Lebanese lawyers file complaint against banker who met with Israel’s Netanyahu
The complaint accuses the banker of contacting an Israeli leader and violating boycott and state-security laws, with prosecutors expected to review the case.
- On Wednesday, more than a dozen Lebanese lawyers filed a complaint in Beirut against banker Antoun Sehnaoui, alleging he violated national laws by meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington this week.
- Lebanon remains in a state of war with Israel since 1948, and a 1955 law bans all contact between citizens and Israelis, punishable by up to 10 years in jail for violators.
- Sehnaoui and former U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus hosted a memorial dinner for late Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday, which Netanyahu attended; lawyer Mohammed Hajj Hassan called the meeting "a public offense."
- The judiciary is now expected to investigate the case, which could lead to issuing arrest warrants for Sehnaoui, as authorities have done in similar past cases involving Lebanese citizens outside the country.
- Amid Israel's bombing campaign in Lebanon, which has killed more than 4,300 people since March 2, the meeting intensifies public scrutiny of Sehnaoui, who already faces separate corruption allegations.
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Lebanese lawyers file complaint against banker who met with Netanyahu
In the past, Lebanese prosecutors issued arrest warrants in similar cases for Lebanese citizens outside the country. By The Associated Press More than a dozen Lebanese lawyers filed a complaint at the prosecutor’s office in Beirut on Wednesday against a prominent local banker, saying he violated the country’s laws by meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington this week. Lebanon and Israel have been holding U.S.-backed d…
Lawyers will file a complaint against Antoun Sehnaoui for contact with the Israeli enemy, after a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu at a dinner in the United States.
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Lebanese lawyers file complaint against banker who met with Israel’s Netanyahu
BEIRUT (AP) — More than a dozen Lebanese lawyers filed a complaint at the prosecutor's office in Beirut on Wednesday against a prominent local banker, saying he violated the country’s laws by meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in…
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Lebanese lawyers file complaint against banker who met with Israel's Netanyahu
Lebanese lawyers have filed a complaint against local banker Antoun Sehnaoui for meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week in Washington.
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