Nidal and Kholud are pioneers for civil marriages in Lebanon

I am glad he changed his mind and will go on and sign it. Now we wait and see if he will keep his word.

A recent poll I read shows the following results: Druze and Christians support civil marriage with more than 60% while Shiites and Sunnis oppose it with more than 70%.

The total comes down to almost 57% not supporting civil marriage.

More about their fight to marry each other in their own country.

Best of luck to Khouloud Succariyeh and Nidal Darwish. You are our heroes and the whole country and its youth are looking and waiting to see what will become of your heroic, Rosa-Parks-style stance in the face of oppression.

Aluf Benn of Haaretz explains that ordinarily, Israeli journalists can get around censorship by quoting foreign press sources.

But in this case, he said, the initial command from Mossad was to “ignore the story.”