EMM News Explorer: Nabih Berri

[-told]: The army is carrying out the duties that its leader Gen. Jean Qahwaji has ordered,

naharnet 08-FEB-12

[said:]: The field action undertaken by the LAF in some areas along the border with Syria implements the cabinet policy of steering away from the events in Syria.

nowlebanon 08-FEB-12

[-reported]: Things wouldn’t have reached this conclusion,

naharnet 08-FEB-12

[-said]: The army, under Gen. Jean Kahwaji, is doing all the duties required of it,

dailystar 08-FEB-12

[-told]: I am confident Miqati and Aoun are keen to safeguard the government and resume its activities,

naharnet 03-FEB-12

[-also told]: according to the law, judicial permission is needed to obtain telecommunications data [in order to] prevent the violation of the Lebanese people’s privacy.

nowlebanon 30-JAN-12

[-said]: It is not [new] for the Israeli occupation troops to arrest for the second time Dweik, because the double standards of the international community let Israel [escape] punishment,

nowlebanon 20-JAN-12

[-told]: If the government does not accomplish the appointments, it will be losing [chances] for victory,

nowlebanon 20-JAN-12

[ said]: dissociate itself,

nowlebanon 20-JAN-12

[ added]: The majority of the foreign officials who have visited Lebanon have stated that it has chosen the wise option of distancing itself from regional affairs,

naharnet 18-JAN-12

[-asked]: If, God forbids, strife or division should occur in Syria, would Lebanon not be affected?

nowlebanon 18-JAN-12

[-noted]: Lebanon should not only protect its Christians and sects, but it can play a major role in obstructing attempts to create strife in the region and it can therefore serve as a center for dialogue for it,

naharnet 18-JAN-12

[-warned]: Muslims and Christians in the atmosphere of major upheavals

nowlebanon 17-JAN-12

[said:]: The current events in Syria are different from what has taken place in any other Arab country.

nowlebanon 14-JAN-12

[insisted that:]: the UN must demarcate Lebanon’s maritime border the same way it demarcated Lebanon’s land border.

nowlebanon 13-JAN-12

[-told]: There is a breakthrough in the file… and all matters are on the way to being finalized,

nowlebanon 12-JAN-12

[-added]: It is difficult to make appointments all at once. Vacant posts can be filled up successively after [political] consensus,

dailystar 06-JAN-12

[-said]: I join my voice with President Sleiman on the appointments,

dailystar 06-JAN-12

[-insisted that]: one of the most important accomplishments of the cabinet, which puts us on the path of oil and gas exploration in Lebanese waters.

nowlebanon 05-JAN-12

[-told]: Lebanon has entered the phase of working on the subcontracting for oil exploration,

nowlebanon 05-JAN-12

[said:]: Mikati will continue to be my brother and friend.

dailystar 03-JAN-12

[-said]: Approving these decrees, which were included in Cabinet’s Wednesday agenda, will be the beginning of government’s achievements in the New Year,

dailystar 03-JAN-12

[-said]: If Cabinet does not issue a decree during this [Wednesday] meeting allowing the implementation of the oil exploration law, I will hold a parliamentary session of questions to the government,

dailystar 27-DEC-11

[-warned]: I won’t accept any violations of this commitment. I will call Parliament to exercise its role and hold the government accountable,

dailystar 27-DEC-11

[-said]: I will call on the parliament to convene and carry out its role in questioning [the cabinet’s performance], even if the parties concerned are my allies and friends,

nowlebanon 27-DEC-11

[-also said that]: is the [preferable means] through which all issues that concern the country and its citizens can be discussed.

nowlebanon 21-DEC-11

[also said that:]: this step showed the first hidden thread, and there might be other threads to be uncovered in this matter.

nowlebanon 16-DEC-11

[-told]: I have previously said that the STL will not be funded out of the state’s funds, and that is what happened,

nowlebanon 16-DEC-11

[-also told]: agreeing on basics was achieved and what is required now is implementing [the basics].

nowlebanon 14-DEC-11

[-said]: The recent bombing [that targeted a French UNIFIL patrol] in the South [aims at] harming [Lebanon’s defense] formula of [the unity of the] people, army and Resistance,

nowlebanon 13-DEC-11

[-told]: Lebanon supports implementing reforms (in Syria), the regime has to implement them and must be given the chance to do so to evade any negative repercussions,

lebanonews 13-DEC-11

[said:]: until now, I do not have evidence leading to the major gang.

