Thursday, 22 Oct 2026 22 Shawwal 2026 AH Beirut

What they said

Direct quotes as they appeared in the news — each one links to its source.

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It is forbidden to grant power to such a person who enters Al-Aqsa Mosque with pride and contempt, in the face of all the greats of Israel
يتسحاق يوسفحاخام وعضو بارز في حركة شاس13 days ago · المترجم احمد المقادمة
There is no way but negotiations, but they must secure Lebanon's rights.
سليم عونالنائب13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
The example of he who digs a hole for his brother and falls into it applies to them; they spent 12 years digging for us in this file, but today we saw when they took over how we went backwards, especially since there are factories halted from work.
سليم عونالنائب13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
The solution to the electricity file is not the sit-in of Energy Minister Joe Saddi, and this position did not comfort us as long as the result is not securing electricity.
سليم عونالنائب13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
Netanyahu submitted documents to the State Comptroller that do not contain the complete full truth about October 7; rather, he submitted half-truths.
آفي غيلالسكرتير العسكري لنتنياهو خلال هجمات السابع من أكتوبر13 days ago · المترجم احمد المقادمة
An Egyptian intelligence plane landed in the country before October 7; this is a fact. Whoever met them and received information from them is hiding it to this day.
آفي غيلالسكرتير العسكري لنتنياهو خلال هجمات السابع من أكتوبر13 days ago · المترجم احمد المقادمة
Netanyahu was aware of everything; no intelligence information was hidden from him, and he read all reports and security assessments.
آفي غيلالسكرتير العسكري لنتنياهو خلال هجمات السابع من أكتوبر13 days ago · المترجم احمد المقادمة
Nothing is guaranteed in the south, and the bet must remain on the state
كرامي13 days ago · صوت بيروت إنترناشونال
No electricity through borrowing anymore
عدوان13 days ago · Lebanon ON
Kill Marwan Hamade and Walid Jumblatt, as he was told, and you will have paved the way
مير داغانمدير الموساد13 days ago · annahar.com
You give up the veto right against Bashir in Baabda, and we guarantee you all the seats you seek in parliament, first-class administrative positions, in addition to all the budgets necessary for the development of your regions.
ميشال المروزير البريد والاتصالات والمقرب من بشير الجميل13 days ago · annahar.com
Forget Bashir
حافظ الأسدالرئيس السوري13 days ago · annahar.com
False stories
تومي بيغوتالمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركية13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
The money does not exist
تومي بيغوتالمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركية13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Israeli army forces operating in the southern Gaza Strip spotted yesterday (Wednesday) a Gazan crossing the Yellow Line and attempting to sabotage operational infrastructure, in a manner that posed a direct threat. Immediately upon spotting him, Israeli army forces targeted and killed him, with the aim of removing the threat.
المتحدث باسم الجيش الإسرائيلي13 days ago · المترجم احمد المقادمة
As for what we are witnessing today of reopening the discussion on the election law, it must not under any circumstances become an entry point for wasting time or a new pretext for delaying the electoral deadline. This Council extended its own term under the pretext of force majeure and exceptional circumstances. Today, with those circumstances gone, no one has the right to act as if the extension has become an open mandate from the Lebanese people to redraw the rules of the political and electoral game to suit the interests of this or that party.
ستريدا جعجعالنائبة13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
The announcement by Energy and Water Minister Joe Saddi that he is refraining from attending Cabinet sessions should constitute a serious warning to the entire government, because the Lebanese should not pay the price of obstructing reform in the electricity sector.
ستريدا جعجعالنائبة13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
What has been happening recently in the electricity file is no longer acceptable under any pretext.
ستريدا جعجعالنائبة13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
Iran has taken a major blow, and things will go either the easy way or the hard way. Trump holds all the cards of power and will do what is best for the United States
مسؤول في البيت الأبيضمسؤول في البيت الأبيض13 days ago · Anadolu Ajansı
The United States is in a strong position regarding control of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Iranian economy is collapsing
مسؤول في البيت الأبيضمسؤول في البيت الأبيض13 days ago · Anadolu Ajansı
The mission of our department is to develop military options and present them to the president (Trump)
مسؤول في البنتاغونمسؤول في وزارة الدفاع الأمريكية13 days ago · Anadolu Ajansı
isolating Iran in an unprecedented way
سكوت بيسنتوزير الخزانة الأميركية13 days ago · annahar.com
The media's attack on the president's remarks is not based in reality
ستيفن تشيونغمدير الاتصالات في البيت الأبيض13 days ago · annahar.com
Do you want to see a shock? Do you want to see problems? I said it the other day — let them fire a missile at San Diego or Los Angeles. Do you want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego, let them hit Los Angeles.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي13 days ago · annahar.com
This is a small price to pay to preserve the security of the world and the security of our country. They can target a city — let them target Los Angeles, let them target San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي13 days ago · annahar.com
The mission of the British consulate in Jerusalem ends today
جدعون ساعروزير الخارجية الإسرائيلي13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
We reject the Israeli government's position that it has the legal right to close the British consulate in Jerusalem
جدعون ساعروزير الخارجية الإسرائيلي13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
We will continue dialogue with Britain to raise issues of common interest
جدعون ساعروزير الخارجية الإسرائيلي13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
But anything beyond that, especially regarding the presence of Syrian forces on the ground, I think would be a completely different proposition, and I think Damascus would avoid it, given the priorities it must focus on in Syria.
إتش إيه هيليرالباحث الكبير في المعهد الملكي للخدمات المتحدة في لندن13 days ago · DW.com
The new Syria sending personnel on defensive missions and in very small numbers to the holiest sites in the Islamic world, alongside providing technical support to neutralize incoming drones, would carry huge and positive symbolic significance.
إتش إيه هيليرالباحث الكبير في المعهد الملكي للخدمات المتحدة في لندن13 days ago · DW.com