🏒 Lebanon won the Arab ice hockey championship, by defeating Kuwait 9–4.

A reminder on Nakba Day that the Palestinian Catastrophe is not a fact of the past, but an ongoing reality of the present.

Every day, Palestinians are murdered and displaced.

Every day, more Palestinian land is being taken away from its rightful owners.

In 1948, invading Zionist forces captured and occupied 78% of Palestine. The other 22% was divided into what are now the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip.

At least 750,000 forced from their homes.
At least 20,000 murdered.
At least 530 villages ethnically cleansed.
At least half of Palestinians are refugees waiting to return.

Every day is 1948.

#Nakba #NakbaDay

France orders arrest of Lebanon central bank chief

Salameh is under investigation for fraud and money laundering stemming from his role in establishing a ponzi scheme that collapsed the Lebanese banking system

Lebanese Interior Minister:

"So far, there is no arrest warrant from Interpol against Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh.

However there is an arrest warrant from a judge in France."

The Lebanese Foreign Ministry received a letter hinting at sanctions from the European Union (France) for those who are absent from the electoral sessions.

For a session to stay active, at least 65 parliamentarians should be present.

⋯ This is important because, to elect a president on the first session, 86 votes are needed. However, on the second session, only 65 votes are needed.

So as to avoid electing a president with a mere 65 votes out of 128, political parties exit the parliament.

The Islamic Resistance - Hezbullah will carryout a rare public military drill that simulates raiding an Israeli base on the 21st of May.

The event will be covered by local and international media.

🔴 Syrian President Al-Assad landed in Saudi Arabia, for the first time since 2010, in order to attend a historic Arab League summit marking the end of the boycott to the current regime.

(Video by Saudi broadcaster Al-Arabiya)

⋯ As usual, failing to understand the political atmosphere, Samir Geagea commented a month ago:

“Assad will not be present in the Arab summit in Riyadh. He will be represented by the Syrian minister of foreign affairs as an observer only. All what is happening towards Syria will be lost efforts.”

He deleted his tweet today.

After 5,000+ citizens a day have been rushing to apply for a passport, the General Security Directorate reiterated that it “has enough passports to meet demand”.

However, they appealed to citizens “who do not have an immediate need for a passport, to make way for those who do”.

80% of the issued passports have never been used.

🗓 10th anniversary of the Battle of Qusayr

Tomorrow, 19 ⁠May, marks Hezbullah's first offensive operation in what is known as the Battle of Qusayr, Syria, in 2013.

⋯ The operation started at dawn, after liberating the countryside.

It was carried to deny the terrorists a safe heaven near the Lebanese border, and halt the weapon flow from Lebanon to Syria.

The war was covered in Hezbullah's documentary “The secrets of the Second Liberation” (أسرار التحرير الثاني).