Arabs surprisingly were able to contain the violence and join the Lebanese on one table.
Led by Qatar, the Arab convoy put into action a 6 points package agreed on by all political factions.
The points are as follows ( From Naharnet)
1) A return to the status quo before the clashes broke out on May 5, when the government announced two decisions against Hizbullah.
“The immediate end to any form of armed presence, the withdrawal of all armed militants from the streets and the opening of all roads as well as the airport and the port.”
2) Sheikh Hamad said there should be a re-launch of a national dialogue to restore confidence among the rival parties leading to the formation of a national unity government and a new electoral law.
“This accord will be crowned with the end of a sit-in in the center of Beirut on the eve of the election of consensus candidate General Michel Suleiman president.”
3) “Dialogue begins as soon as this accord is announced and as soon as the first point is implemented, in Doha on Friday, (May) 16, under the auspices of the Arab League. The dialogue will continue until an accord is struck.”
4) All sides to refrain from any resort to violence to achieve political goals.
5) “Launching a dialogue (also in Doha) to shore up the authority of the Lebanese state throughout the country and its relations with the different parties in Lebanon in order to guarantee the security of the state and its citizens.”
6) All political leaders to refrain from using language that might incite political or sectarian violence.
Hezbollah came out as the biggest winner, whether we like it or not. His actions were not even condemned and his weapons are here to stay, but still he lost a lot of his credibility as a “resistance” and his actions will reflect on his future in Lebanese politics.
As for March 14, they got guarantees that a president will be elected at any price and that Hezbollah will not use its weapons on the inside anymore but the formation of the national unity government will come first ..
The dialogue is to be launched tomorrow in Doha, Qatar.
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1. paul | May 15th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
yalla khilis l felem… tili3 bala zelem…wsheshe bala 2meshe…la met lbatal…wla llous n2atal… wein li2regil
2. Son of Ehden | May 15th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
I haven’t posted in a while but I have been reading the posts. I am not shocked of what’s happening in Lebanon. The dialogue in Qatar is a waste of time. This is “Istirahit al Mouharib”.
Please can someone give me a solution besides civil war. Hezbollah has a clear agenda and they will stick to it and defend it by all means including the use of force. No dialogue, no candy, no “sex” will change Hezbollah agenda. They have a plan to transform the country into their own country, a country that is always fighting Israel and the West just to please the Iranians. Civil war remains the only way out, it will be costly, bloody and awful but can someone else give me a suggestion or an idea of how to resolve the crisis? There is no solution, unless you cut the head of the snake, the head is in Tehran, not Beirut or even Damascus.
3. Tarek | May 15th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Well hopefully things will calm down for a while .. enough for me to graduate and leave this shitty place. That’s some good news!
4. ghassan K | May 15th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
I agree that it is just a reast between rounds. Next time, Hizballah will target another areas after its plans in Shouf failed. On the other side, the Druze and the Sunni in addtion to the Christians got a wake up call. Everyone will start SERIOUSLY arm itself!!!! Weapons in storage started to get assembled! I think Beirut will be a neutral city!
5. Marc | May 15th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
N10542,
I don’t agree with the fact that Hezballah is the winner from this.
1. OK, Hezbollah, is strong enough to organize a putsh and win military on the ground => But this is not something new, we knew that before. They are a very well armed milicia
2. (Reason why I don’t agree with the fact that they are winners) March 14 succeeded to prove to the whole world + Lebanese + Aounist + Arabs that Hezballah is ready to use it’s weapons internally (No red lines) and Hezbollah (Accept it or not) lost a lot of his divinity and cha3biyé (Christians & Muslims)
So Finally, Hezballah is the only looser. We lost a battle on the ground but we are far from loosing the war !!!
6. c | May 16th, 2008 at 12:04 am
marc, hope ur right, bc the next round is coming sooner than we think…
7. Shameonyou! | May 16th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Hezbollah did not intend to take control… If it had wanted to, it could have done it,” Major General Amos Yadlin said in an interview with the Israeli daily Haaretz.
even the zionist get´s it,they dont want power!,typical Lfer´s
8. Leb4Life | May 16th, 2008 at 1:20 am
i don’t think that hezballa lost any credibility . he didn’t have any credibility among lfers and psp anyway at the first place. those are the only 2 parties in lebanon that do not want peace in lebanon.
ghassan
i don’t know why u speak on behalf of christians saying they are ready to be armed and all that . u are not in a situation to say something like that . the only christians who are ready to be armed are the ouwet because :
NO WAR = NO PLACE FOR OUWET .
the only ones who lost credibility are hariri and jumblat for their brutal actions. they were the only losers . look at them now …. they will go to 7iwar mahzoomeen. as for geagea, he had nothing to lose anyway so his mizan el rebe7 wel khsara does not exist .
go ask sunnies and druze what they think of jumblat and hariri now. hezballa kashafoun ya sahbi.
