Beirut – Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has criticized the Trump administration’s $50 billion investment proposal, part of its Middle East peace plan, saying Beirut will not be “tempted” by money at the expense of Palestinians’ rights.
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State-run National News Agency quoted Berri as saying Sunday that those who believe Beirut will be lured by billions of dollars at a time when Lebanon is passing through an economic crisis are “mistaken.”
The 10-year plan calls for projects worth $6.3 billion for Palestinians in Lebanon, as well as $27.5 billion in the West Bank and Gaza, $9.1 billion in Egypt and $7.4 billion in Jordan.
The large sums for Jordan and Lebanon, countries with substantial Palestinian refugee populations, are an apparent attempt to absorb refugees in these nations.
Does this D.O.A. phony ‘peace plan’ that was soooo easy that trumpf said he could do it in 2 weeks have anything to do with the 10th rape accusation vs the miscreant (in a Bergdorf -Goodman women’s changing room no less) that came out on Friday? Starting a war w Iran may distract from that rape allegation too. Sooooo saaaad.