Ain el-Tineh says arms handover ongoing quietly, Aoun and Berri preparing indirect talks with Israel
The handover of Hezbollah's weapons is underway in a quiet manner, Ain el-Tineh circles told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper.
"There are preparations for indirect negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, in coordination between President Joseph Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri," the sources added.
The report comes after talks between Aoun, Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.
18 October 2025, 16:04
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Letter to the editor: Gaining civil rights for Shias should be top priority
Posted February 5, 2015
Noam Chomsky says that Shias are the majority of Lebanon’s population, such that, if free elections were held and if Shias threw all their support to Hezbollah, it could form the government entirely on its own. Yet Article 24 of the Lebanese Constitution reserves half of parliamentary seats for Christians, who number, by my own guess, around a quarter of the population.
Here, in a nutshell, you have the Shia sense of grievance that makes Hezbollah so dynamic a force in politics, and yet also the solution to two problems.
Hezbollah militancy and Lebanese political instability would both be ameliorated if Hezbollah put its main effort into gaining civil rights and political representation for Lebanon’s Shias – and the U.S. could be on the right side of history by aiding that cause.
So go ahead and tell me why not, please.
Christopher C. Rushlau
18 October 2025, 19:28
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The previous racist comment is utter nonsense. Every community has secured rights under the Constitution and the National Covenant and the parity between Christians and non-Christians is non-negotiable, full stop. Hizbullah does not represent all the Shia and all the Shia are not supporters of Hizbullah. This fanatical party better terminates its allegiance to Iran and start including itself within the institutions of the Lebanese State, if it wants to survive and thrive. There is no ther way around it.
18 October 2025, 19:29
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The previous racist comment is utter nonsense. Every community has secured rights under the Constitution and the National Covenant and the parity between Christians and non-Christians is non-negotiable, full stop. Hizbullah does not represent all the Shia and all the Shia are not supporters of Hizbullah. This fanatical party better terminates its allegiance to Iran and start including itself within the institutions of the Lebanese State, if it wants to survive and thrive. There is no ther way around it.
18 October 2025, 23:42
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With all due respect to Mr Chomsky, Lebanon has 18 religious sects, none is a majority. And the Shias are not even the largest Muslim sect in Lebanon, the Sunnis are, although by a slight margin.
