EP.841: Lebanese Ambassador to the UK: Is There a Way Out of Lebanon's Crisis?

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Lebanon's Ambassador to the UK Rami Mortada. He discusses British-Lebanese cultural, economic and political relations, Lebanon's growing protest movement, what the new government of Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab will do to rescue Lebanon from the dire economic crisis and political turmoil, how the Syrian war is partly to blame for Lebanon's economic crisis, how sanctions on Hezbollah will affect investment in Lebanon, the Lebanese reaction to Trump's Deal of the Century for the Israel-Palestine conflict, Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace & more!