Sunday, 15 Nov 2026 5 Jumada al-Akhira 1448 AH Beirut

What they said

Direct quotes as they appeared in the news — each one links to its source.

دونالد ترامب (75) يسرائيل كاتس (57) غادي آيزنكوت (46) بنيامين نتنياهو (38) ماركو روبيو (31) نواف سلام (26) نعيم قاسم (26) ترامب (26) آيزنكوت (21) محمد باقر قاليباف (21) محسن رضائي (19) جبران باسيل (18) عباس عراقجي (16) قاسم (16)
It makes no difference to us; in these elections, whoever leads an entity that has brought nothing to our region but violence and massacres.
إسماعيل بقائيالمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الإيرانية19 days ago · الشرق الأوسط
It is not normal for France to be in a state of turmoil six months before the elections
إيمانويل ماكرونالرئيس الفرنسي19 days ago · lebanon debate
Should I be tough? So that toughness leads to civil war, as some diplomats or some local parties here want? I cannot accept that.
وليد جنبلاطالرئيس السابق للحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي19 days ago · Lebanon Debate
The state alone is authorized to hold weapons.
وليد جنبلاطالرئيس السابق للحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي19 days ago · Lebanon Debate
The Israelis are filling the void left by the Americans.
وليد جنبلاطالرئيس السابق للحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي19 days ago · Lebanon Debate
In the end, we will say to the citizen: Is it reasonable that you also pay a tariff for state institutions, their buildings and administrations? This is unacceptable. Today's statement again places responsibility on the citizen, who has been exhausted by the major economic crisis, amid great difficulty for many in securing their needs until the end of the month. Therefore, matters should not be exaggerated for citizens; rather, every party should do its job, and every institution should pay its dues to the Ministry of Energy so that the ministry can secure electricity for citizens and for the water establishments. At the same time, the Ministry of Energy should expose everyone who steals electricity and does not pay their dues.
نجاة عون صليبانائبة في مجلس النواب اللبناني19 days ago · Lebanon Debate
The election results in Israel do not concern us
إسماعيل بقائيالمتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الإيرانية19 days ago · الشرق للأخبار
Our battle to build the state begins at school, and the new curricula must entrench national unity
الرئيس عونرئيس الجمهورية اللبنانية19 days ago · lebanon debate
The government will announce clear and tangible decisions regarding the protesters' demands
ماكرون19 days ago · lebanon debate
Lebanon is not built by fear of the other.
فضل الله19 days ago · lebanon debate
The curfew contributed to maintaining order last Saturday.
إيمانويل ماكرونرئيس فرنسا19 days ago · lebanon debate
All of this is a lie
سارة نتنياهو19 days ago · lebanon debate
We hold daily talks with the Iranians
وزير الخارجية المصريوزير الخارجية المصري19 days ago · LBCI Lebanon
The Israelis are filling the void... the upcoming possibilities are terrifying
وليد جنبلاطرئيس الحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي19 days ago · lebanon debate
First, the public sector must be restructured; second, the financial gap awaiting the necessary negotiation process with the IMF must be addressed; and third, the financial accounts, which are supposed to extend to 2025, must be completed.
كنعان19 days ago · lebanon debate
The financial accounts of the Lebanese state, which we have been demanding in the Finance Committee since 2010, are a fundamental issue because their absence prevents effective oversight of government work.
كنعان19 days ago · lebanon debate
Until today, even if the government has referred the 2022 final account, the final accounts for the years that followed do not exist, and absent oversight is very bad.
كنعان19 days ago · lebanon debate
I reminded the Finance Minister that if it becomes clear to us that there are new fees or taxes, our decision in the Finance Committee is not to proceed with them.
كنعان19 days ago · lebanon debate
The presidential appeal against bank reform did not affect negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, according to the Minister of Finance, and we want a law that ensures the actual recovery of deposits.
النائب إبراهيم كنعاننائب في مجلس النواب اللبناني19 days ago · lebanon debate
There may be an imminent birth of the deposits recovery process, and the most important is the mechanism for financing the recovery of these deposits.
النائب إبراهيم كنعاننائب في مجلس النواب اللبناني19 days ago · lebanon debate
With what is available, this government has worked and reached this kind of balance, which of course does not include the possibility of what will happen.
النائب إبراهيم كنعاننائب19 days ago · lebanon debate
We listened to the Finance Minister about the main points of the budget, and the good point is that it came on time instead of arriving after a year and becoming a fait accompli
إبراهيم كنعاننائب في مجلس النواب اللبناني19 days ago · lebanon debate
Vote for Bibi Netanyahu for prime minister. We must finish the job we started.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي19 days ago · MTV Lebanon
When you go to the polls, remember that Bibi has been an exceptional fighter!
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي19 days ago · MTV Lebanon
To the people of Israel, and to those who may not have seen it, I am attaching the endorsement I gave a week ago to your prime minister, Bibi Netanyahu.
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأميركي19 days ago · MTV Lebanon
I warn Netanyahu: do not dare put your political interests above state security.
غادي آيزنكوترئيس الأركان السابق ومنافس نتانياهو19 days ago · France 24
This man has lost control. We must certainly send him home.
يائير لابيدزعيم المعارضة الإسرائيلية19 days ago · France 24
The reports about disagreements between the political level and the Israeli army regarding the Iranian file are baseless and false.
يسرائيل كاتسوزير الدفاع الإسرائيلي19 days ago · France 24
There is no place among us for anyone who differentiates between a Jordanian and a Jordanian
وزير الداخلية الأردنيوزير الداخلية الأردني19 days ago · lebanon debate
It is time to cancel Articles 36, 37 and 38, which grant Middle East Airlines and the rest of the companies an exemption from profit tax, as well as a 50% exemption from airport fees and services due to the Treasury.
مارك ضونائب في البرلمان اللبناني19 days ago · lebanon debate