, can mark the beginning of a national revival. The extended Cessation of Hostilities, achieved at the personal request of President Trump, has given Lebanon the space and the opportunity to put all of its legitimate demands on the table with the full attention of the United States Government. 

A direct meeting between President Aoun and Prime Minister Netanyahu, facilitated by President Trump, would give Lebanon the chance to secure concrete guarantees on full sovereignty, territorial integrity, secure borders, humanitarian and reconstruction support, and the complete restoration of Lebanese state authority over every inch of its territory—guaranteed by the United States.

This is Lebanon’s moment to decide its own destiny, one which belongs to all its people. The United States is ready to stand with Lebanon as it seizes this opportunity with confidence and wisdom. The time for hesitation is over.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The ceasefire announced in Lebanon, however, offers cause for hope; it represents a glimmer of relief for the Lebanese people and for the Levant. I encourage those who are working toward a diplomatic solution to continue peace talks, so that the cessation of hostilities throughout the Middle East may become permanent.

[LBCI Lebanon News @LBCI_NEWS]

هذا ليس انتصارًا... بل هزيمةٌ مدوّية!

#LBCINews

[𝚃 @T_wontmiss]

24 years old.
Fully paid off Costco hotdog.
It's not "parents money".
It's not luck.
It's consistency.
It's discipline.
I grind EVERYDAY to live this lifestyle.

[Political Pen @politicalpen_]

🇱🇧 Hezbollah official Nawaf Al-Moussawi compares Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to the late Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat.

He stated: “He's not more important than Anwar El-Sadat”

Anwar El-Sadat was assasinated in 1981.

[Lebanon News & OSINT @LebOSINT]

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Lebanese Army units carried out a raid in Yamouné (Baalbek–Hermel)

[Raymond Hakim @RaymondFHakim]

📌من يرى أن هذا الرجل يستحق الإحترام والتقدير يضع له قلب ❤️
#صالح_المشنوق

[Lebanese Presidency @LBpresidency]

كلمة رئيس الجمهورية العماد جوزاف عون الى اللبنانيين بعد دخول وقف إطلاق النار مع إسرائيل حيّز التنفيذ

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

The first time I was flying to Beirut, the desk officer at London Heathrow asked before checking us in, “have you been to Israel?”

We had rehearsed the answer to this question before. But Winston can't lie, so he said yes. I gave him the dirty look. There goes our vacation!

"Well, you don't have the stamp on your passports so just make sure you tell the officer in Beirut that you haven't," she intoned.

I was stressed out for the next 5 hours, and even more so when we had to face the border officer who, by the grace of God, did not ask us THE question (even though he took our passports to a secondary office for extra checks).

Spending time in Beirut, you realize that it's the same Mediterranean light that bathes Tel Aviv; the sea is the same shade of shimmering blue because... well, it's the same sea.

In both places, young people spill out of clubs at sunrise, the bass still thumping from rooftops that overlook the same ancient coastline. Both cities pulse with the same Levantine hunger for life: the clink of arak glasses, endless plates of hummus swirled with olive oil, the sudden eruption of dabke or house music that pulls strangers into a circle. Parties start on the rooftops of Gemmayze in Beirut and tumble down into Mar Mikhael’s narrow alleys; in Tel Aviv they begin on the sand at Gordon Beach and migrate to the warehouses of the Florentin district. These are both stylish people who love life, and who love to party. The energy is truly infectious. The accents may differ but something about this weird combination along with a deep sense of rootedness in community and the extended family really underscore how similar they were.

And yet, there's been a wall between these two peoples. There are no flights stitching the 45 min hop across the water. No commercial trucks rumbling between the ports. Lebanese law forbids its citizens - inside the country or in the diaspora - from so much as speaking to an Israeli, a rule so absolute that some Lebanese friends of mine who live in Europe still glance over their shoulders before typing a reply to any Israeli even outside the country, whether for business or pleasure.

I spent evenings in Beirut listening to Lebanese friends speak of Israelis not as the enemy but as people caught in the same endless loop of fear and longing.

Decades of Hezbollah’s shadow have hollowed out parts of Lebanon, turning the south into a garrison and the economy into a ruin. Yet in the cafés of Achrafieh and the mountain villages above the city you hear it more and more: a quiet, exhausted recognition that the real hostage-takers are not across the border but inside it.

I keep imagining the day the question at Beirut airport changes. I keep picturing the first flight from Rafic Harari to Ben Gurion. One day the music will be louder than the fear. One day the Lebanese and the Israelis will throw the party the rest of the world has been waiting for.

I hope this is the first step:

[Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil]

🇱🇧🇮🇱 ISRAELI AND LEBANESE FLAGS, SIDE BY SIDE, ON LEBANESE NATIONAL TV
One of Lebanon’s largest broadcasters, Al Jadeed, just aired a segment showing the Israeli flag alongside the Lebanese flag.
Side by side. On screen. As equals.
Unprecedented?

[ܐܰܢܛܽܘܢܺܝܳܘܣ ☨̶ @TheMaronite]

This is the funniest video I have ever seen in a while.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Lebanese Presidency @LBpresidency]

صدر عن مكتب الإعلام في رئاسة الجمهورية البيان الاتي:

بناء على المبادرة التي اطلقها رئيس الجمهورية العماد جوزاف عون والتي ترتكز على العمل الدبلوماسي من خلال الإعلان عن وقف لإطلاق النار والذهاب إلى التفاوض المباشر مع إسرائيل ، وبعد الاتصالات الدولية والعربية التي اجراها الرئيس عون مؤخراً في ضوء تصاعد الاعتداءات الاسرائيلية على لبنان ، قررت الإدارة الاميركية تكليف وزارة الخارجية الاميركية القيام بدور الوسيط بين لبنان واسرائيل .
وتنفيذا لذلك ، وبناء على توجيهات الرئيس عون للسفيرة اللبنانية في واشنطن ، تم إتصال هاتفي عند التاسعة مساء بتوقيت بيروت ، هو الأول بين لبنان ممثلا بسفيرته في واشنطن ندى حمادة معوض وإسرائيل ممثلة بسفيرها في واشنطن يحئيل ليتر ، وبمشاركة سفير الولايات المتحدة الاميركية في بيروت ميشال عيسى الموجود في واشنطن .
وتم خلال الاتصال التوافق على عقد اول اجتماع يوم الثلاثاء المقبل في مقر الخارجية الاميركية للبحث في الإعلان عن وقف لإطلاق النار وموعد بدء التفاوض بين لبنان واسرائيل برعاية أميركية .

[Sami @sami_bey2]

بقرة متوالية مشردة تسقط رئيس الحكومة اللبنانية بالتجعير 😱😱😱

[HayWire @HayWire_X]

بعد الإبادة الأرمنية، الشعب اللبناني احتضنّا كأننا منّو

اليوم أنا واقف حدّ لبنان وشعبو

🇱🇧🇦🇲