French foreign minister calls for ‘immediate halt’ to Israeli attacks on Lebanon
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is in Lebanon.
He’s the first senior foreign diplomat to visit the country since Israel stepped up its attacks a week ago. He met Prime Minister Najib Mikati after arriving on Sunday night and said Paris sought “an immediate halt” to Israeli strikes.
Barrot is due to meet the UN special coordinator for Lebanon and members of the UN peacekeeping force in the south. He arrived shortly after France confirmed a second French citizen had been killed in Lebanon.
Saudi Foreign Ministry says following Lebanon situation with ‘great concern’
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry has said it is following developments in Lebanon with “great concern”.
In a statement released on Monday, it stressed the need to “preserve Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” and announced it would send medical aid and humanitarian assistance.
#Statement | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is following with great concern the developments taking place in the Republic of Lebanon, and stresses the need to preserve Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity. pic.twitter.com/N5Uvbj429I
— Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@KSAmofaEN) September 29, 2024
Australia threatens to cancel visas of those protesting attacks on Lebanon
Australia’s Labor government has threatened to cancel visas of anyone inciting “discord” in the country following protests over the weekend against Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.
“Any indication of support for a terrorist organisation is unequivocally condemned,” Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said in a statement.
“There is a higher level of scrutiny if anyone is on a visa. I have made clear from day one that I will consider refusing and cancelling visas for anyone who seeks to incite discord in Australia.”
Australia’s opposition has speculated that people carrying pictures of Nasrallah at the rallies were visa holders and called for their cancellation. However, no evidence has been provided for that claim.
PM Anthony Albanese said in a statement, “We do not want people to bring radical ideologies of conflict here.”
Nah, just quietly accept genocide. My opinion of Australia has gone down since the Pandemic, still falling.
It fits with Israel's 'ideologies' https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article/35/4/1508/6646968
Not that here is any better. Canada made it a federal statutory 'holiday' for the atrocities they did. It's Truth and Reconciliation day today. To commemorate the systematic abduction of indigenous children to re-educate them in 'Residential schools'.
"An estimated 6,000 children died at residential schools (records are incomplete). How many residential schools were there in Canada? In total, over 130 residential schools operated in Canada between 1831 and 1996."
They should be working twice as hard today, not get the day off.
Colonial powers with many skeletons in their closet are all backing genocide. Have they not learned anything, or afraid to be next if Israel gets prosecuted for genocide.
