Middle East Experience

The Health Ministry said 275 cases of myocarditis, mostly affecting young men, were recorded among more than 5 million vaccinated people.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel finds 'possible link' between second Pfizer jab, heart inflammation

Lebanon is “in the heart of great danger”, and needs friendly countries to save it, the caretaker prime minister, Hassan Diab, said on Wednesday.“Either you save it now before it’s too late or else no regrets will help,” Diab said in a televised address. Lebanon is in the throes of a deep financial crisis that is posing the biggest threat to its stability since the 1975-1990 civil war.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Diab has been steering the government in a caretaker role since his cabinet resigned in the aftermath of the Aug. 4 Beirut port blast, which devastated large swathes of the capital, killed hundreds of people and injured thousands.Prime Minister-desginate Saad al-Hariri has been at loggerheads with President Michel Aoun over naming cabinet ministers for ten months as the country hurtles towards economic collapse. A new government capable of introducing reforms is necessary to unlock much needed foreign aid.“I call on political powers to present concessions, and those will be small no matter how big they may seem, because that will alleviate the suffering of the Lebanese and stop this frightening path,” Diab said.Under a sectarian power-sharing system, Lebanon’s president must be a Maronite Christian and the prime minister a Sunni Muslim. Aoun, a Christian, is an ally of the Iran-backed Shiite movement Hezbollah, listed as a terrorist group by the United States.Hariri, a veteran Sunni politician, has said the only way out of Lebanon’s crisis is through mending relations with its Arab neighbors. Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, have been reluctant to offer aid to ease Beirut’s economic woes, keeping their distance while alarmed by the rising influence of Hezbollah.Read more:UN tribunal for Lebanon may close after July due to financial crisisLebanon’s medical sector set to get worse amid financial, political collapseLebanon’s Maronite Patriarch berates politicians as deadlock drags on
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Caretaker PM calls on ‘Lebanon’s brothers and friends to stand by Lebanese’

Isaac Herzog follows in the footsteps of his father, Chaim Herzog, Israel's sixth president.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Isaac Herzog: A second generation president

LafargeHolcim in the United States has appointed Toufic Tabbara as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its US cement operations, the company said in a statement Monday from Chicago..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: LafargeHolcim names Tabbara as CEO of its US cement operations

Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas will meet to resolve final differences preventing formation of a unity government.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Compromises paving way to unity government

Ajman Free Zone official says growth in the pandemic period shows the confidence of business community in the UAE’s competitiveness..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: ‘Free zones have key role to play in post-pandemic recovery’

The defense minister is expected to request $1 billion in emergency aid after Operation Guardian of the Walls.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Gantz flies to Washington for whirlwind talks with senior Biden officials

Palestinian factions said that the UNRWA director and his deputy will no longer be permitted to stay in the Gaza Strip “due to his hostile positions and bias in favor of the occupation.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Palestinians declare UNRWA Gaza director ‘persona non grata’

Most people need a parent figure of some kind, which is why Queen Elizabeth has remained so popular in Britain. To Jewish communities abroad, the president of Israel is the closest thing to royalty.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Does Israel really need a president?

President Michel Aoun Wednesday launched his most scathing diatribe against Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, accusing him of stalling on the formation of a new government and of seeking to seize the president’s constitutional powers in the Cabinet formation process..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Aoun-Hariri war of words shatters Cabinet formation hopes