Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas received on Thursday by Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
Even before the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, left Beirut, the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee met to agree on a timetable for the gradual withdrawal of weapons held by Palestinians in the camps. This is an unprecedented step and an additional move in the project to monopolize weapons in the hands of the state, launched by President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Upon his arrival in Beirut on Wednesday, Abbas set the tone, affirming his commitment to Lebanon's sovereignty in a joint statement with Aoun.Of course, it remains to move to action, i.e., the effective and gradual disarmament of Palestinian factions. The first phase of a multi-stage plan will begin in mid-June, as decided on Friday at the Grand Serail during a committee meeting chaired by Nawaf Salam and attended by Ramez...
Even before the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, left Beirut, the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee met to agree on a timetable for the gradual withdrawal of weapons held by Palestinians in the camps. This is an unprecedented step and an additional move in the project to monopolize weapons in the hands of the state, launched by President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Upon his arrival in Beirut on Wednesday, Abbas set the tone, affirming his commitment to Lebanon's sovereignty in a joint statement with Aoun.Of course, it remains to move to action, i.e., the effective and gradual disarmament of Palestinian factions. The first phase of a multi-stage plan will begin in mid-June, as decided on Friday at the Grand Serail during a committee meeting chaired by Nawaf Salam and attended by Ramez...
