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Israelated (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
RubinReportsBarry Rubin Let’s not forget about Lebanon even though the Obama Administration has done so. Walid Jumblatt, once the lion of the moderate coalition, has now deserted it, thus weakening the anti-Hizballah, anti-Syrian, Lebanese nationalist forces that want to keep Lebanon independent. There is still no government, but two principles have been established. First, Hizballah will have...
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Syria (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Mr. Jumblatt is widely seen as one of the leading trend-spotters in the rapidly shifting world of Lebanese politics. His ominous statement in this case certainly appears to reflect a growing unease in Lebanon. The threat of criminal indictments issued by the UN tribunal investigating Rafik Hariri’s death has been hanging over Lebanon’s political arena since 2005, but recent hints in the...
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Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The shift in allegiances of Lebanon's chameleon-like Druze leader has sent tremors through the country's political system James Denselow guardian.co.uk , Thursday 27 August 2009 ".........Arguably one of the most significant turning points can be attributed to an astonishing shift in the allegiances of the PSP leader, Walid Jumblatt , on 2 August – from seemingly being Syria's arch-enemy...
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Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
Al-Manar "Hezbollah marked three years of Divine Victory over Israel on Friday in Beirut’s southern suburb. Political figures including representatives of President Michel Sleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, MP Michel Aoun and MP Walid Jumblatt, along with party chiefs, ministers, MPs and Ambassadors. Tens of thousands of people attended the ceremony and welcomed...
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Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Matthew (a foreign correspondent in Lebanon) sent me this (I cite with his permission): "Asad, Walid Jumblatt was front row at the Palestinian Orchestra ft. Marcel Khalife concert tonight at Bet al-Din in the Shouf. At the end of the concert when people were all leaving a man rushed on stage and told everyone to wait to hear a message from Jumblatt that went something like: "The comrade Walid...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Beirut - Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, who announced last week that he had ended his alliance with the western-backed majority, said Tuesday he had a positive meeting with Premier Saad Hariri. The atmosphere is and will continue to be posi...
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Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Mercurial Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's decision to leave the March 14 anti-Syrian movement has further delayed the formation of a national unity cabinet in Lebanon. Lucy Fielder reports from Beirut
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
Beirut - Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, who recently announced he was leaving Lebanon's Western-backed majority, pledged Wednesday not to abandon his close ally Prime Minister Saad Hariri. I did not, and I will never, abandon the prime minister, Jumb...
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Asia Times (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
The opportunistic head of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, has again switched sides, this time turning his back on the United States-backed March 14 Coalition to support the Syrian-backed, Hezbollah-led opposition. A full party defection would hand Hezbollah a majority in parliament, casting serious doubt on Saad Hariri's future as premier. - Sami Moubayed (Aug 5, '09)
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YaLibnan (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Beirut - The signals we have been receiving point to optimism about future peace the region. Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Kazemi Qomi announced on Thursday that the US forces released the five Iranian diplomats abducted in Iraq in January 2007 and handed them over to the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. The Iraqi government is expected to hand the freed Iranians to the Iranian embassy in Baghdad....
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YaLibnan (Free subscription) | 06/20/2009
Beirut- MP Walid Jumblatt has described his meeting with Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as "good and frank" refusing to give more details, according to the Lebanese daily al-Akhbar on Saturday. Reactions to the three-hour meeting late-night Thursday in the southern suburbs of Beirut were unanimous that it was another example of the climate of openness prevailing in the country and...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Beirut - Lebanese anti-Syrian Druze leader and member of parliament Walid Jumblatt met pro-Syrian Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah in a move aimed at moving Lebanon to a stage of reconciliation and cooperation, a source close to Jumblatt sa...
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lockandload (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Good. The more the Arabs are "enraged" the more likely they will make a strategic blunder. Like attacking Israel. It's long past time for Israel to force the hand of their Arab opponents. The longer Israel waits to deal with Iran, and the multitude of rabid Islamists in Gaza and the West Bank, the harder it will be to prevail. Israel needs to chose the time and pace of the next confrontation...
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YaLibnan (Free subscription) | 06/07/2009
Beirut: Sunday June 7, 2009 election will determine the future of Lebanon and the pressure will be mainly on the divided Christians communities to decide what kind of Lebanon they really want. There is a huge concern that Lebanon could lose its identity if the Iranian and elections 2009.bmp Syrian backed March 8 wins the election. The irony of this election is that several of the present candidates...
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Blacksmiths of Lebanon (Free subscription) | 05/29/2009
The Financial Times writes: Lebanon's economy could be dealt a blow if the opposition coalition, dominated by Hizbollah, wins next month's parliamentary elections. The warning comes from a senior figure in the ruling pro-western bloc, who suggests support from key financial allies could dry up. ... Lebanon's economy has so far escaped the brunt of the global financial crisis, thanks to tight banking...
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