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جريدة الوطن السعودية:
سعي حزب الله للإطاحة برئيس الجمهورية الأسبق ميشال سليمان، الذي أطلق بيان بعبدا المؤكد على حيادية لبنان ضد الصراعات في المنطقة، والرافض لتدخل حزب الله العسكري في سوريا والعراق.
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نداء الوطن
كان ذلك الهامش موجوداً أيّام الرئيس ميشال سليمان الذي حاول، بمعزل عن الظروف الدوليّة والاقليميّة إلى إبقاء النقاش حول الخطة الدفاعيّة حيّاً بشكل أو بآخر. هذا ما لا يحصل اليوم.
https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/amp/61079/لبنان-والعرب-العودة-حتمية

الشرق
فعلى الأقلّ الحياد الذي طالب به البطريرك الراعي ومن خلفه اللبنانيون نصّ عليه اتفاق بعبدا قبل تسع سنوات في بنده الثاني عشر الذي نصّ على “تحييد لبنان عن سياسة المحاور والصراعات الإقليميّة والدوليّة وتجنيبه الانعكاسات السلبيّة للتوتّرات والأزمات الإقليميّة، وذلك حرصاً على مصلحته العليا ووحدته الوطنيّة وسلمه الأهلي، ما عدا ما يتعلق بواجب التزام قرارات الشرعيّة الدوليّة والإجماع العربي والقضيّة الفلسطينيّة المحقّة، بما في ذلك حقّ اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في العودة إلى أرضهم وديارهم وعدم توطينهم”، وكذلك مطالبة البطريرك بتطبيق المقررات الدولية وهو بند الرابع عشر الذي نصّ عليه اتفاق بعبدا عام 2012 “إلتزام القرارات الدوليّة،

https://www.elsharkonline.com/هوامش-بقلم-ميرفت-سيوفي-الحياد-أو-النّأي-بالنّفس/2021/11/03/مقالات/

Lebanese PM visits Saudi Arabia’s pavilion at COP26 amid Gulf row

by Najia Houssari -- arabnews.com -- BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati visited Saudi Arabia’s pavilion at the UN Climate Change Conference, amid attempts to ease the diplomatic and economic fallout triggered by a government minister’s remarks on the war in Yemen. Mikati was received at the pavilion by the Kingdom’s ambassador to the UK, Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al-Saud, who explained his country’s vision for the environment, a green economy, and climate change. The prime minister praised the green initiatives launched by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and he also visited the UAE’s pavilion at COP26. Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi has caused anger by saying the Iran-backed Houthis were defending themselves in Yemen and that the war should stop. Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, have recalled their ambassadors from Lebanon and also instructed Lebanon’s ambassadors to leave.

Kordahi has not quit despite a request from Mikati, and his refusal to resign has the backing of Hezbollah and the Marada Movement. Saudi Arabia said Kordahi’s stance reflected Hezbollah's hegemony over Lebanon. A delegation of economic bodies met Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi on Tuesday to express their concern about the damage being done to the country and its people. The secretary-general of the economic bodies, Nicolas Chammas, said: “We condemn all that is happening today between Lebanon and the Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom has been the leader of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the past 70 years. 

Lebanese FM Abdallah Bou Habib during an interview with Reuters at his office in Beirut, Nov. 2, 2021. (Reuters)

by reuters -- Lebanon’s foreign minister said Saudi Arabia was dictating impossible terms by asking the government to reduce the role of Iran-backed Hezbollah, adding Beirut’s row with Riyadh be resolved if the kingdom agreed to a dialogue with the new Lebanese cabinet. “If they just want Hezbollah’s head on a plate, we can’t give them that,” the minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. “Hezbollah is a component of politics in Lebanon. It has a regional armed dimension, yes, but this is beyond what we can resolve,” he said. Lebanon is facing its worst rift yet with Gulf Arab states, spurred by a minister’s critical comments about the intervention in Yemen that described the war there as futile.

Saudi Arabia and some Gulf Arab allies have reacted angrily to the remarks made by the information minister in an interview last week, which he’d filmed before taking up his position in cabinet. Riyadh expelled Lebanon’s ambassador, banned all imports from Lebanon and recalled its envoy for consultations. Kuwait and Bahrain followed suit by expelling the top envoys in their own capitals, while the United Arab Emirates withdrew all its diplomats from Beirut. Saudi Arabia has said its actions were driven not just by George Kordahi’s comments but rather were rooted in its objection to the increasing dominance of Hezbollah over Lebanese politics. The row is part of a longstanding feud between Saudi Arabia and Iran that has played out in proxy conflicts across the region, from Yemen to Syria to Iraq. Gulf states are traditional aid donors to Lebanon but for several years have been increasingly dismayed by Hezbollah’s expanding power, and have so far been loathe to help rescue Lebanon from a devastating economic crisis.

فاقد الشيء لا يعطيه، وينطبق المثل القائل ” اذا كان الكلام من فضة فالسكوت من ذهب “. فلتتوقف الثرثرة والاجتهادات ولتترك  المعالجة …

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