Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Sunday lashed out at what he called “political absurdity” in Lebanon.
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In a statement, Berri saluted “the Ramadan uprising of the Palestinian people at the al-Aqsa Mosque and in the neighborhoods of the city of Jerusalem.”
He added that it represents a call “for us in Lebanon, and across the (Arab) nation, to raise awareness about the importance of consolidating national unity and stopping political absurdity.”
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Berri also called for stopping “the sacrifice of nations and national and nationalistic principles in return for narrow personal and partisan interests.”
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