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Parliament Adopts Long-Awaited Pension Reform

After an extended period of inactivity and political paralysis, the Lebanese Parliament was back to holding meetings and discussing legislative...
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Karem Monzer

White Phosphorous: Silent Menace

When a Wall Street Journal investigation concluded earlier this December that Israel had used white phosphorous munitions in southern Lebanon,...
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Beirut Today

Solidarity Strikes and Boycott Campaigns Further Split Lebanese Public Opinion

Since the very first days of the October escalations on the southern Lebanese front, public opinion in Lebanon has been deeply split. Between those calling for keeping Lebanon out of the conflict and those calling for further military support for Palestinian resistance groups, many nuanced positions have also emerged. Campaigns...
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Beirut Today

USA calls on international community to curb Houthi attacks in the Red Sea

A Washington Post piece has stated that the United States is attempting to prevent the expansion of Israel’s war on...
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Beirut Today

“If I must die, you must live to tell my story…”: Israel targets and kills beloved poet Refaat Alareer

On Thursday, December 7, Palestinian writer, poet, professor, activist and co-founder of “We Are Not Numbers” Refaat Alareer was killed,...
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Beirut Today

Media Law Proposal Further Limits Freedom of Speech in Lebanon

Lebanon’s Parliament has been far from functional during the last few months, with several sociopolitical files running into political deadlock during 2023.  The country has had an empty presidential seat for more than a year since ex-president Michel Aoun left office, the debate on extending the term of the Lebanese...
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Beirut Today

Hezbollah compensates Lebanese people affected by clashes along southern border

It’s been almost two months since Hezbollah began engaging in clashes with the Israeli occupation on October 8, in an...
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Beirut Today

Israeli aggression resumes on Gaza after end of temporary truce

Following a six-day truce between Hamas and Israel – which Hezbollah also adopted at the Lebanese front – Israeli bombing...
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Chloe Lewin

Israel’s targetting of journalists cannot suppress pro-Palestinian narratives

The obituary of Ghassan Kanafani (1972) in Beirut’s Daily Star reads “Ghassan was the commando who never fired a gun. His weapon was a ballpoint pen and his arena newspaper pages. And he hurt the enemy more than a column of commandos.”  The pen or the sword?  The age-old question...
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Beirut Today

The Hamas – Israel temporary truce: Israeli violations, celebrations in the West Bank, and more

On Friday, November 24, a temporary truce agreement between Hamas and Israel, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, was put into...
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Palestinians rejoice at release of prisoners, Israel continues crackdown on West Bank

Palestinians across the occupied West Bank have rejoiced over the past few days as the Israeli occupation has released various...
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Beirut Today

Few hours after start of truce, Israel violates provisions

At 7 AM Friday morning, the agreed-upon four-day truce began in expectedly disappointing fashion.  In the very first hours of the truce, the Israeli army opened fire around the Al-Rantisi hospital in an attempt to stop people from returning to their houses. In doing so, Israel has effectively broken the...
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