Olmert Talks about Understandings with Abbas

Beirut (Lebanon) | 14 May 2008 | New Orient News | Arab and local press focused on the Lebanese condition, pointing out that the Arab delegation that consists of 9 Arab foreign ministers, chaired by Qatar, arrived in Beirut to follow up the implementation of the decisions of the Arab foreign ministers’ council. The Lebanese, and maybe the world, are waiting for the development of the condition amid unclear compromising proposals. The press said: the compromise may be difficult after raising the political ceilings and the counter conditions to their highest levels.

Bush’s Tour and the Confused and Impotent Israel

Beirut (Lebanon) | 13 May 2008 | New Orient News | Arab and local press follows up closely the latest developments on the Lebanese arena and especially the eruption of the last event. What is remarkable is that some Arab newspapers and free pens which escape the various pressures in the Arab world are still clinging to their Arabhood and invariable national stands and consider that the joint strategic line between the US and Israel concerning Lebanon is clear. The main goal is taming resistance which is represented in Hezbollah as an introductory step to destroy it. As for the Arab stand, it is ambiguous and hides a practical solidarity with the US and Israel.

Obama Approaches and New Calculations

Beirut (Lebanon) | 12 May 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused on the field developments in Lebanon saying that the opposition tightened its control on Beirut and moved to the mountain to chase those who attacked it. The press also followed up the Arab foreign ministers’ meeting in Cairo to discuss the Lebanese file, pointing out that an Arab delegation will head for Beirut in an attempt to solve the crisis. The Arab press concentrated on the arrival of the US destroyer Cole off the Lebanese coasts before the arrival of the Arab delegation, wondering about the meaning of this step.

Beirut’s Intifada Confuses the Loyalists and their Supporters

Beirut (Lebanon) | 10 May 2008 | New Orient News | Arab and local press focused on the events in Lebanon and the real changes that these events bring with them to achieve the opposition’s goals and drop all the cheap bargains to start a serious dialogue that solves the crisis. The newspapers read the current events but were confused concerning reading the next stage, because the opposition started its movement this time without revealing its next steps and its alternative plan. The press anticipates the international stands concerning the events in Lebanon and the way of translating the promises to the country and its prime minister. Some papers raised doubts on the possibility of holding the Arab foreign ministers’ emergency meeting.

General strike in Lebanon

Beirut (Lebanon) | 8 May 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused on the events that took place on the Lebanese arena pointing out that the Lebanese authority insists on its aggressive decisions without paying attention to the country’s interest. The press also anticipates the stand that secretary general of Hezbollah will announce while the strike continues after the dramatic change which was manifested in the armed militia men authority shooting of citizens on the roads.

Olmert’s Political Shock Escalates Israel’s confusion

Beirut (Lebanon) | 6 May 2008 | New Orient News | It seems that the US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice’s tour remixed cards which led to escalation in a number of places in the area despite Rice’s optimism which is still revolving in the vacuum of goals. The press also focused on the escalating political contest in Lebanon and the security violations and the anticipation of the strike that the syndicates and workers sectors called for starting it tomorrow to protest the government’s policy. The government continued its provocations and insistence on the method of security and economic provocation.

Lebanon : An Escalation of a New Internationalization Idea

Beirut (Lebanon) | 5 May 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused on local and regional events including the escalation of the campaign against Hezbollah and the reactions on it. These events led to security tension in the street last night in some of Beirut’s areas. The press also talked about the authority’s attempt to internationalize Beirut’s airport in response to suspicious security requirements. The press focused on what happens in Egypt, Iraq and Yemen pointing out that the issues will remain open to all the possibilities of political escalation in the last eight months of Bush’s presidential term. The US administration tries to do something before leaving office despite its failure to do it during eight years.

