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The meeting with Mr. Macron came hours after a phone call between Mr. Macron and the Lebanese president, Michel Aoun, the French president's office said. Officials said that Mr. Aoun had thanked Mr. Macron for "France's actions in favor of Lebanon" and confirmed that Mr. Hariri would be in Beirut for Lebanon's Independence Day holiday, which is Wednesday.
Mr. Hariri later said in statements to the news media that he would announce his position on the crisis in his country after holding talks with Mr. Aoun.
"As you know, I have resigned and we will speak about this matter there," Mr. Hariri told reporters, referring to Lebanon, as he was leaving the Élysée Palace, where he met with Mr. Macron for over 30 minutes, before gathering for lunch with his wife, their oldest son and Mr. Macron's wife.
April Ryan: I was talking to Hillary Clinton today about the president's past and she said, "Look I worry about everything from his past because it tells you how he behaves in the present and the future." What do you say to that as it relates to these allegations of the president?Zing! Huckabee Sanders quickly moved on to the next question. Too funny!
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: I think Hillary Clinton probably should have dealt with some of her own issues before addressing this president.
"There can be no alliance like that. Yesterday, you have witnessed the impudence at NATO exercises in Norway. There are some mistakes that cannot be committed by fools but only by vile people," Erdogan said in a televised speech. He added that the incident shows "a reflection of a distorted point of view that we have observed in NATO for a while. This matter cannot be covered over with a simple apology."
Comment: It's illegal and immoral to bring attention to, and demand consequences for, Israeli illegality and immorality.
Israel has been failing all over the place in recent years: Lebanon, Iraq, Libya, Syria, "Kurdistan". We can always hope and pray that their next epic failure will be their attempt to destroy any chance for a free and independent Palestine. It's about time. And it's about time we see some Israeli war criminals locked up, sanctioned, or otherwise removed from the rest of the civilized world.