Lebanon aid conference raises $1 billion
A Paris conference Thursday on aid for conflict-stricken Lebanon raised around $800 million for humanitarian aid and a further $200 million to support the country's armed forces, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said.
"We have risen to the occasion," Barrot told participants as the conference closed, while adding that "we cannot limit ourselves to a humanitarian and security response... we have to bring about a diplomatic solution" as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues.
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Macron and all donors must understand that any immediate aid except humanitarian aid prior to implementing UN resolutions 1556 & 1680 and disarming HizbIran & other militias will be counterproductive and effectively bolstering Iran occupation of Lebanon via its Hizbollah brigades and its political mafia as was done since 2006 prolonging Lebanon occupation, misery, bankruptcy, Hizb political mafia, oppression and assassination of sovereign politicians, and the rule of the jungle of the Basij. UN 1701 without 1556 is another tragedy waiting to happen!
