Ronnie Chatah
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Three different scenarios for what could play out in the near term for Lebanon.
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Ten years ago, Lebanon lost a gifted diplomat, politician & economist.
I lost a friend. My best friend. And my father.
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"هناك خريطة طريق دولية و محلية اسمها 1701…الاستقرار الحقيقي…الامن الحقيقي"
محمد شطح - قبل أسبوعين من قتله حزب الله
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عنوان لبنان أولاً
محمد شطح - قبل اسبوعين من أن يقتله حسن نصر الله
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I was lucky, perhaps, that I was older.
He’s too young to see clearly.
Rest in peace, Pascal Sleiman.
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آخر تويت، قبل دقائق ع اغتياله:
"حزب الله يهول ويضغط ليصل الى ما كان النظام السوري قد فرضه لمدة ١٥ عام: تخلي الدولة له عن دورها وقرارها السيادي في الأمن والسياسة الخارجية"
@mohamad_chatah
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Nine years ago, I lost my father, & Lebanon lost a patriot who believed in its potential.
He wanted us to catch up from lost time, reclaim our independence & find peaceful resolution to Hzb’s arms.
They in turn killed him in broad daylight.
He loved this country. And so do I.
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He would turn 71 tomorrow. In his prime, working day & night to produce any light beyond this tunnel of despair.
Hzb is not the elephant in the room. They are the room.
With limited breathing space, I hope I’ve kept a bit of his passion & persuasion alive.
Happy Birthday, Dad.
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When a voice is asked to reflect on an assassination decades earlier & becomes the target weeks later.
Or just a standard Lebanese interview.
Mohamad Chatah on Bachir Gemayel’s legacy & his presidency-elect 42 years ago, today.
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“The Lebanese say they have but one aim, for their country to be a land of peace.”
Fifty-five summers ago, from British Pathé
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Thanks to everyone who helped commemorate Mohamad Chatah’s life & career at
@sursockmuseum
tonight.
And to the speakers, family & friends that stayed to the end.
TEN YEARS:
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CIA, Mossad, Takfiris & car thieves are working together to eliminate Hezbollah’s political opponents
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In pain and prosperity, through triumph and tragedy.
I love you, Dad.
In memory of
@mohamad_chatah
7 March 1951 - 27 December 2013
Ep.293: Bahaa (Glory)
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Remembering Mohamad Chatah with Samir Geagea:
Make sure to also watch ‘TEN YEARS’ that includes conversations with family, friends & colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah’s life and career a decade after his assassination.
@LFPartyOfficial
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"ابو عمار ثم الاسد والان حزب الله. اذا فشل اللبنانيون في انقاذ لبنان من مساره الحالي سيذكر التاريخ ان سقوطه النهائي كان بعد الضربة الثالثة"
- محمد شطح
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Edward Said, in an interview with
@SalmanRushdie
in 1986, on Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to debate him in person & the difficulties of diaspora identity while feeling at home
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"انا بنصح يلي بدو يعرف الخارطة الدولية - خارطة الطريق لحماية لبنان - يقرأ 1701 من جديد"
محمد شطح
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A reminder from a mind no longer with us.
To anyone referring to false equations, polarization & division as the source of our ungovernability & decline.
There is a fundamental wrong. It ‘secures’ our borders, airport & port on their terms.
And it killed him in broad daylight.
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“We saw under the government of Mr. Najib Mikati how Lebanon’s foreign policy was hijacked by Hezbollah. We saw finally that Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian patrons were using the existence of a government to finally advance their own agenda.”
- Lokman Slim
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مين كان يتوقع، بعد ٢٤ سنة من انسحاب إسرائيل وما يقارب عقدين من خروج النظام السوري من لبنان، أنو نرجع نعيش متل بداية السبعينات.
ميليشيا عم تشن هجمات عبر الحدود، وعم تحول أرضنا لساحة معركة إقليمية.
حكم فاشل مجبر على الانصياع، ومجتمع عم تضعف ثقتو بمؤسسات الدولة والقيادات العليا.
