Gemayel who appeared on Kalam el Nas talk show with Marcel Ghanem expressed concern that Jumblatt's statements will have negative effect won March 14 alliance
Gemayel criticized Jumblatt for leaving out the Christians when he called for an alliance between the progressive Socialist party, Al Mustaqbal Movement , Amal and Hezbollah. This was the same 4 party alliance Jumblatt had prior to the 2005 elections.
When Ghanem reminded Gemayel that Jumblatt issued a clarification in which he denied reviving the 4 party alliance, Gemayel shot back by saying every time Jumblatt talks his party issues a clarification...it is better if he stops making such provocative statements
Gemayel is concerned that Jumblatt's statements are the price for his reconciliation with Syria, leaving out the Christians as the scapegoat .
Jumblatt should sit down as soon as possible with his March 14 allies and explain to them what plans he has in mind and the objective of his recent statements...after all they have been his real allies for the past 4 years and he owes them an explanation of his actions.
We think Jumblatt has good intentions aimed at facilitating the formation of the new government, but he should be the one explaining this to his allies
Friday
08:30 pm Washington Post - Eight people were killed in two nearly simultaneous explosions at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in the Indonesian capital on Friday, July 17, 2009.
08:00 pm AFP: Surgeons operated on Pope Benedict XVI on Friday after the 82-year-old pontiff fell and broke his right wrist while on holiday in northern Italy.
07:10pm Los Angeles Times : Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's harsh rebuke of Ahmadinejad supporters is followed by renewed violence, suggesting the discontent over recent election results is as strong as ever.
07:00pm Hassan Nasrallah : If the opposition agrees with PM designate to form a government without Hezbollah participation we will be ok with such a situation
06:10 pm Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech on the first anniversary of the al-Radwan operation, in which Hezbollah and Israel exchanged prisoners
05:21 pm Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi was attacked by men in plainclothes on his way to Friday prayers at Tehran University, the website of his Etemad Melli political party reported.
04:52pm Ashouri: the Lebanese authorities has provided and continues to provide valuable help and we are committed to cooperate with them
04:50pm Energy minister Taborian : I am sorry for the electricity blackouts...this is the best I could do considering our power generation capabilities
04:15pm Bassil after meeting Hariri : Our meeting was good and was a continuation to our previous meetings over the government formation
03:11pm Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri holds a meeting at his residence in Downtown Beirut with Telecommunications Minister Gebran Bassil
02:53pm STL spokesperson: Court will not be subjected to political pressure
02:22pm Iranian police clash with Mir-Hossein Mousavi supporters in Tehran
1:31pm Judge Joseph Maamari charges 19 suspects involved in Aisha Bakkar clashes
12:54pm former president Amin Gemayel held a three-hour meeting with Tawhid Movement leader Wiam Wahhab on Thursday night in Bikfaya.
12:48pm Pope rushed to hospital for falling in the bath
12:27pm Iranian police use tear gas to break up Mir-Hossein Mousavi supporters gathered for Friday prayers
12:12 pm Speaker Nabih Berri said that he will be “open to criticism” if the new government is not formed before the end of July.
11:50 Israeli ambassador to UN: Lebanese government should commit to UN Resolution 1701
11:38 Speaker Nabih Berri meets with Russian president’s special envoy to the Middle East Alexander Saltanov in Msayleh
11:05 MP Ibrahim Kanaan told As-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper on Friday that Democratic Gathering bloc leader MP Walid Jumblatt’s call for a Muslim coalition—that includes the Future Movement, the Progressive Socialist Party, Hezbollah and the Amal Movement—contradicts the Taif Accord.
10:23 MP Walid Jumblatt criticized on Friday the March 14 General Secretariat’s weekly statement issued on Wednesday, saying that members of the secretariat “live in a different world and have never heard of Israeli violations” against Lebanon’s sovereignty.
10:09 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed his controversial aide, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, as the country's new first vice president, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.
09:58 Siniora meets with Saltanov
09:48 Berri: Lebanese cabinet formation independent of Saudi-Syrian relations
09:44 Khalil says Hezbollah-Hariri dialogue at its peak
08:50 Former Iranian envoy to IAEA, Ali Akbar Salehi has been appointed the new Director of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization
7:30 MP Salim Salhab told VOL: Dialogue didn’t bring in any result. Some parties in Lebanon prefer differences to remain. Some external developments delayed cabinet formation too.
Thursday
11: pm LBC TV: Kataeb MP Sami Gemayel criticized Jumblatt's recent statements as provocative and called on him to stop the provocations . He expressed concern about the negative effect of Jumblatt's statements on March 14
09:45 pm The Israeli foreign ministry released a statement on Thursday demanding tougher action by United Nations peacekeepers against Hezbollah arms stockpiles following blasts in south Lebanon.
8:56 pm Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri met with Hajj Hussein Khalil, political advisor to Hezbollah’s secretary general, Thursday night at Hariri’s residence
07:34pm Kouchner says France will recognize Ahmadin
