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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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
The division of Iran means Israel reaching Medina
ايلي الفرزلي13 days ago · ياصور
We are still improvising, and it looks like one big improvisation.
أفيخاي أدرعيعقيد في الاحتياط والمتحدث السابق باسم الجيش الإسرائيلي باللغة العربية13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Even if this compensation payment were real, it would not be enough.
تومي بيغوتالمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركية13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
In the era of President Donald Trump's administration, Hezbollah will never recover, and it will not rebuild its terrorist infrastructure.
تومي بيغوتالمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركية13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Hezbollah has every reason to pass stories like this through anonymous sources. It can claim whatever it wants, but the money is not there.
تومي بيغوتالمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الأميركية13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
The discussion about the possibility of resuming large-scale combat operations in Iran has increased. The chances of it happening before the elections are not high, but we do not rule it out. After the midterm elections, these chances rise significantly.
مسؤول إسرائيلي ثانٍمسؤول إسرائيلي13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
The United States is in a very strong position, with its control of the Strait of Hormuz and the collapse of the Iranian economy. Iran has suffered massive destruction, and things will go in one of two directions: the easy way or the hard way.
مسؤول في البيت الأبيضمسؤول في البيت الأبيض13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
The department's job is to prepare military options and present them to the president
مسؤول في البنتاغونمسؤول في وزارة الدفاع الأميركية13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
What is happening is not a detail or a passing incident: it is an integrated path that cannot be stopped except by striking the sources of power that kept this system standing: disarmament... drying up funding... and opening the assassination files: from here begins the recovery of the republic.
إيلي محفوضرئيس حزب 'حركة التغيير'13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
It is no longer acceptable for weapons to remain outside the state, their funding outside oversight, and the assassination files outside accountability.
إيلي محفوضرئيس حزب 'حركة التغيير'13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
Every additional day of occupation in the south, the Iranian-operated armed organization bears the consequences of this occupation.
إيلي محفوضرئيس حزب 'حركة التغيير'13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
Who will take care of them if I leave?
ربيعموظف في مصرف، 34 عامًا13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
Everything in Lebanon is postponed
حنانطالبة جامعية، 20 عامًا13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
one of the most complex psychological and social phases in its modern history
هيام علاء الديندكتورة في علم النفس13 days ago · Lebanon Debate
It is too early to talk about a specific or general increase rate, and all that can be said is that there are ongoing upward pressures, especially in health insurance.
نديم حدّادرئيس لجنة مراقبة هيئات الضمان13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
A distinction must be made between the rise in total premiums written in the market and the increase in the price of the insurance policy for the insured. An increase in total premium volume may result from an increase in the number of contracts or the size of coverages or a change in portfolio composition, and does not necessarily mean that prices rose by the same percentage.
نديم حدّادرئيس لجنة مراقبة هيئات الضمان13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
Hospitals demanded a 25% increase, which is a high rate that cannot be accepted because it would require an increase in hospitalization insurance premiums for the insured. Insurance companies have not raised their premiums, knowing that laboratories and even traffic experts are demanding an increase in their fees.
أسعد ميرزارئيس جمعية شركات الضمان في لبنان13 days ago · MTV Lebanon
I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize but I doubt I will win.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي13 days ago · annahar.com
Lebanon is not the most affected in the region in terms of oil import sources, but it lacks strategic fuel reserves, which limits its ability to absorb any external shock.
جاسم عجاقةخبير اقتصادي13 days ago · المركزية
The repercussions of the Strait of Hormuz crisis are significant for Lebanon and the global economy, but they are not the only factor behind the rise in prices; the Russian refinery crisis is an additional and direct factor, especially since Ukraine targeted about 50 percent of the Russian refineries on which a large part of global markets, particularly Middle Eastern countries, rely.
رائد خوريوزير الاقتصاد السابق13 days ago · المركزية
If the situation continues as it is, we will be facing an economic recession that may approach 10 percent, exceeding previous expectations that were around 7 percent.
عامر البساطوزير الاقتصاد والتجارة13 days ago · المركزية
The Iranian claims about closing the Strait of Hormuz are untrue; navigation continues to transport goods and energy supplies under our protection.
القيادة المركزية الأمريكية (سنتكوم)بيان رسمي14 days ago · جريدة القدس
The strait has become open and oil flows have begun returning to normal levels.
ماركو روبيووزير الخارجية الأمريكي14 days ago · جريدة القدس
Iran must take concrete and substantive steps to reduce its nuclear capabilities.
جي دي فانسنائب الرئيس الأمريكي14 days ago · جريدة القدس
Three years since the sacred crossing: the day the arms of men broke the occupation's security theory once and for all, leaving neither deterrence, nor decisiveness, nor warning, thanks be to God.
أبو عبيدة (المتحدث الجديد باسم كتائب القسام)المتحدث الجديد باسم كتائب القسام14 days ago · المترجم احمد المقادمة