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"حزب الله يهول ويضغط ليصل الى ما كان النظام السوري قد فرضه لمدة ١٥ عام: تخلي الدولة له عن دورها وقرارها السيادي في الأمن والسياسة الخارجية"
محمد شطح
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A shared pain. And commitment against all odds.
For Pierre Gemayel
23 Sept 1972 - 21 Nov 2006
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"حزب الله يضع اللبنانيين أمام ثلاث خيارات مرفوضة: إما إعطاء الحزب امتيازات وصلاحيات سيادية؛ أ�� الدخول في حرب أهلية؛ أو دفعهم نحو الطلاق"
@mohamad_chatah
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A final farewell to Mohamad Chatah - my closing remarks from last night’s commemoration.
Watch the tribute film ‘TEN YEARS’ on The Beirut Banyan
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When listening to Michel Samaha thank Bashar-al Assad & Hassan Nasrallah (& his former ‘intelligentsia’ / intelligence friends that are desperate for political power) remember Wissam al-Hassan who served the state, caught him red handed & paid the ultimate price two months later.
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If there’s one cause that destroyed this country it is ‘Palestine’.
Not Palestine the geography or Palestinians enduring endless suffering.
But the perversion of a century-long conflict into Lebanon’s unique burden, losing our state’s authority while pushing our society to war.
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Twenty years ago.
Both killed by a group that is cautious against Israel.
And coldblooded against Lebanon.
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In memory of Mohamad Bahaa Chatah
7 March 1951 - 27 December 2013
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كرمال الأسد و كرمال إيران
"حزب الله يهول ويضغط ليصل الى ما كان النظام السوري قد فرضه لمدة ١٥ عام: تخلي الدولة له عن دورها وقرارها السيادي في الأمن والسياسة الخارجية"
محمد شطح
٢٧/١٢/٢٠١٣
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Bashar’s weapons piled in our port. Iran’s weapons spread in our south.
Battlefield by proxy, protecting regimes in the name of Palestine.
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Neutrality is not a ‘right-wing Christian’ or Zionist demand.
It’s not anti-Palestine. It’s Lebanon’s lifeline.
Disassociation from regional war is the only path to sovereign control. Both 1559 & 1701 grant that path, with no shots fired from either side of our southern border.
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A pen that never runs dry
Gebran Tueini
15 Sept 1957 - 12 Dec 2005
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For Dad.
Your heart beats through mine, that day and today. And that, they’ll never take away.
Ep.234: Nabad
In memory of my father, Mohamad Chatah
7 March 1951 - 27 December 2013
@mohamad_chatah
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"حزب الله يضع اللبنانيين أمام ثلاث خيارات مرفوضة: إما إعطاء الحزب امتيازات وصلاحيات سيادية؛ أو الدخول في حرب أهلية؛ أو دفعهم نحو الطلاق"
@mohamad_chatah
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Three updated scenarios for what could play out in the near term for Lebanon.
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When I confronted the same man seeking Bitar’s dismissal for avoiding a local investigation into my father’s assassination when he was interior minister, his answer was ‘it’s a political decision not to pursue answers, & it’s beyond my control.’
Seems like he’s in full control.
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Jad Ghosn is a friend.
We have sharp disagreements on assassinations, but we share common cause on other topics.
Our episodes thrived because of sincerity & honesty. Watch them for full context & understanding.
His work ethic & devotion is unparalled & admirable.
@Jad_Ghosn
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Remembering Mohamad Chatah with
@LebaneseKataeb
leader
@samygemayel
Make sure to also watch ‘TEN YEARS’ on The Beirut Banyan that includes conversations with family, friends & colleagues reflecting on Mohamad Chatah’s life & career.
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كل ما تبقى بالنسبة لنا هو سرد الحقائق في وجه الروايات الزائفة، على أمل ألا يتأثر غير المطلعون بأولئك المأدلجين.
القرار 1701 ليس إجراءً صهيونيًا.
الحياد ليس رفضًا يمينيًا.
اعتماد بلدنا في حفظ أمنه على قوى خارجية القرار هو المشكلة الحقيقية.
