There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle… is to have a Lebanese president that we elect.

About Walid Jumblatt

Walid Kamal Jumblattis a Lebanese politician who was the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party from 1977 until 2023. A Druze and former militia commander, Jumblatt led the Lebanese National Resistance Front and allied with the Amal Movement during the Lebanese Civil War.

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Lebanon will be engulfed again in a huge power game that will last quite a long time. This is the tragic destiny of Lebanon.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq to attack random soldiers and innocent people.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

We will not rest until we see the suspects behind bars.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

Syrian influence has not ended yet. It is going to be a very long path.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

I know something quite sure. We’ll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They’ll never give us relief, and we’ll never forget that.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

I condemn what happened in Madrid, but it is suspicious. If tomorrow there will be another bombing, in France for example, who will gain power? Of course not Jacques Chirac, but Le Pen.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

We are very serious about imposing weapons restrictions on the PFLP and other Palestinian groups operating from their camps in Lebanon.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

No one can live under degradation.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

If I have any advice to give to the Syrian president it is to cooperate for the sake of the investigation or for the sake of uncovering the truth.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

How dangerous emperors are when they go mad.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

There is a racist attack against Muslims and Arabs, Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisians in France.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle… is to have a Lebanese president that we elect.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

Those who liberated the South from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

The consequence of Mr. Bush’s and Blair’s historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being doubted.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

The U.S. always needs an enemy. It comes and goes. Today it is Islam. According to this plan or ideology of the born-again Christians who formed an alliance with Zionism, Islam is the monster.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

We are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is legitimate and obligatory.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

Don’t forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it’s very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)

The Syrians are trying to say that the Lebanese are not capable of ruling themselves.

Walid Jumblatt

Lebanese politician (born 1949)