Jumblat defends al-Rahi after attacks by pro-Hezbollah activists
Druze leader Walid Jumblat on Thursday defended Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi after he was attacked on social media by pro-Hezbollah journalists and activists.
“We condemn any domestic inflammatory remarks, especially against Patriarch al-Rahi, during this extraordinarily dangerous period in the history of Lebanon and the region,” Jumblat said in a post on the X platform, formerly Twitter.
“Internal unity is above any consideration,” he added.
Al-Rahi had on Wednesday said: “Our people in the South are leaving their homes and this means further poverty, that’s why we have asked our parishioners to offer sums of money and to present Sundays’ trays (of donations) to our people who are coming from the southern towns.”
Since October 8, thousands of residents have fled the southern border towns amid daily clashes between Israel and Hezbollah against the backdrop of the war in Gaza.
Al-Rahi’s remarks infuriated some pro-Hezbollah activists, including al-Manar reporter Ali Shoaib and al-Mayadeen reporter Ali Murtada, who launched vehement attacks and insults against al-Rahi on their social media accounts.
16 November 2023, 17:24
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Since Oct 7 I've noticed the farcical click baits from the pro hassin commentators the Mortada, Elleik, El Dirr, Habib Fayyad, Generalissimo Hteits, London Abdel Bari or Stanley Tucci's stunt double Faizal Abdel Satter, etc, opining in unison about the war and the hurt hassin and his ma7war were going to inflict on Israel. Until hassin first reappeared the consensus from these "intellectuals" was "Israel is over". They were arguing about from where the liberation of Palestine will begin, not the when. Then hassin popped out reading from an prepared speech putting everyone to sleep and also putting to bed all their silly military analysis.
16 November 2023, 17:24
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Then the day after hassin's apparition, we had round two from these people. They now turned their sights on anyone against involving Lebanon in the war, calling them traitors and cowards, spinning hassin's spineless incoherent speech. But that's not all. They also started to hype the game changer, advanced, state of the art, Star Trek level weaponry hassin has and how they will obliterate *"الكيان الغاصب". Then hassin pops up again, proud of the Katyusha that he fired on a settlement, at least it was not a trebuchet. Well ok, I know plenty of people who are proud of the vintage crap they have. Mind you when tens of thousands of people flee their home in the south these commentators are safe home in Beirut or overseas. Instead of slandering al-Rahi, Ali Mortada should go spend a little time in the south, or is he too afraid of becoming Ali Mortadella.
*Note one despicable cowardly idiot threatened to rape a female journalist that disagreed with extending the war to Lebanon.