Gaza Raises the Concern of Cairo and Amman

Beirut (Lebanon) | 3 May 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused on the critical security condition in the area as a whole amid atmospheres that reflected a political escalation on the Lebanese arena in the aftermath of the threats to target the compromise and tourism. The press talked also about what Walid Junblat described as dangers that threaten Beirut international airport. The press also focused on the Israeli minister of defense who said the Israeli internal front is the point of weakness in the Hebrew state. The press also talked about the new incentives that the six states offered Iran in addition to other issues.

Israel is confused and Gaza is on the Edge of Explosion

Beirut (Lebanon) | 2 May 2008 | New Orient News | The press said that with the arrival of the Day of Workers the communications continued on a number of levels including the visit of the Arab league secretary general Amer Musa to Beirut and his talk about a serious opportunity to solve the Lebanese crisis. The press also talked about the continuity of the Israeli settlement policy in the Golan in the aftermath of the Israeli war minister’s declaration that Israel will cling to the occupied of the Golan. The press also covered the continuity of the crisis between al-Sadr trend and the Iraqi government.

Israel is caught in Gaza: Invasion or Truce?

Beirut (Lebanon) | 30 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press anticipates the visit of the US president George Bush to the area on May 13 in order to pose questions on the destiny of many events which escalated lately. These events include the statements of the Israeli transportation minister Shaul Mofaz about Syria, which said withdrawal from the Golan expands Iran’s influence. The press will also wonders about conditions in Lebanon after the house speaker put the representative Saad al-Hariri before one of two dialogues: the bilateral dialogue with the General Oun or the expanded one at the parliament.

Bush’ Tour and Reaping Failure

Beirut (Lebanon) | 30 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused today on the Israeli occupation forces’ attack on Gaza which resulted in killing 9 Palestinians in addition to the continuity of settlement in Jerusalem and other areas, The press also focused on the visit of the Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan to Syria and his meeting with president Bashar al-Assad in the light of the talk about the resumption of peace negotiations between Syria and Israel, but Ankara calmed down the storm of the statements about this topic by saying that the road towards peace is still in its beginning.

Erdogan’s Visit and Washington’s campaign

Beirut (Lebanon) | 26 April 2008 | New Orient News | Arab and local press focused on the US escalation of its tone against Damascus and the interactions of the news about the Israeli raid on the alleged nuclear reactor in Syria last year, pointing out that Washington tries to justify the Israeli raid on Syria because it was involved in it. The press talked about the goals of this escalation saying this may launch an aggressive campaign against Syria, which revealed lately the Israeli demands for signing peace with it. The press also talked about the statements of the director of the international atomic energy agency, which denied the existence of a nuclear reactor in Syria.

An Israeli Debate and a Syrian Firmness

Beirut (Lebanon) | 25 April 2008 | New Orient News | The Lebanese political arena waits for the answer to the house speaker’s call for the return to the dialogue table to discuss the Lebanese crisis and find an outlet because the crisis’s complication increases daily and coincides with another economic crisis that burdens the Lebanese citizens. The press focused on the events in Rumieh prison and on activating the file of negotiations between Syria and Israel.

Al-Qaeda on the Line of Lebanese Interactions

Beirut (Lebanon) | 24 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused on the events related to South Lebanon in the light of the UN reports on the two resolutions 1559 and 1701. This poses a question on the coming stage in the shadow of the role that the UNIFIL forces play in South Lebanon, which pushes some papers to wonder if these forces protect Israel or Lebanon. The press also focused on the Syrian statements which said there is an Israeli promise to withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights and that this has embarrassed Olmert. The press said the details of the Israeli raid on Syria will be revealed today.

An unsuseful meeting in Kuwait

Beirut (Lebanon) | 23 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused on Iraq’s neighboring states’ meeting which was held yesterday in Kuwait. The meeting issues a statement that destroyed the Arab initiative concerning Lebanon and called for immediately electing the Lebanese president without any conditions. The press talked about the meeting between the French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner and the Syrian foreign minister Walid al-Mouallem in which al-Moullaem warned from kidnapping Lebanon from the Arab initiative. The meeting in Kuwait did not cancel Iraq’s debts or decide to open embassies in this country.

