Pete 🐍🟨

[Jowelle Michel Howayeck | جوال ميشال الحويك @JowelleHowayeck]

The forced departure of the Christian residents of Alma al-Shaab from their town is not simply a tragic local episode. It is a revealing test of the Lebanese state’s willingness and capacity to perform the most basic function of governance: ensuring that its citizens can live safely in their homes under the protection of national institutions rather than under the shadow of armed non state actors.

The residents of Alma al-Shaab were not insurgents and were not seeking confrontation. They were Lebanese citizens exercising a fundamental civic right: to remain in their village and peacefully resist the entry of an armed militia operating outside the authority of the state. Their stance reflected a simple expectation that the Lebanese government, its security institutions, and its army would stand with law abiding citizens defending their homes and communities.

Instead, what unfolded conveyed a very different message. Rather than clearly asserting the authority of the state and protecting the residents who were peacefully defending their village, the state appeared either unwilling or unable to prevent the encroachment of an armed faction. The scenes surrounding the army position only reinforced the perception that the authority of national institutions had been overshadowed by the presence and symbolism of a militia operating beyond their command.

For many Lebanese observers, this moment crystallized a troubling reality: the sense that the state had effectively stepped aside while its own citizens were left exposed. When communities acting peacefully to defend their homes feel abandoned, confidence in national institutions erodes rapidly. In such circumstances, the distinction between passivity and acquiescence begins to blur in the eyes of the public.

Moments of national strain inevitably test leadership. They demand clarity, resolve, and an unambiguous commitment to the rule of law. Yet the conduct of Lebanon’s highest authorities in this episode raises serious questions about their ability to exercise the leadership required in a period of acute national vulnerability. The President, the Prime Minister, and the Commander of the Army appear unable to impose the authority of the state in a situation where doing so should have been clear and immediate.

History will remember this moment with unforgiving clarity. It will remember the citizens of Alma al-Shaab who stood peacefully to defend their homes. It will also remember those entrusted with protecting the country who failed to act when the dignity of the republic and the safety of its people were openly challenged. In moments such as these, the absence of leadership becomes more than a weakness. It becomes a failure whose consequences a nation carries for years to come.

[Nintenderos @Nintenderos]

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1⃣ Síguenos (@Nintenderos)
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[Juan Ramón Rallo @juanrallo]

Esta noticia de @eldiarioes es de diciembre de 2024. Ahora que sabemos que Milei cerró 2024 con menos pobreza que el peronismo, ¿vais a rectificar? No me gustaría que Pedro Sánchez os persiguiera por buleros https://t.co/kRbtZAcWTm

[Forocoches @forocoches]

Así negaba la gente la burbuja de la vivienda de 2007

[Pete 🐍🟨 @peter_khayat]

@Lowi_es listo..

[Daniel Lacalle @dlacalle]

Cosas chulísimas. El PIB de España es la definición exacta de "calorías vacías".

❌El PIB crece más porque se disparan los impuestos un 17.8% en tasa interanual.

❌Mientras, la productividad por hora trabajada cae un 1,1%.

❌El principal factor de crecimiento es el gasto público (+4,9% interanual, creciendo más del doble que la inversión).

❌El aumento interanual de la deuda pública (+3,6%, fuente Banco de España) a falta de un trimestre es superior al crecimiento del PIB real en el año.

vía @es_INE

[Juan Ramón Rallo @juanrallo]

Hemos pasado de que los liberales intentaríamos justificar el fracaso de Milei diciendo que "no era verdadero liberalismo" a que sean los antiliberales los que digan que "Milei no era verdadero liberalismo" para justificar sus pronósticos fallidos.

[David Miranda @davmiranda]

María Corina Machado tiene el coraje de 100.000 tiranos y es el máximo exponente de la mujer empoderada (lejos de los falsos ídolos que vende el neofeminismo).

No se me ocurre mejor candidato a Premio Nobel de la Paz

Viva Venezuela libre ⛓️‍💥🇻🇪

[María Corina Machado @MariaCorinaYA]

Esto se acabó.
VENEZUELA SERÁ LIBRE.

[Pete 🐍🟨 @peter_khayat]

🇱🇧🇱🇧

[Don Quijote de la IA @IA_Quijote]

Los 27 mejores anuncios que he recopilado este año:

1. Burger King

[Hamza Yusuf @Hamza_a96]

But me and my family have to carry West Bank ID cards that prohibit our freedom of movement and prevent us entering the very cities that these New Yorkers are free to settle in. Makes sense.

[darla @merrycrisis24]

something i love about lebanon is that foreigners will never understand how much muslims love christmas and how much christians love ramadan eftars

[Rajesh Balasubramanian @RajeshB18566468]

Forbes 30 under 30 has been doing this for years.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Argentina’s president is often wrongly lumped in with populist leaders such as Donald Trump, the hard right in France and Germany or Viktor Orban in Hungary. In fact he comes from a different tradition: a true belief in open markets and individual liberty https://t.co/HUTSWpyTBJ

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Israel is a terrorist state.

[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

THOUGHTS?

[Younis Tirawi | يونس @ytirawi]

Deir Mimas, South Lebanon | church

Israeli soldiers from the Golani Special Operations Unit desecrate a Lebanese church in South Lebanon.

Footage from the orthodox church in the village of Deir Mimas

[Megaphone News English @MegaphoneNewsEN]

Seven countries said they were ready to implement the arrest warrants issued by the #InternationalCriminalCourt on Thursday, against #BenjaminNetanyahu and #YoavGallant. On the other hand, France, the UK, Norway and Sweden only reasserted their “respect” for the #ICC’s decisions and its independence, without specifying whether or not they would actually implement the arrest warrants. 👇

Canada 🇨🇦
“We are one of the founding members of the International Criminal Court of Justice. We stand up for international law and we will abide by all the regulations and rulings of the international courts.”

Spain 🇪🇸
We always stand on the side of justice and international law. The genocide of the Palestinian people cannot go unpunished.
Yolanda Díaz, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor
Commenting on the ICC decision.

Ireland 🇮🇪
Ireland respects the role of the International Criminal Court. Anyone in a position to assist it in carrying out its vital work must now do so with urgency.
Simon Harris, Irish Prime Minister

Italy 🇮🇹
Defense Minister Guido Crosetto confirmed that Italy will arrest Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant if they enter the country, in compliance with the ICC decision and not for political reasons. However, Crosetto considered the decision “wrong” because it puts the Israeli officials on the same level as Hamas leaders, “and they are two different things.”

The Netherlands 🇳🇱
The Netherlands will arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits the country, and will not engage in “unnecessary” contacts with him, according to Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp. In response, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar canceled Veldkamp's visit to Tel Aviv, which was scheduled for next Monday, according to Israeli media.

Switzerland🇨🇭
The Swiss Federal Office of Justice said it is bound to cooperate with the ICC and will therefore have to arrest Netanyahu, Gallant or Al-Deif if they enter Switzerland and hand them over to the court.

Austria 🇦🇹
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg called the arrest warrants “incomprehensible and absurd” but acknowledged Austria’s commitment to implementing the arrest warrants.

[Pete 🐍🟨 @peter_khayat]

A VC fund of 60 million invests in about 25 software companies. A corrupt communist government in 1, that of the wife of the supreme leader.
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