ADADThe cry from the streets is for the politicians to stand down and open the way for a new order in Lebanon. “Resign or Hang,” said the banners advertising the demonstration, making it clear that the demand is for the politicians to go, not to agree. Demonstrators paraded gallows and nooses around the central Martyrs’ Square and strung up effigies of the country’s leading politicians, including Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah. They drove most of the protesters out of Martyrs’ Square and also out of the Foreign Ministry, chasing and beating those throwing rocks. “Don’t give this political criminal class the financial means to continue ruling over us,” he said.

Source: Washington Post August 08, 2020 10:58 UTC