July 25, 2008

Lebanonwire

Lebanon Press Highlights

Ministerial committee before the insurmountable hurdle:

Who has the right to resist: Lebanon or Hezbollah?

Opposition rejects three suggestions by majority, holds to former policy statement

Sison: Resolving issue of Shebaa Farms will undermine Hezbollah's credibility

Berri warns against delaying policy statement

Hariri: We are committed to the project of the state and to Lebanon's unity

Kabbara: No elections if Hezbollah keeps its weapons

Sfeir: Understanding with Syria is expected but no side should exploit the the other's weakness

Fadlallah: Bush administration continuing to fabricate fiction about terrorism

As-Safir

Strife pops out from the statement: Resistance and the tribunal to the dialogue table

Suleiman refuses getting dragged to a domestic conflict over Syria

Sfeir: Consensus has not been reached yet

Says understanding with Syria is expected

Defines democracy as the rule of the majority

Policy statement committee suspends discussion of disputed items

Mitri: Broad national issues need more discussions

Palestinian factions' delegation visits Kantar: We wish you were our ambassador to Lebanon

Sison: Kantar is not a hero, it was difficult for me to watch his release

Miqati: We fear we are before the government of no decision

Suleiman: We are working for dialogue, common ground, and things are on the right way

Edde rejects majoritarian election law, demands single constituency

DM Murr: Why blame army for May events and keep silent over ISF's staying aside

Al-Mustaqbal

Policy statement committee sets aside disputed issues for later discussion

Hariri asserts commitment to state project

Sfeir says coexistence between state army and one outside it is impossible

Syrian security agencies kidnap Lebanese sergeant, civilian in Abboudieh

National dialogue table may 'consume' two governments - Fares Khashan

Hezbollah and the condition of 'consensus' over the future of a 'resistance' ... from the past

Al-Akhbar

Lebanon and Syria: The impossible relations?

Karami warns of confessional federation, says all are responsible

Policy statement: New credentials with the west - Ibrahim Al-Amine

SSNP minister and its two deputies reject the 1960 electoral law - Thaer Ghandour

Conditions of the historic deal with Syria - Antoine Saad