nowlebanon 11-DEC-11

[-added]: The terrorist attack that targeted the UNIFIL troops aims to make Lebanon and its South a place for disturbance and chaos,

nowlebanon 09-DEC-11

[-said]: Israel wants the South to be empty of any international witnesses, so that it can commit crimes and aggressions,

nowlebanon 09-DEC-11

[-said]: I had [prepared] a backup in case the [STL funding] plan I proposed to Mikati had failed,

nowlebanon 06-DEC-11

[-added]: Some people withdrew their money from the banks prior to Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s press conference [during which he announced that he had transferred Lebanon’s share of subsidy to the UN-backed court] because they were expecting him to resign,

nowlebanon 06-DEC-11

[-told]: I will not accept any delay, if the decrees are not ready before January 1, 2012 I will call for a parliamentary session to question the government, and I will not be [lenient] with anyone,

nowlebanon 05-DEC-11

[also said that:]: it is not acceptable to keep institutions paralyzed and remain caught up in a vicious circle.

nowlebanon 05-DEC-11

[-said]: The importance of the funding mechanism was that it ensured victory for the country and prevented any [Lebanese] party from losing,

nowlebanon 01-DEC-11

[-told]: Amid the historical phase that Lebanon and the region is witnessing, the Lebanese government must [continue its] work and not [fall],

nowlebanon 29-NOV-11

[-told]: At this historic moment in Lebanon’s life the government should work and not resign,

dailystar 29-NOV-11

[-said]: We are making all efforts [possible] in order to overcome the intervening problem,

nowlebanon 28-NOV-11

[-said]: This matter requires us not to be a thorn in Syria's side and the region because then Lebanon would be the one most in pain,

dailystar 26-NOV-11

[-said]: The solution does not lie in the resignation of the government, but in continuing to find a solution, and Lebanon will be preserved through mutual understanding,

dailystar 26-NOV-11

[-said]: Our country will overcome crises and will preserve its security and fiscal stability,

nowlebanon 19-NOV-11

[-also said that]: will not be protected from the dangers that are looming in the [Middle Eastern] region.

nowlebanon 15-NOV-11

[-added]: No Arab can forcefully take someone away from their Arabism, [and the same is true] for Syria, the beating heart of Arabism,

dailystar 14-NOV-11

[-told]: The decision taken by the Arab League regarding Syria can be redressed,

dailystar 14-NOV-11

[said:]: No Arab could abolish the Arabism of anyone, then how would that be if it is Syria, the beating heart of Arabism.

Sana 14-NOV-11

[-told]: The dialogue should be looking at ways to keep the country immune from what is happening on the Arab scene,

dailystar 14-NOV-11

[said that:]: President Michel Sleiman is seriously working to revive the talks.

nowlebanon 14-NOV-11

[-said]: and that is of politics. Better he dive in the former than the latter,

time 10-NOV-11

[-asked]: Is it logical that I reject dialogue when I am the one who called for it?

nowlebanon 09-NOV-11

[-said]: One last time I want to say that I am not against discussing all points [on the agenda] of past dialogue sessions [if the talks are resumed],

nowlebanon 09-NOV-11

[-told]: While appreciating the effort made by the Interior Ministry, I would like to point to a major flaw in this [electoral] law ... which excludes the idea of electronic voting that allows voters to vote in any place be they in Lebanon or abroad,

dailystar 09-NOV-11

[-said]: I say it for the last time. I am not against picking up where we left off and discussng all the items that have been previously discussed [at the dialogue table],

dailystar 09-NOV-11

[-said]: Democracy ensures the right to propose anything for a vote in Cabinet, and whoever wants to put it for a vote in Parliament then they are welcome to do so,

dailystar 05-NOV-11

[-expressed]: Discussing the matter of the tribunal comes in different parts, one on whether it is constitutional or not and the other on its establishment. Lebanese democracy ensures that the issue be placed for a vote in Cabinet, or if they want, [it could put to a vote] in Parliament and they are welcome to do that.

dailystar 05-NOV-11

[-told]: Western democracy has its advantages and the legal frame is clear and the issue is not related to the funding, which is a partial matter. It is related to whether or not it is constitutional and related to its establishment,

dailystar 05-NOV-11

[-said]: Those who think the issue of Hezbollah’s weapons is up for discussion are mistaken,

dailystar 05-NOV-11

[-said]: The [political] storms [hitting] the region necessitate that Lebanese sit at the dialogue table under the umbrella of President Michel Sleiman,

dailystar 04-NOV-11

[said that:]: he [concealed] many facts [related to the war] because he did not want to harm the national unity.

