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Arabs close doors to Lebanon, open them to Israel: Nabih Berri

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri says Lebanon is under a siege, hitting out at some Arab countries for closing their doors to Beirut, while at the same time reaching out to Arabs’ enemy, Israel.

Referring to Lebanon’s economic and financial crisis, Berri said on Wednesday, “We have to admit that Lebanon is under siege.”

“Is it reasonable to believe that Israel, the enemy, has opened up to Arabs in the way which is happening today, and that the Arabs are closing their doors to Lebanon? Lebanon that paid a heavy price to fix its Arabism and its identity, yes, Lebanon is under siege,” he said during a meeting with members of the Press Editors Syndicate on Wednesday, Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network reported.

Saudi Arabia in October expelled Lebanon’s ambassador and banned its imports after then Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi called for an end to the Riyadh-led aggression on Yemen.

Other Persian Gulf Arab states, including Kuwait and Bahrain, also took similar punitive measures against Beirut.

Earlier this month, Kordahi submitted his resignation to ease tensions with Saudi Arabia, but the rift is still ongoing.

This comes while a number of Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, signed US-brokered normalization agreements with Israel last year that were condemned by Palestinians as a treacherous “stab in the back.”

Riyadh itself is expected to sign a similar deal with Tel Aviv in the coming months.

 

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