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A protester blocks a main road with burning tyres in downtown Beirut, June 3, 2021
LEBANON faces “catastrophic consequences” if parliament speaker Nabih Berri’s efforts to end the government crisis are derailed, the Amal Movement warned today.
Mr Berri, who also leads the Shi’ite party, pledged to push forward with his proposals, which would see the formation of a 24-member government of non-partisan specialists without any side holding a power of veto.
“There is no other choice and therefore I am upholding it,” he said, of his proposal, which is set to be presented to President Michel Aoun.
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
SWEE ANG, the founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians, is a big believer in the power of small actions, and she is the living proof it works, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
