A woman walks near a portrait of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the Mar Elias Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's visit to Lebanon, on May 20, 2025. Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began a three-day visit to Lebanon on Wednesday, during which he would address the sensitive issue of disarming Palestinian camps in the country, in the wake of the Gaza war and the recent deadly conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.In a joint statement, Abbas and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that weapons would no longer be allowed to operate outside state control. Lebanon pledged to reassert its monopoly on arms, whether held by Palestinian factions or Hezbollah. Read more From scapegoat, to brotherhood, to ghetto: The story of Palestinians in Lebanon For more than five decades, the Lebanese state has not exercised control over the Palestinian armed presence on its territory — a situation that dates back to the 1969 Cairo Agreement signed between the Lebanese Army and the Palestine...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began a three-day visit to Lebanon on Wednesday, during which he would address the sensitive issue of disarming Palestinian camps in the country, in the wake of the Gaza war and the recent deadly conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.In a joint statement, Abbas and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that weapons would no longer be allowed to operate outside state control. Lebanon pledged to reassert its monopoly on arms, whether held by Palestinian factions or Hezbollah. Read more From scapegoat, to brotherhood, to ghetto: The story of Palestinians in Lebanon For more than five decades, the Lebanese state has not exercised control over the Palestinian armed presence on its territory — a situation that dates back to the 1969 Cairo Agreement signed between the Lebanese Army and the Palestine...
