Saint Joseph University bars a Lebanese Forces official from its campus after a video showing threats to students

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1. 9 Oct 2026, 21:23 Activists circulated a video from the Huvelin campus of Saint Joseph University in Achrafieh showing a confrontation between Jeffrey Khoury, head of the Francophone Universities Department in the Lebanese Forces party, and a number of students over the student elections. The recording contains remarks attributed to Khoury including a threat with the phrase “bakhadkun tlattkun” (I will take the three of you), and the report considered that what appeared in the video goes beyond the limits of electoral competition, while questioning the judiciary's role in prosecuting those involved.
2. 10 Oct 2026, 14:55 A media report addressed an incident of “hooliganism” and threats that took place at the Jesuit University (USJ) in Beirut, in which the display of influence was attributed to a Lebanese Forces official, with questions about the judiciary's role in prosecuting those involved, and without additional details on the circumstances of the incident or the responses of the parties concerned.
3. 10 Oct 2026, 19:48 Saint Joseph University decided to bar Jeffrey Khoury, head of the Francophone Universities Department in the Lebanese Forces party, from entering its campus over an incident during the student elections documented in a video circulating at the Huvelin campus, in which remarks attributed to him include a threat to a number of students. The decision raises the university's responsibility to ensure students' safety and their right to exercise their electoral activity freely, while the judiciary's position on the video remains under scrutiny.

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