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| Macron Announces 100 Million Euro French Aid Package for Lebanon | |
| 2024-10-25 | |
| [Breitbart] French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday his country would support Lebanon with 100 million euros, as Paris hosted an aid conference with big financial aims but slim diplomatic prospects. “The war must end as soon as possible, there must be a ceasefire in Lebanon,” Macron said sitting alongside the country’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati. The Lebanese government chief in turn called on “the international community to hold together and support efforts… to implement an immediate ceasefire”. France has set a target of raising half a billion euros ($540 million) in aid for Lebanon, 100 million more than an initial UN appeal. As well as its financial contribution, Macron said Paris would “contribute to equipping the Lebanese army” to re-establish control of the country’s south in line with UN Security Council resolution 1701, which sealed the end of the last Israel-Hezbollah war in 2006. Paris is also seeking an increase in humanitarian aid for a country to which it has historic ties and which has a large diaspora in France. The latest conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah has so far claimed more than 1,550 lives, according to an AFP tally based on official figures, and displaced 800,000 people according to the UN. Israel launched a ground offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in late September, having exchanged fire over the border for a year following Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack. Hezbollah must “stop its provocations… and indiscriminate strikes” against Israel, Macron said. But Israel “knows from experience that its military successes do not necessarily represent victory in Lebanon,” Macron said. Israel has eliminated Hezbollah leaders over recent weeks. “I’m not sure that you can defend a civilisation by sowing barbarism yourself,” he added.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 Lebanon grey-listed by financial watchdog FATF, two sources say |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-25 15:01 |
| #4 ...Should've known. Whenever ze French speak of Le Civilization, there's some le fric involved. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-25 14:58 |
| #3 Macron’s Dirty Game: The price of silence on Hezbollah |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-25 14:33 |
| #2 ICC replaces on health grounds judge mulling request for Netanyahu arrest warrant |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-25 14:02 |
| #1 “I’m not sure that you can defend a civilisation by sowing barbarism yourself,” he added. Degenerates shouldn't speak of civilization. There is more "civilization" in garbage eating street dog in Tel Aviv than in West Morocco (former France). |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-25 04:01 |