{"id":5684,"date":"2020-08-03T07:21:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T10:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=5684"},"modified":"2020-08-03T07:36:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T10:36:01","slug":"will-dr-hittis-sudden-resignation-as-lebanons-foreign-minister-be-a-wake-up-call-to-his-peers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/08\/03\/will-dr-hittis-sudden-resignation-as-lebanons-foreign-minister-be-a-wake-up-call-to-his-peers\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Dr. Hitti\u2019s sudden resignation as Lebanon\u2019s Foreign Minister be a wake-up call to his peers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/LebanonHitti.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5685\" width=\"525\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/LebanonHitti.jpg 625w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/LebanonHitti-300x108.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These are Dr. Hitti&#8217;s own words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI took part in the government to work for\none boss, Lebanon,\u201d Hitti, a former Arab League diplomat, said in a statement.\n\u201cI found multiple bosses and conflicting interests in my country, and if they\ndon\u2019t come together for the interest of the Lebanese people and save it, the\nboat will sink.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Nassif Hitti is a highly respected Lebanese diplomat\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nassif_Hitti\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nassif_Hitti<\/a>).\nHis resignation in these \u201c<em>historical moments<\/em>\u201d is highly significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/world\/lebanon-s-foreign-minister-resigns-amid-economic-crisis-1.5049395\">https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/world\/lebanon-s-foreign-minister-resigns-amid-economic-crisis-1.5049395<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/lebanese-foreign-minister-hitti-resigns-warns-boat-may-sink-1.1474698\">https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/lebanese-foreign-minister-hitti-resigns-warns-boat-may-sink-1.1474698<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20200803-lebanon-fm-resigns-in-protest-at-mishandling-of-crisis\">https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20200803-lebanon-fm-resigns-in-protest-at-mishandling-of-crisis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is next for the current Lebanese government that was formed in December, 2019 (as a reminder, the country&#8217;s revolt started on October 17, 2019)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is next for Lebanon? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will Dr. Hitti\u2019s sudden resignation as Lebanon\u2019s Foreign Minister be a wake-up call to his peers? Or is their coma a hopeless case?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the day, what will happen to that \u00a0\u201c<em>sinking boat<\/em>\u201d?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are Dr. Hitti&#8217;s own words: \u201cI took part in the government to work for one boss, Lebanon,\u201d Hitti, a former Arab League diplomat, said in a statement. \u201cI found multiple bosses and conflicting interests [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5684"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5687,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684\/revisions\/5687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}