Muqtada al-Sadr Confronts George Bush

Beirut (Lebanon) | 22 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused today on the meeting between Condoleezza Rice and her counterparts in the Gulf Cooperation Council in al-Manamah, which did not show any commitment to cancel loans and open embassies in Iraq. The press also focused on Ban Ki-Moon’s statements and the report on the resolution 1559. Ki-Moon stressed electing the president, opening the parliament, disarming Hezbollah and changing it into a political party. The press also talked about the Saudi call to the Lebanese to confront the attempts of domination. This raised contests and debates on this stand and Saudi Arabia’s trend in confronting the house speaker’s call for dialogue.

The Qualitative Operations Confuse Barak’s Plans

Beirut (Lebanon) | 21 April 2008 | New Orient News | The Americans mix the cards again in Lebanon and Iraq through activating the circles of their schisms and the direct intervention in the continuity of the Lebanese vacuum after urging their allies to refuse any initiative based on the principle of partnership. _In Iraq, Bush’s administration mobilized the Iraqi leaderships against al-Sadr trend after the clashes that broke out yesterday between al-Sadr trend and the government’s forces. The press also talked about conditions in Palestine and the crossings war that Hamas announced yesterday. The press also focused on the president Bashar al-Assad’s heading of the Ba’ath Arab socialist party’ central committee’s meeting and saying that resistance is Syria’s options and there are no secret negotiations with (...)

Carter’s Tour Succeeds while Bush’s Tour Stumbles

Beirut (Lebanon) | 19 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused on the US political campaign against Lebanon in the shadow of the breakthrough achieved by the US former president Jimmy Carter’s visit to Damascus and his meeting with the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and Palestinian leaders who are branded with the US and Israeli veto. The press also focused on preparations to hold the conference of Iraq’s neighboring states in Kuwait and Sharm el-Sheik meeting which will be held on the anniversary of Israel’s foundation.

Israeli attacks in the West Bank

Beirut (Lebanon) | 18 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused on the Israeli holocaust in Gaza and the fall of a large number of martyrs in addition to the Arab and international communications concerning the Lebanese crisis. The press also focused on the visit of the US assistant secretary of state David Welch to Beirut and his proposal “the president first” which challenged the opinions of the main political forces. This refers to a new US-led round of escalation that aims at aborting the house speaker’s efforts which aim at activating dialogue on the basis of the Arab summit.

Gaza’s Second and the Resistance’s Attacks

Beirut (Lebanon) | 17 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press said Israel continued the holocaust in Gaza killing 20 Palestinians while president Bashar al-Assad said Syria prepares itself for war but it rules it out due to the available data and indicators. President Bashar al-Assad added that the existence of Israel is discussed after Lebanon’s war expressing hope in the Arab future.

Gaza Confronts Aggression and Siege

Beirut (Lebanon) | 16 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused today on a number of Arab and international issues saying that the Arab quartet aspires to steal a declaration from the US president Bush during his participation in the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Israeli entity. The press added that the Security Council asked the involved sides to implement the resolution 1701. The press added that the Vatican’s pope will meet the US president and that the pope’s visit will cost 3 billion dollars. The Lebanese file is still in the position of gravitations among Arab sides according to the Lebanese press.

Gaza’s Siege and the Arab Stand

Beirut (Lebanon) | 15 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused on the Arab movements and communications which aim at solving the Lebanese crisis. The house speaker Nabih Berri continued his Arab tour and visited Qatar in an attempt to achieve a breakthrough in the file of the crisis. The press also focused on conditions in Palestine and Iraq in the light of the deteriorated security conditions in these two places.