من مقابلة مع محمد شطح، قبل أسبوعين من
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Hezbollah is trying to take us back to the censorship and fear we endured under Syrian occupation and intimidation.
It simply won’t work.
Standing with
@makramrabah
from our days at
@AUB_Lebanon
, through March 14, October 17 & today.
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Rest in Peace Helicopter Bell 212
روحش شاد هلیکوپتر Bell 212
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A coward is an armed religious con artist who kills his own for wanting to end Lebanon’s battlefield role…
& that’s being generous: Hassan Nasrallah is a terrorist.
Anyone embracing Hezbollah as a resistance or detterence force is blinded by hate & doing nothing for Palestine.
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Ammonium nitrate stored in our port. And a militia’s arms spread throughout.
On today’s tragic marker & the eve of another senseless war, instead of their grip on this country they should be the ones suffering.
Not us.
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TEN YEARS - a special episode commemorating the life and career of Mohamad Chatah
Premiers 8pm on The Beirut Banyan:
With appearances by Hoda Shatah, Nadim Munla, PM Salam Fayyad, Oussama Himani, Said Bakhache, Mohamad Baasiri, PM Fouad Saniora,
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‘They can take away your beliefs, your mind. Punish your family and silence your allies. But your glory, and mine, that day and today. That, they’ll never take away.’
Ep.293: Bahaa (Glory)
Mohamad Bahaa Chatah
7 March 1951 - 27 December 2013
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"طاولة الشطرنج عندي هون. ما معناته بغفل شو عم يصير برا."
محمد شطح
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When March 14 is criticized for making compromise after compromise, remember what Hassan Nasrallah’s hitmen did to the movement.
And what his “resistance” militia did to Lebanon.
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What Narallah tried doing in Rmeish is exactly what Arafat did to the South:
Bring war to innocent victims of all communties (in the name of fighting Israel), then blame political opponents for treason.
And more like Assad, when they try to defend Lebanon’s interest, kill them.
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Turns out if you kill Syrian civilians and assassinate Lebanese politicians you’re just the right fit for the Arab League.
A worthless body that reflects autocracy & short-sightedness.
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In a country where fingers point at HA, lies survive while answers die with the victims.
Rest in peace, Pascal Sleiman
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The LF are choosing restraint over revenge. And Geagea prefers political coalitions over communal partition.
But civil unrest is beyond his control. And Nasrallah is unwilling to change HA’s course.
We are one step closer to canton checkpoints, separation & permanent collapse.
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Found a pin
@mohamad_chatah
wore while his close friend Basil Fleihan was in an induced coma, struggling for months before succumbing to injury.
A body unrecognizably burned by the same group that tore my father apart.
Their time is coming…& their apologists are worth nothing.
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When local process points in Hezbollah’s direction, it either stalls & derails like Tarek Bitar’s investigation.
Or ends in assassination like Wissam Eid & Wissam al-Hassan.
Used in The Hague, essential data that caught them red-handed.
RIP Wissam Eid
2 Oct 1976 - 25 Jan 2008
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Friday, 13 May, 8pm Beirut time
With Fouad Makhzoumi, MP Candidate for Beirut 2 District
Available across podcast platforms & YouTube. Simply search for The Beirut Banyan.
Stay tuned…
@fmakhzoumi
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“For twelve years, Basil Fuleihan & Rafic Hariri were helping build a country. Now in their silence, they’re helping build a nation.”
- Mohamad Chatah
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A special thank you to Tony Shalhoub & family for donating $5,000 to Le Chef’s restoration.
Watch my recent conversation with Le Chef’s owner, Charbel Bassil:
Click on episode’s details box for NGO donation links.
Photo taken at Le Chef in April 2018.
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Just finished an important & constructive conversation with
@Jad_Ghosn
, available on his podcast tomorrow.
Stay tuned.
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The Syrians & Iranians seek common security needs & battle their differences when thay please.
But there is one thing Assad & Nasrallah share in common: a determination to eliminate all statesmen that defended Lebanon’s independence & interests.
RIP René Moawad & Mohamad Chatah
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