Lebanon recorded 2,500 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths.
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Lebanese News and Updates
Al-Hajj was arrested with 460,000 USD given to him by Lebanese living in Israel from SLA ranks. The SLA is a militia that fought alongside Israel and helped the IDF occupy Lebanon for 22 years.
Maronite Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land, Moussa al-Hajj was apprehended by the Directorate of General Security for smuggling $460,000, €4,000, and a car-load of medicine from Israel, which he intended to bring into Lebanon.
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Maronite archbishop arrested in Lebanon for smuggling bags of cash from Israel
Archbishop Moussa al-Hajj was caught smuggling money on behalf of the South Lebanon Army, which prompted an investigation into his collaboration with
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⋯ His arrest sparked outrage by Lebanese Christian political parties (LF, FPM, Marada and others) who united over the demand for the resignation of the military court judge Fadi al-Akiki who had ordered the arrest of Al-Hajj.
It was revealed that Al-Hajj had been smuggling bags of money, sometimes on a monthly basis and often totaling half a million dollars, in violation of Lebanese and Arab boycott laws.
It was revealed that Al-Hajj had been smuggling bags of money, sometimes on a monthly basis and often totaling half a million dollars, in violation of Lebanese and Arab boycott laws.
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⋯ Security services had also alerted Al-Hajj to the fact the money he was carrying belonged to Lebanese convicts caught spying for Israel. Al-Hajj was monitored by security forces in light of his contact with SLA members who fled to Israel when the Lebanese resistance liberated south Lebanon in May 2000
⋯ The funeral mass held by Archbishop Moussa Al-Hajj in 2015 was under the Israeli flag, notably in the presence of:
1- convicted SLA soldiers,
2- Claude Ibrahim, representative of the Shin Bet official Eliezer Zefrir,
3- Yisrael Beitenu MP Oded Forre,
4- Colonel Yigal Pressler, representative of the Israeli prime minister in charge of managing the file of the SLA.
Al-Hajj was present alongside all, and met each of these aforementioned Israeli officials.
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1- convicted SLA soldiers,
2- Claude Ibrahim, representative of the Shin Bet official Eliezer Zefrir,
3- Yisrael Beitenu MP Oded Forre,
4- Colonel Yigal Pressler, representative of the Israeli prime minister in charge of managing the file of the SLA.
Al-Hajj was present alongside all, and met each of these aforementioned Israeli officials.
Source: www.lebaneseinisrael.com/…
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do NOT under ANY circumstances come to Lebanon
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Hezbullah on Friday mobilized a wide range of media professionals, clerics, economic and oil affairs experts, and human rights defenders, for a demonstration at the border to send a message to Israel regarding Lebanon’s oil wealth.
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⋯ According to intial reports, a private generator and its fuel tank caught fire.
In an interview to Al-Manar, Gebran Bassil revealed that PM-designate Najib Mikati does not desire to form a new cabinet because he would have to settle the replacement of Riad Salameh (central banker), the port explosion investigation, the issue of maritime line 29, and the return of the Syrian refugees.
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The Minister of Justice discussed with the Maronite Patriarch the need to tackle the situation of "Lebanese refugees" in Israel and bring them home.
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Lebanese News and Updates
⋯ According to intial reports, a private generator and its fuel tank caught fire.
The fire has been extinguished after causing severe material damage.
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