nowlebanon 04-NOV-11

[said that:]: this is only a part [of the problem], the [bigger] issue is related to the way the STL was founded.

nowlebanon 04-NOV-11

[-also said that]: the [conflict] between [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and [Israeli Defense Minister Ehud] Barak.

nowlebanon 04-NOV-11

[said that:]: he has not yet discussed the issue of dialogue with President Michel Sleiman, but will soon discuss it.

nowlebanon 04-NOV-11

[-told]: There will be no real Lebanon without a national dialogue,

nowlebanon 04-NOV-11

[-said]: There will be no dialogue with conditions… and no subject that [is important] for the Lebanese people should be considered a taboo,

nowlebanon 04-NOV-11

[-told]: Siniora needs to hold consultations before giving [me] a final answer,

nowlebanon 03-NOV-11

[-said]: There is no need for a hasty [decision] or tension concerning the STL funding file,

nowlebanon 01-NOV-11

[-told]: It is important to not involve Lebanon in the current Syrian evens or to interfere in Syrian affairs,

nowlebanon 31-OCT-11

[also said:]: he is confident Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Hezbollah, the Free Patriotic Movement and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt will accept to take part in the session.

nowlebanon 31-OCT-11

[-said]: his party supports all efforts for dialogue, which he hopes will be constructive and based on a definite schedule.

nowlebanon 26-OCT-11

[-noted]: Mutual coexistence in Lebanon is a strength that Israel lacks,

lebanonews 26-OCT-11

[-told]: reflected healthy thinking,

dailystar 26-OCT-11

[-added]: approve it,

nowlebanon 26-OCT-11

[-said]: We should all stand by the patriarch in liberating man from his fears and insecurities in Lebanon,

lebanonews 26-OCT-11

[ said]: God punishes oppressors,

xinhuanet_en 20-OCT-11

[-said]: Hizbullah underestimated the kidnapping of the Israeli soldiers… We want the implementation of (U.N. Security Council Resolution) 1559, this is what was stated in the national dialogue… we need to implement it…,

lebanonews 05-OCT-11

[-criticized]: legitimacy of the central role of resistance as a viable alternative to conflict resolution when peace negotiations fail.

lebanonews 05-OCT-11

[-added]: We all have an interest that Syria remains a model of a modern, democratic, developed and strong Middle Eastern regime,

nowlebanon 04-OCT-11

[-said]: There is a human bridge between the two countries in the face of the Armenian community of Lebanon,

armradio 04-OCT-11

[-said]: I reiterate today that we are committed to U.N. resolutions 425 and 1701, while Israel keeps ignoring international resolutions and conducts daily violations,

dailystar 04-OCT-11

[-added]: For this reason, the resistance [Hezbollah] was and will continue [to exist] as long as the danger remains [high] for our territory and threatens our rights,

dailystar 04-OCT-11

[-said]: The political relations between Lebanon and Armenia are strong and firm,

nowlebanon 03-OCT-11

[-said]: The Resistance will remain the deterrence against Israeli intentions…and Lebanon that backs the defense formula of ‘People, Army, Resistance,’ grows stronger in confronting the [Zionist] enemy,

nowlebanon 01-OCT-11

[-also criticized]: Palestinian reconciliation is the strongest weapon to dispose of the occupation.

nowlebanon 01-OCT-11

[also criticized:]: the Arab efforts to increase tension on Syria rather than [campaigning] against Israeli assaults.

nowlebanon 01-OCT-11

[said:]: What is more important than recognizing Palestine is the Palestinian people’s unity… and taking the path of resistance which leads to results.

nowlebanon 30-SEP-11

[-added]: [The statement] is the best way to reject any attempts to incite strife and disunion [between Lebanese sects],

nowlebanon 28-SEP-11

[-said]: We reassure Netanyahu that the Lebanon that beat [Israeli] aggression in the South will also be a resistant at the UN Security Council,

nowlebanon 24-SEP-11

[-said]: We reassure Netanyahu that the Lebanon that beat (Israeli) aggression in the South will also be a resistant at the UN Security Council,

maannews 24-SEP-11

[-said]: We would like to assure [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and whoever is behind him that Lebanon, the defiant, which defeated his aggression in south Lebanon, will be defiant at the Security Council, biased toward people’s rights in the face of immorality which you truly represent,

dailystar 24-SEP-11

[-added]: Lebanon presides over the U.N. on behalf of the Arabs to protect their rights,

dailystar 24-SEP-11

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