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 (78) غادي آيزنكوت (46) بنيامين نتنياهو (41) ماركو روبيو (28) محمد باقر قاليباف (28) يسرائيل كاتس (27) نواف سلام (26) ترامب (26) نعيم قاسم (26) آيزنكوت (22) جبران باسيل (19) محسن رضائي (19) عباس عراقجي (16) قاسم (16)
These measures contributed to creating a state of deterrence and prevented the enemy from daring to enter the country's borders
علي جهانشاهيقائد القوات البرية في الجيش الإيراني10 Oct 2026 · التلفزيون العربي
The Lebanese Army, composed of 80,000 soldiers, is not incapable at all, and the explosives have cornered the military and political leaderships; they are buying time while the party arms itself.
جورج عقيصنائب في مجلس النواب اللبناني10 Oct 2026 · MTV Lebanon
The entry of prohibited explosives and their carrying without government decisions is a criminal offense, and we have become accustomed since 2008 that Hezbollah is involved in assassinations. To the state I say: 'Take the decisions now, otherwise it will be very difficult to take them later.'
جورج عقيصنائب في مجلس النواب اللبناني10 Oct 2026 · MTV Lebanon
Why has the government not yet issued an arrest warrant against Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem and all the military leaders of the party?
جورج عقيصنائب في مجلس النواب اللبناني10 Oct 2026 · MTV Lebanon
We are here to hear all the problems this region suffers from, and it is our duty to give the citizen all medical needs, especially for workers
محمد حيدروزير العمل10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
The time has come for the Lebanese citizen to have a health card, so that the citizen is no longer humiliated at hospital doors
بلال عبداللهرئيس لجنة الصحة النيابية10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Were it not for the sacrifices of the martyrs and the resistance, and were it not for the resistance's presence in Lebanon, Lebanon would be an Israeli colony
علي المقدادنائب10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Lebanon's gateway to Syria and from there to all countries
منير التينيرئيس مجلس إدارة غرفة التجارة والصناعة والزراعة في زحلة والبقاع10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Syria is heading toward an economic renaissance, and extends its hand to Lebanon to build a real partnership
إياد الهزاعالقائم بأعمال السفارة السورية لدى لبنان10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Netanyahu, like a bankrupt gambler, is desperately trying to save himself by sacrificing more American lives and money
عباس عراقجيوزير الخارجية الإيراني10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
He has no regard for his own people, in order to escape justice
عباس عراقجيوزير الخارجية الإيراني10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Netanyahu is a war criminal wanted for justice, and his hands are stained with the blood of Arabs, Americans and Iranians
عباس عراقجيوزير الخارجية الإيراني10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
It is not a provocation.
لاي تشينغ تيرئيس تايوان10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
His country cherishes peace but will not give up its freedom.
لاي تشينغ تيرئيس تايوان10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
He ignores the facts, distorts the truth, misleads public opinion, and reveals hidden intentions.
مكتب شؤون تايوان في الصينمكتب شؤون تايوان في الصين10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Therefore, we do not approve of the contents of this agreement, because it has proven, as we feared, that it does not include a timetable for withdrawal, and does not include anything binding on Israel. Israel is the party and the judge in it. It decides what suits it; if it sees that there is a danger that might come to it from some side, even at the level of intentions, it can confront it by carrying out operations on Lebanese territory. This is what is actually happening.
جبران باسيلرئيس التيار الوطني الحر ووزير الخارجية اللبناني السابق10 Oct 2026 · مونت كارلو الدولية
We refuse to go to an agreement like the one reached in the framework agreement. It does not secure any of Lebanon's rights, but makes it waive its right to sue a state before international law that aggresses against it and commits crimes against humanity and war crimes, and makes it waive its sovereignty and the extension of its authority by its own forces on its land, if this matter is necessary for the Israeli side.
جبران باسيلرئيس التيار الوطني الحر ووزير الخارجية اللبناني السابق10 Oct 2026 · مونت كارلو الدولية
We believe Lebanon has no interest in entering wars that are others' wars on its territory, in which Lebanon, its youth and its land are used, and whose results are catastrophic for all Lebanese, not only for Hezbollah and its environment, but for all Lebanese.
جبران باسيلرئيس التيار الوطني الحر ووزير الخارجية اللبناني السابق10 Oct 2026 · مونت كارلو الدولية
The United States will not attack Iran at any time before the midterm elections
دونالد ترامبالرئيس الأمريكي10 Oct 2026 · صدى البلد
It constituted the beginning of a recovery path and an opportunity to build on, but the war halted this path and set the economy back, with the contraction estimated this year at about 6.4 percent
نواف سلامرئيس الحكومة10 Oct 2026 · MTV Lebanon
The Lebanese economy achieved growth of 4.2 percent last year
نواف سلامرئيس الحكومة10 Oct 2026 · MTV Lebanon
We are required to show true humility
ضابط في جهاز الاستخبارات العسكريةضابط استخبارات10 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
We must analyze every signal and study it in depth
ضابط في جهاز الاستخبارات العسكريةضابط استخبارات10 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
We all wanted to believe that we won the "Guardian of the Walls" battle, and the more spending on this victory increased, the more we clung to the idea of victory
ميخا غودمانمقدم بودكاست "حزب الأفكار" ومؤلف10 Oct 2026 · المترجم احمد المقادمة
Removing illegal weapons, combating terrorism, and pursuing all those outside the law is an irreversible path, and it will accelerate. The investigation related to the seized explosives, and everything branching from it, will be pursued to the end.
عادل نصّاروزير العدل10 Oct 2026 · MTV Lebanon
The citizen can no longer bear more partial solutions and deferred promises.
جورج عدوانالنائب10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
There is no value in a decision to pay without specifying how to pay and when.
جورج عدوانالنائب10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
dangerous and inflaming hostility
ماركواين مولينمسؤول في وزارة الأمن الداخلي الأميركية10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
إدغار طرابلسينائب في مجلس النواب اللبناني10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate
Whom do we believe? Who bears responsibility for displacing students to other schools? Who is responsible for this chaos at the start of the school year? And how will this school's student body be repaired after this disruption?
إدغار طرابلسينائب في مجلس النواب اللبناني10 Oct 2026 · Lebanon Debate