The Lebanese government just took the unusual step of inviting Jews who’d left Lebanon to a 'family reunion' in its Paris embassy. But this wasn’t a welcome home event: it was a cynical fundraising ploy by a Hezbollah-dominated state utterly inhospitable to Jewish life
The Lebanese government just took the unusual step of inviting Jews who’d left Lebanon to a 'family reunion' in its Paris embassy. But this wasn’t a welcome home event: it was a cynical fundraising ploy by a Hezbollah-dominated state utterly inhospitable to Jewish life
The Lebanese government just took the unusual step of inviting Jews who’d left Lebanon to a 'family reunion' in its Paris embassy. But this wasn’t a welcome home event: it was a cynical fundraising ploy by a Hezbollah-dominated state utterly inhospitable to Jewish life
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While the Lebanese are talking about Samir Geagea as the leader who slapped Hezbollah in the face, the reality might be much more complex than that. In a televised interview, Marcel Ghanem told Geagea that Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah offered the Lebanese Forces president popularity on a silver plate, which Geagea promptly rejected. While people around the