12 October 2023; MEMO: The former head of the Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblatt, sent a message to US President Joe Biden urging him to see the picture of the conflict between Gaza and Israel from both sides.
Joumblatt wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, commenting on a post by the American president: “But Mr Biden you just see one side of the picture because [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu called you yesterday. What about the Palestinian people, what about Gaza, the biggest concentration camp of the world, will you leave them to be incinerated by Israeli bombs?”
“I am sorry to be frank or harsh, but I have to tell you the truth. You remember we met a long time ago. You should call for a ceasefire and stop this descent to hell. Only a political settlement is the solution,” he added, according to reports by Lebanon’s National News Agency.
Joumblatt also confirmed in an interview with Lebanon’s LBCI television last night, “We will stand by Hezbollah and the southern people if they decide to enter the war against Israel.”
