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by Inc,  John Nemo, Inc.

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By Rashid Hassan and Najia Houssari, Arab news

Lebanese President Michel Aoun is set to visit Saudi Arabia on Monday, marking his first overseas trip since taking office two months ago. Aoun will visit the Kingdom Jan. 9-10 at the invitation of King Salman, before heading to Qatar for a two-day visit. “President
Aoun will meet Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Deputy Crown
Prince, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defence Mohammed bin
Salman,” Rafiq Shalala, Lebanese presidential media adviser, told Arab
News. President Aoun,
who will be accompanied by a large ministerial delegation, had earlier
promised to visit Saudi Arabia when King Salman’s envoy Prince Khaled
Al-Faisal visited Lebanon to congratulate him on winning the
presidential election.

During the meeting with Prince Khaled, the president underscored his keenness to enhance ties with the Kingdom. The
delegation accompanying President Aoun includes seven key ministers
covering finance, defense, information, economy, interior affairs,
foreign affairs and education.

“The timing of the visit asserts
the attention given by President Aoun to Lebanon’s relations with the
Kingdom,” Shalala pointed out. He also noted that a Lebanese
delegation preparing for the visit has already arrived in the Kingdom to
work on the final program of the visit of President Aoun.

By english.aawsat.com

Beirut – Lebanese prominent economic figures announced the convening
of the Saudi-Lebanese Economic Forum in Beirut in March during a meeting
attended by around 50 economic figures in the Saudi Arabian Embassy in
Beirut, few days before President Michel Aoun’s visit to the Kingdom. Charge d’Affaires of Saudi Arabia’s Embassy in Beirut Walid
al-Bukhari received delegation of Lebanese businessmen in Jeddah, in the
presence of Consul General of Lebanon in Jeddah Ziad Atallah and Head
of the Lebanese Saudi Business Council Raouf Abu Zaki.

Al-Bukhari noted the importance of inaugurating Business Service
Center in the embassy at a time when Saudi economy is entering a new
phase by implementing Vision 2030, which aims at diversifying economy,
boosting the private sector’s role and launching a new level of
sustainable development that will be rich with opportunities that lie in
the interest of Saudi and Lebanese investors.

He stressed Saudi Arabia’s great interest in Lebanon and the two country’s strong relations.

For his part, Commercial Attache at the Saudi Embassy in Beirut Salem
al-Shahrani stressed the efforts put by the attache to develop
Saudi-Lebanese relations and facilitate the services provided by the
business center in the embassy.

The event of the Epiphany celebrated on the 6th of January, was when the three wise men, or kings, visited infant Jesus. The second event was when St John the Baptist baptized Jesus. The traditions are different as some celebrate with the “Galette des Rois”, which is a special cake with a crown on it, […]

by dailystar.com.lb

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri urged politicians
Wednesday to quickly draft a new electoral law, saying proportional
representation would best help Lebanon transition into a modern state,
state media reported.

“A proportional law is the most appropriate
and essential system to help Lebanon transition into the stage of
building a modern state that upholds just national representation and
meets the aspirations of the Lebanese people, “ Berri said after his
weekly meeting with lawmakers, the National News Agency reported. The also speaker warned against further delays in drafting a new vote law.

The
new Lebanese Cabinet is expected to draft a law to govern upcoming
parliamentary elections, which are due to be held in May 2017. Lebanese
parties are divided between adopting an electoral law that would
allocate seats on a proportional basis or a hybrid electoral law.

By yalibnan.com

Al-Joumhouria daily  reported that the cabinet will
discuss on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace  a new electoral
law and that the term of the current parliament might be “technically”
extended until September, when preparations for holding the elections
based on a new law are complete. President Michel Aoun who headed  up the meeting always opposed the extension of the parliament’s term. In fact he labeled the current parliament ” illegal” , before it elected him.

The last parliamentary elections were held in June 2009 .
On 31 May 2013, the Parliament extended its mandate for 17 months, due
to the deadlock over the electoral law. And, on 5 November 2014, the
Parliament enacted another extension, thus keeping its mandate for an additional 31 months, until 20 June 2017.

Aoun  started the meeting by  denouncing  the Istanbul
attack and  hailing  the efforts exerted by the government in handling
the situation. Aoun also hailed the security measures of the  New
Year’s Eve in maintaining peace and praised the efforts of the security
forces in that regard. Prime Minister Saad Hariri suggested the formation of a
ministerial committee that sets an action plan in emergency situations,
and stays in touch with the President and Prime Minister to follow up on
the procedures that could be taken.

President Michel Aoun’s visit
to Saudi Arabia next week is one of the items on the agenda, including
the executive decrees of the oil sector, discussing a new electoral law
before the constitutional deadline for the parliamentary elections
approaches. The cabinet will also discuss the appointment of Imad Kreidieh as the new OGERO Telecom chief to replace Abdul Menhem Youssef.

(Reuters) – Police are expected to question Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his official residence in
Jerusalem on Monday on suspicion of receiving gifts from
businessmen in breach of his role as a public servant, Israeli
media reported. The move was authorized by Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit,
who decided after a preliminary probe that there was sufficient
evidence for a criminal investigation, Haaretz newspaper
reported. The questioning will take place on Monday evening,
Israel Radio said.

The police and Justice Ministry would not confirm when the
interview would take place or the nature of the investigation,
details of which have appeared in the media in recent days.
Netanyahu’s office has denied any wrongdoing. “All the supposed affairs will turn out to be fiction,” his
family spokesman said on Monday. “We are repeating: there will be
nothing, because there is nothing.” Photographers were camped outside the heavily guarded residence,
hoping to get pictures of investigators arriving. Black screens
were erected inside the gates of the property to block the view. Haaretz and other newspapers said the probe related to gifts
worth “hundreds of thousands of shekels” ($1=3.85 shekels) given
to Netanyahu by Israeli and foreign businessmen.

by naharnet Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq reassured Monday that security is “under control” in Lebanon, following the latest terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Berlin and some countries in the region. “The good security situation on New Year’s Eve proves that security is under control in Lebanon and that the security agencies are performing their duties to […]

January 2, 2017 by yalibnan

According to reports coming from Israel, the IDF would continue
to use preemptive operations, such as the “unconfirmed” attacks on
Syrian armories and on truck convoys hauling advanced weapons across the
Lebanese border, to be handed to Hezbollah. IDFF is reportedly “cautiously optimistic” in its assessment of the
security challenges of 2017, expecting to get to the other side “without
having to wage major combat operations,” writes DefenseNews‘ Barbara
Opall-Rome, after an interview with a senior defense official in Tel
Aviv. However, she quotes the same official, “Today, the most probable
war is one in which both sides didn’t want it, but due to the dynamic of
escalation, we might find ourselves in it.”

The senior official told Opall-Rome that Israel is cautious and mindful of “unintended consequences” resulting from its actions regarding Hezbollah up north, Hamas in Gaza, the Palestinian Authority, and even faraway countries such as Iran.

In his opinion, the hierarchy of threats against Israel in 2017 will
be: 1. The PA; 2. Hamas; and 3. Iran-backed Hezbollah, which, despite
the fact that it is the strongest of the three “the probability [for
confrontation] is low, as long as we don’t get into a dynamic of
escalation.”