Israel says it has confirmed Safieddine's death
The Israeli military said Tuesday that one of its airstrikes outside Beirut earlier this month killed a top Hezbollah official who had been widely expected to be the group's next leader.
There was no immediate confirmation from the group about the fate of Sayyed Hashem Safieddine.
Safieddine, a powerful cleric within the party ranks, was expected to succeed Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, one of the group's founders, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in September.
Israel said Safieddine was killed by an airstrike in early October in a southern suburb of Beirut. Around 25 other Hezbollah leaders were killed during the strike, Israel said.
Israeli strikes in recent months have killed much of Hezbollah's top leadership, leaving the group in disarray.
23 October 2024, 00:12
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Experts tell the AP that Lebanon's Shia majority, excluded from power by Constitutional Article 24 which gives half of parliament to Christians, have all decided to move to Florida, a move Israel hails as "Good for Florida, bad for Alabama."
23 October 2024, 17:30
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"Experts", Ha Ha. Who are those "experts" professor chrisrushlau, Noam Chomsky? This Noam Chomsky?
This is an email exchange between Chris Rushlau and Noam Chomsky that Rushlau posted on Naharnet over 1 year ago.
Chris Rushlau : "You said in an interview maybe ten years ago that Shias were more than half of Lebanon's population. Do you stand by that claim?"
Noam Chomsky: "I doubt that I said that.."
Child, you remind me of when my seven year old grandchild learned that Santa Claus did not exist. The dear innocent boy couldn't accept this. His "truth" was different than reality but his naïve immature mind wouldn't process this fact. Unlike chris, the boy eventfully consented. After all he was not a moron, he was seven year old.
24 October 2024, 18:03
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You seem to think Christians are the majority. If that's the case, you don't need Article 24 to guarantee your access to power. Tell me what Article 24's set-aside of half of parliamentary seats to Christians does for Christians. Don't be shy. Maybe you'd rather talk about what Israel's "Jewish state" does for Jews, Jewishness, and/or Judaism. I get the feeling from your lame comment that you cherish your experts. What do they tell you about Lebanon? What is their evidence?
26 October 2024, 20:35
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What gave you this idea dumdum? The fact that I always told you that the Christians are between 30 and 40% while the Muslims are 60 to 67% depending on the source? Or the fact that I constantly told you to go check the voters lists, where you will find the official figures for all citizens 21 years old and up. You can go back to the nineties, but just try the last 20 years to make it simpler. The voters who are 21 year old today were toddlers in 2005. The figures are constant. The Sunni come first, followed very closely by the Shias. The Maronites come after then and so on. The combined Christian voters a little more that any single Muslim sect, but they never vote as single block. Just like the Muslims do not vote as a single block. In fact Sunnis and Shias vote opposite way to each others.
26 October 2024, 20:37
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Lebanon consists of 18 different sects. You brain cannot process this so you invent a narrative and when the facts don't fit, you just make stuff up. You kept claiming "Chomsky claimed the Shias are the majority" but when you busted that myth via old Noam himself, you dusted yourself off and repeated that claim. You are obviously dumber than you look and that's a special talent to have. Your stupidity goes as far as to think that the Shias are a different race that all other Lebanese. My advise go read the full 1990 updated constitution. Ask yourself why so many articles were never implemented. Not from 1990 during the Syrian occupation or since 2005. Curiously you seams to think that Israel is somehow involved with the Lebanese constitution. Keep working on working your racism chris, you might at last get a diploma from somewhere.
