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Ya Libnan
4 days ago
- Politics
- Ya Libnan
PSP chief: We handed over all our remaining arm. 'Only the state can protect us all.'
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Taymour Jumblatt noted that 'Lebanon is currently going through difficult times. There are ongoing attacks on Lebanon and an occupation that must end. There is an official Lebanese document that carries clear ideas that allow us to emerge from the crisis calmly and rationally.' In his speech at the annual central dinner of the Progressive Youth Organization, he noted that 'our position on the issue of weapons is clear. We started with ourselves and handed over the weapons that were still available.' He explained that 'we handed them over out of the conviction that the state alone can protect us all.' He explained that 'Lebanon is also still in an economic crisis, and reform remains essential to overcome it, particularly for the younger generation, so that they can find opportunities in the country and stop migration.' He emphasized that 'the state must be established, and the state project is achieved through justice and political and social security. In order to continue on this path and achieve success, we need those who are up to the responsibility and willing to work and give.' Under UN resolutions 1701 on which the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was agreed all militia in Lebanon should be disarmed. 'Jumblatt's decision to hand over all PSP's remaining arms should be considered as a wake up call to Hezbollah to do the same, one analyst told Ya Libnan. Like all the other militias in Lebanon PSP handed all its arms to the Lebanese army at the end of the 1975-90 civil war , but after Hezbollah attacked the Druze stronghold of Mount Lebanon in 2008 it forced PSP and other communities in Mount Lebanon to rearm themselves for self defense . File : Masked Hezbollah fighters as they march through a suburb of Beirut in May 2008 , when the party occupied a large section of Beirut . and tried but failed to occupy Mount Lebanon. The move forced PSP to rearm in self defense. Many Hezbollah fighters were killed during the failed attack on Mount Lebanon The Iran backed Hezbollah was the only militia that refused to hand over its arms in 1990. Lebanon faces Existential Threat if Hezbollah not disarmed US Special Envoy Tom Barrack warned, in an interview with the Emirati newspaper The National, that Lebanon risks falling into the hands of regional powers unless Beirut moves to resolve the issue of Hezbollah's arms He pointed out that 'Lebanon needs to resolve this issue, otherwise it could face an existential threat,' adding, 'Israel on one side, Iran on the other, and now Syria is emerging very quickly. If Lebanon doesn't act, it will return to the Levant.' Ya Libnan / El Nashra
MTV Lebanon
12-06-2025
- Politics
- MTV Lebanon
Jumblatt meets Ogero Employees' Union over job security concerns
Progressive Socialist Party leader, MP Taymour Jumblatt, met with a delegation from the Ogero Employees' Union, headed by Union President Emile Nassar, at his Clemenceau office. The meeting was attended by MP Faisal Sayegh, Jumblatt's advisor Hossam Harb, and the Secretary-General of the Labor Liberation Front Walid Shmeit. Discussions focused on the situation of Ogero employees, particularly the implications of Law 431, especially Article 49, and its impact on job stability and the future of workers across all positions within the organization.
LBCI
11-06-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
French Envoy meets Walid Jumblatt to discuss Lebanon's political developments
Former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), Walid Jumblatt, received French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian at his residence in Clemenceau. French Ambassador to Lebanon Hervé Magro accompanied Le Drian. The meeting was also attended by the current head of the PSP, MP Taymour Jumblatt, and Mrs. Nora Jumblatt. Discussions focused on the latest political developments in Lebanon and the broader region.
National News
26-04-2025
- Politics
- National News
"Decision on peace & war rests solely with the state, administrative decentralization an urgent national necessity," stresses MP Jumblatt at "Renewal for the Nation" Conference
NNA - Head of the Democratic Gathering and Progressive Socialist Party, MP Taymour Jumblatt, participated today in the "Renewal for the Nation" conference, where he delivered a speech highlighting the critical juncture at which we stand, "a stage in which developments require us to rise to the challenge and define the path towards a future worthy of the aspirations of the Lebanese people and all the crises they have experienced." "Today, we are not engaging in a fleeting political debate, but rather we are setting the headlines for the serious and required work to consolidate the identity, sovereignty, and unifying entity of the state, and for the dignity and natural rights of the citizen," he said. Jumblatt reiterated that the peace and war decision lies solely in the hands of the Lebanese state and its legitimate institutions, at the forefront of which is the Lebanese Army, "to which we renew our full support as a guarantor of stability and protector of unity and sovereignty throughout Lebanon," he underscored. "It must be remembered that the Israeli occupation of parts of the country remains at the core of our work, which must remain focused on the government level in order not to neglect the necessity of implementing international resolutions, including Resolution 1701, imposing an Israeli withdrawal from the south, and halting all forms of aggression against Lebanon," Jumblatt asserted. Referring to administrative decentralization, Jumblatt stressed that it is an "urgent national necessity" and "one of the fundamental means of achieving balanced development that ends regional discrimination." He added, "The administrative decentralization we advocate strengthens unity because it bridges the gap between the center and the peripheries and involves everyone in national decision-making." "Let us all unite—political forces, civil society, unions, and citizens—behind a genuine rescue plan that begins with fundamental reform in state administration and ends with the building of the Lebanon of our dreams: strong in its unity, prosperous in its justice, and cohesive with its people," Jumblatt concluded.
National News
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- National News
Saturday, April 5, 2025
NNA - Time Topic 11:00 am Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Graphic Design, organized by the Graphic Designers Syndicate at Sin El Fil Municipality. 11:00 am 'Reviving Beirut Pine Forest hosted' by 'Nahnou' NGO at Horsh Beirut – Qasqas, near Al-Khashoggi Mosque. The event includes dialogue sessions on municipal work and elections, along with artistic, awareness, and interactive agricultural activities. 4:00 pm Foundation stone laying ceremony for the world's largest book, 'Pioneers from the Land of Cedars' by Fadi Riyad Saad, in Baakline's National Library Square. Organized by the Lebanese and Diaspora Cultural Council and the National Library, under the patronage of MP Taymour Jumblatt, in the presence of Minister of Culture Ghassan Salamé and NNA Director Ziad Harfoush. Speeches by Minister Salamé and MP Jumblatt. 4:00 pm Launch of the 'Municipal Shadow Council' at the Municipal Theater in Zgharta-Zawiya, Pierre Fershakh Hall. 6:00 pm Lecture by the Friends of White Knowledge Society – Esoteric Science by Eng. Haifa Al Arab, titled: 'Inner Senses: When, How, and Why Do They Awaken?' at the Esoteric Science Center – Hazmieh. 6:00 pm Book discussion of 'Elissa – Queen of Tyre and Carthage' by Lamisse Chakir, organized by Charles Corm Foundation and Dar Al-Nahar, at Charles Corm Building, Achrafieh.
