Al-Rahi Says Lebanon Won't Accept Financial Incentives to Naturalize Refugees
Maronite Patiarch Beshara al-Rahi on Tuesday said the international community cannot offer Lebanon financial incentives with the aim of naturalizing Palestinian and Syrian refugees in the country.
“We reject any type of international policy that tries to burden Lebanon with the price of everything that is going on in the region,” al-Rahi said.
“The danger lies in a rift among the Lebanese should (naturalization) occur,” the patriarch added, urging citizens to show unity in the face of any foreign pressures.
“Lebanon cannot bear the burden of the new policy represented in ‘the deal of the century’ and its negative repercussions,” al-Rahi said, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial peace plan for the Middle East.
05 February 2020, 03:07
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A populist corrupt politician claiming to be a religious man.
05 February 2020, 08:25
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and who is offering you or Lebanon incentives to naturalize Palestinians? What a pos!
05 February 2020, 08:46
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He had a meeting with Bassil on Sunday and Bassil 'educated' him on the naturalization issue. Being a spokesperson for the FPM he had to make the above statement on behalf of his bosses.
