Welcome to day three of Lebanon Watch, a new update on news involving Israel’s neighbor in the wake of Najib Mikati’s nomination for prime minister. The purpose of this column is to monitor media reaction to a situation that we at Jewcy find quite grave.  We welcome you to offer any commentary on matter in the comment section below.

• Lebanon’s former premier Saad al-Hariri and his political allies will not join the government of his successor, Najib Mikati.

• Meanwhile in Egypt, the youth continue to riot.

• The new Lebanon PM says American and Lebanon will still be friends.

• “Unlike its Christian allies, Hizbollah lacks a firm agenda, preferring instead to exert influence behind the scenes.” At the Financial Times.

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Welcome to day two of Lebanon Watch, a new update on news involving Israel’s neighbor in the wake of Najib Mikati’s nomination for prime minister. The purpose of this column is to monitor media reaction to a situation that we at Jewcy find quite grave.  We welcome you to offer any commentary on matter in the comment section below.

• The incoming Lebanese prime minister, Najib Mikati is less Hezbollah and Iranian, more Syrian says Haaretz.

• And then there is this American Thinker article that says the exact opposite thing in their article, “Lebanon Burns; America Snores.”

• More killed and injured in protests in Lebanon and Egypt.

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