Iraq, Gaza and the Talks of Damascus

Beirut (Lebanon) | 14 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press focused on the Arab meetings and communications which take place on a number of levels, especially those which followed the meeting between President Mubarak and the Saudi king. The diplomatic movements aimed at solving the Lebanese crisis which was the center of the house speaker Nabih Berri’s Arab tour which covered Cairo. A Lebanese paper quoted a diplomatic source as saying that the US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice told the foreign ministers of the Security Council’s five member-states that it is no problem if the condition in Lebanon stays as it is.

Israeli Preparations and Egyptian Measures

Beirut (Lebanon) | 12 April 2008 | New Orient News | The political and security pressures continue in a number of places in the area in the shadow of the Israeli escalation in Gaza and the US’s Arab allies war on Damascus’s summit and the failure of the attempts to solve the Lebanese crisis. _ This warns of more complications which may reflect in a bitter reality. This takes place on the occasion of the anniversary of the Lebanese civil war which started on April 13, 1975.

The Maneuvers Ended and Olmert Plans to Invade Gaza

Beirut (Lebanon) | 11 April 2008 | New Orient News | The press said the house speaker continued his Arab communications which started with his meeting with the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. The press added the house speaker will head for Saudi Arabia to continue his endeavors amid the talk about the possibility of achieving a breakthrough in the light of the conditioned agreement on the elections law for 1960. The press report said this takes place in the shadow of the information about the emergence of complications in the file of the Syrian-Saudi-Egyptian mediation after the meeting between king Abadallah and President Hosni Mubarak.

Sharm el-Sheik and Gaza

Beirut (Lebanon) | 10 April 2008 | New Orient News | It seems that what proves the success of the Arab summit in Damascus is the two-sided summits that a number of Arab states moved to hold after the US failure to obstruct the Arab summit in Damascus. These summits aim at destroying the slogan of Arab solidarity which was the slogan of Damascus’s summit. Within this framework, the media followed up the meeting between the Saudi king and the Egyptian president whose agenda was Lebanon and Iraq. The Lebanese press focused on the internal affairs and the continuous crisis in addition to the Israeli military maneuvers.

Sharm el-Sheik Summit and the Area’s Files

Beirut (Lebanon) | 9 April 2008 | New Orient News | Lebanese press focused on the movement of the house speaker Nabih Berri especially after his visit to Damascus and his meeting with president Bashar al-Assad in an attempt to solve the Lebanese crisis in a time when the Lebanese parliament is entering its final year. The Arab press focused on the fifth anniversary of the occupation of Iraq and the report that the US general Petraeus to the US Congress.

Nabhi Berri’s Successful Visit in Syria

Beirut (Lebanon) | 8 April 2008 | New Orient News | The results of Damascus’s summit continue to interact through the communications and meetings that take place on a number of levels to contain the crisis in Lebanon and covered the unexpected visit of the Lebanese house speaker Nabih Berri to Damascus and his meeting with the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in an attempt to seek a solution for the Lebanese crisis and find a mechanism for solution after the failure of the pressures of Washington and its allies to end the crisis or to obstruct Damascus’s summit. The press focused on the Israeli big military maneuvers amid fears from their security and military reflections.

Hamas Warns from a New Adventure

Beirut (Lebanon) | 7 April 2008 | New Orient News | Lebanese and Arab press focused on the big Israeli military maneuvers which started yesterday and the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s opening phrase: “war has started”. The press also focused on the meetings and communications which aim at solving the Lebanese crisis and the dialogue that the house speaker will launch this month and his intended tour to activate the political and diplomatic endeavors to solve the Lebanese crisis.

A New Iraqi Epoch

Beirut (Lebanon) | 5 April 2008 | New Orient News | Lebanese and Arab press focus on the Israeli military exercises which will take place tomorrow amid fears that the Israeli leadership tried to dissipate through calling the UNIFIL leaders in Lebanon to inform them that the exercises do not target Lebanon or Hezbollah. The political efforts continued in the area after Damascus’s summit to contain the Arab-Arab disputes. This covers the summit between prince of Kuwait and the Saudi king.