9. Ace | May 16th, 2008 at 3:33 am
A President at any cost! What if the cost is too great? What if the “cost” loses the entire battle for those against the May8 Hezbollah Alliance? What if Lebanon is stuck with another Syrian/Hezbollah constrolled President for 6 years?
With any luck - Jumblatt will be there. He is a master strategist. Geagea has also done very well in this entire crisis. I fear that the Sunni Arm of M14 win not have enough foresight or experience to battle the political expertise of May8. Is is worth giving up the electoral law for a “President”? Is is worth giving it all up to a VETO? I don’t think so.
10. Patrick | May 16th, 2008 at 6:26 am
May 7 was just their way of testing the fences. A lot of people think it was the coup we’ve been hearing about for so long, but it wasn’t… that’s still in the works.
Nasrallah has to go.
Ahmadinejad has to go.
The Ayatollah has to go.
The Ayatollah who replaces him has to go.
11. Fuziyad | May 16th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
To leb4life, arze and various other aounies floating around…
Have you followed the last news??? claoun told the arab delegation that him and not suleiman was meant to be president. The arab delegation told him that this was not was hassouna wanted….so zebran bassil took his phone called hassan khalil asking clarifications and for aoun to speak to hassouna…hassan khalil said the sayye2 didn’t want to talk to aoun and that the hezb candidate was definitely suleiman and not the poor old men…claoun then started shouting and screaming and calling nazirallah a traitor in front of the arab delegation…
At least something funny in all this mess…
12. Rodge | May 16th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Fuziyad,
I was going to write this story, but i don’t think i could have done it better. It isd mentioned in all the media today, and as we said before, no one will trust Aoun as president, and he will die while dreaming of the chair, but without touching it.
13. Swe | May 16th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Yesterday Marcel Ghanem cancelled to show a reportage about the damage hassounas done to Lebanon…..so people don´t get even more angry.
Can anyone tell me if the reportage is up on youtube or somewhere else, i would like to see it…..
14. wassim | May 16th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Fuziyad w rodge 3anjad u made me laguh bi hal khabriye taba3kon hahahahah walla kharej teketbo fairy stories 3a akhbarkon! haha eno eza m3awadin 3al hariri w jomblat ye7ko ma3o la ja3ja3 bi hal tari2a w ma y3abrou - w hayda yale sar aslan cz traja3o 3an l ararat w ja3ja3 ma ken bado- so ma tfakro eno 3ale2et hasan nasrala ma3 michel aoun hek hahaha rou7o khabro osaskon la shi 7ada metelkon ysade2a!
15. Fuziyad | May 16th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
walla wassim, sooooo well argued…Yes you are right hizbis have a lot of respect for aoun…They are assholes but not idiots…They know that a man supposedly anti-syrian and anti-militias and allies with them is simply out of his mind…I mean this is obvious…even MP’s from his block acknowledge he’s a bit sick…the whole international community thinks that too…but if wassim follows him than this must be untrue…because wassim and a few other oranginas are much more clever than the WHOLE world…
And to get back on this, most of the story is public and the arab delegation said publicly that Aoun was a little bit difficult…why they only said that about him? I wonder…
And for the remaining details, trust me I have good sources that confirmed to me the refused phone converstaion by zabboura nasrallah and the insults that followed in the mouth of the old madmen…
Even worse, but this is less funny…hizbis are talking about amendments in taef and of course the new metwali share will be taken out of whom??? may be the assyrians and the alouites…
16. wage slave X | May 16th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
One thing for sure, Leb4life, the druze have idolized jumblatt now. I went and asked as you requested. If you really want to make sure for yourself, I suggest you drive up to the mountains.
I am not politically with LFers, but I still have no clue why people are still fixated on the idea that LFers want war.
they said FM, LF & PSP are arming themselves and have militias, and when they were attacked it turned out to be the other way around.
they said FM, LF & PSP want war. And during the highest point of escalation last week, when 14 M asked for talks and peace, it was called surrender.
they said Hezbollah’s arms was for fighting the Israelis. What about SSNP and Amal’s weapons in Beirut?
They said PSP, FM & LF are living in the civil war mentality, then they talked about liberation and occupying and killing and winning!
What happened is that everything is back to the it was before 7 may, with some exceptions:
Tens of dead people, Hezbollah using his weapons internally and deep sectarian rift. while I was asking as you said, this is the first thing one comes to realize.
One thing for sure, you will hear from now on voices calling for self security. Neither you or I would like this to happen, no?
One thing for sure, 5% of the Lebanese left the country since 2006. You tell me what will be percentage be in the coming year. Watch out, you could be one of those.
Is this the way you solve your issues in life? You get into a fight and see if you emerge with less bruises? No? so why do it on a national level? If you accept it now, will you accept one day, that some political party comes and shoot you coz they think you are a threat? I hope you have a healthy safe life seriously, but will you accept that?
17. Free | May 17th, 2008 at 10:32 am
wage slave
if u realy think that lf doesn’t want war then read this article
http://www.al-akhbar.com/ar/node/74083
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