Rahi Urges World Leaders to 'Peacefully End' Regional Wars
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Thursday "appealed" to world leaders to "peacefully" end the wars ravaging in the region, after tensions mounted between the United States and Russia over an alleged chemical attack against civilians in Syria.
"We appeal to the international community, to the conscience of world powers to work on ending wars and to bring peace through diplomatic means. Peoples of the Middle East have the right to live in peace, and we know how wars begin, but we do not know how they end," said Rahi addressing the international community.
"Regretfully, the language of peace is absent between states. We also regret the situation the Syrian people have reached which affects Lebanon, particularly the economic situation," added the Patriarch.
The United Nations warned world powers against letting the crisis over an alleged chemical attack against civilians in Syria from "spiraling out of control" after US President Donald Trump said "missiles will be coming.
Tensions mounted over a face-off with Damascus-ally Russia. Opponents of unilateral US action called an emergency closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council for Thursday. Britain also scheduled an emergency cabinet meeting.
Trump's bellicose tweets came in response to a warning from Russia's ambassador to Beirut, who took to a television network run by Hizbullah to declare that any US missiles would be shot down "as well as the sources they were fired from."
12 April 2018, 17:13
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Lt. Col. Rahi ("Al" to his friends) also said that Lebanon set the standard for democracy for the region by making sure "the right people win the election, by putting the victor in the Constitution". He was referring to Article 24, which gives half of Parliament to the Christian sect-members, who number collectiely about a quarter of the populationi, but also to Israel, where the Jewish minority out of all the people governed by Israel are ensure all electoral victories by the qualifier "Jewish state" in the Basic Laws, Israel's constitution.
Lebanon and Israel are the basis of instability in the region, whose pseudo-democracy is the foundation for monarchical rule in greater Arabia, autocracy in Egypt, and constant NATO inteference.
12 April 2018, 18:09
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How about Patriarch Rahi not waiting for world leaders, but rather tell the Lebanese President and Parliament to take the first step and reach peace with Israel.
As the saying goes "Even a long march starts with a single step"
12 April 2018, 19:28
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All this will be instantly solved when Lebanon declares the end of war with Israel.
12 April 2018, 19:28
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All this will be instantly solved when Lebanon declares the end of war with Israel.
