Former Lebanese Prime Minister: "Ready to return to office" | Israel Today

Saad al-Hariri, who resigned about a year ago, announced his return to implement the Beirut rehabilitation plan presented by French President Macron • "If the plan is approved - I will not close the door"

Almost a year has passed since the resignation of the 50th Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad al-Hariri, at the end of his second term in office, where he also served from 2011-2009.

However, after refusing to do so so far, al-Hariri announced that he was ready to be reappointed as prime minister.

The condition he set: the implementation of the plan built by French President Emanuel Macron for the rehabilitation of Beirut.

"I will meet with all political parties to check their position on the French plan," al-Hariri said.

"If all parties agree - I will not close the door."

Although Beirut is known for its governmental instability, it is doubtful that they knew there that al-Hariri's resignation on October 29 last year would lead to an extraordinary government vacuum.

His successor, Hassan Diab, took seven months to resign in January, and in the case of Lebanese Ambassador to Germany Mustafa Adiv, it was the climax: after three weeks of failing to form a government, he returned the mandate to President Michel Aoun.

Also, over the past year, the rage on the streets of Lebanon has broken records - especially against the background of the explosion in the port of Beirut from which the restoration work will take a long time.

One and a half weeks ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarrassed Hezbollah by exposing a weapons cache in the heart of a civilian population and near gas caches - and at no coincidence, al-Hariri stabbed Hezbollah. , "Said the former Lebanese prime minister.

At the same time, talks between Israel and Lebanon on the border between the two countries are expected to open in al-Nakura on Wednesday. Ways to protect themselves. "

As part of the offensive against the Shiite terrorist organization, the former Lebanese prime minister added that "there is an initiative to drag Lebanon into a civil war. I am against war. I am against weapons."

Hariri concluded that "there are elements in Lebanon that have left us without friends - from the Gulf in particular and from Arab countries in general. Hezbollah's involvement in Syria, Iraq and Yemen has caused this severe damage to Lebanon."