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[Q]: Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri  arrived back in Lebanon two weeks after  he  announced  his  surprise resignation while in Saudi Arabia. Within hours of landing at Beirut International Airport  Hariri shocked the country by announcing he had put his resignation "on hold" while talks with Hezb'allah and other political factions are underway.
Al Jazeera's Zein Khodr  reporting from Beirut  said that Hariri's tone has shifted since he gave his resignation speech two weeks ago. "He [Hariri] didn't even mention Hezbollah or Iran[.] ... He even said that he's looking forward to a partnership with all political parties in the country "What is clear is that there has been intensive discussions behind closed doors " she said. "The resignation was an attempt by Saudi Arabia to curb Hezbollah's influence[.] ... That attempt backfired[.] ...  Hariri  was conciliatory in  his  message."
What is going on? Whatever influence Saudi Arabia was exercising over  Hariri  has weakened since  he  left the kingdom. Before returning to Lebanon   Hariri  had meetings with several leaders  including Macron of France and el-Sisi of Egypt. France has a keen interest in what happens in Lebanon  since the tiny nation is a former French colony. And as a Sunni regional power  Egypt is on the front lines of resisting the spread of Iran's influence.
Those "intense discussions" almost certainly included Hezb'allah. Given that  Hariri  cited threats against  his  life by pro-Iranian and pro-Syrian factions in Lebanon as a primary reason for  his  resignation  it is possible that some sort of backroom deal with the terrorists was struck that gives certain assurances to  Hariri  regarding  his  personal safety. For Hezb'allah  part of that deal could have included  Hariri  promising to back away from Saudi Arabia.
[A]: Saad Hariri


[Q]: (CNN) The President has excoriated football players who have joined a protest movement by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as unpatriotic. But the President is overlooking history -- which shows athletes now lauded as heroes  like  Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali   raising  their  voices (or taking a seat) in protests similar to Kaepernick's.
 Jackie Robinson   rightfully celebrated for showing enormous grace under pressure while breaking baseball's color line  refused to stand for the National Anthem after  his  playing days.
Jackie Robinson as a Brooklyn Dodger.
As  he  described in  his  1972 autobiography   Robinson -- like contemporary NFL players --  was protesting against institutional racism.  He  was expressing  his  feelings of alienation from America's system of racial apartheid.
 Robinson 's pugnacious brand of civil rights activism set the stage for succeeding generations of black athletes. Eleven-time NBA champion Bill Russell emerged as one of the most outspoken civil rights advocates of the 1960s  at a time when the city he played in  Boston  represented one of the most racially segregated cities in the North.
Above all  black American athletes are citizens  fathers  brothers  husbands and sons who have a right and responsibility to continue a long struggle for dignity exemplified by Jackie Robinson  Bill Russell and many others.
[A]: Jackie Robinson


[Q]: LOS ANGELES --  Luke Walton  and Lonzo Ball both say that the Los Angeles Lakers' head coach has not lost the locker room  as LaVar Ball asserted.
Lonzo Ball also said  "I'll play for anybody " when asked whether he is fine with  Walton  as his coach.?
 Walton  ?whose team ended a nine-game losing streak with a 132-113 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night  disagreed with LaVar's latest criticism of him.  Walton   who said Friday morning that he is not coaching as if his job is on the line  was asked whether he has received assurances from anyone in Lakers upper management.
"Yeah. We're  I feel  very secure in my job status right now "  Walton  said. "We talk all the time. They're 100 percent behind and supporting what we're doing."
Lakers majority owner Jeanie Buss tweeted strong support with the hashtag "InLukeWeTrust" on New Year's Eve  and all indications have been that  Walton 's job security is not an issue.?A Lakers source told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne that Walton's job status is "not even a conversation."
This is not the first time LaVar Ball has been critical of  Walton 's coaching. He has said that the Lakers' coaching staff is "soft" and doesn't know how to coach his son  and he expressed his displeasure with how  Walton  was using his son in the fourth quarter of games.
The Lakers already have held a meeting with the elder Ball and asked him to tone down his criticisms of  Walton  to foster a better atmosphere for Lonzo Ball and continue a positive relationship with the organization.
LaVar Ball's latest comments left the No. 2 overall pick having to answer several questions Sunday morning about the state of the Lakers' locker room and his relationship with  Walton .
"He is going to speak his mind. He is not going to change " said Lonzo Ball  who says he hasn't spoken to LaVar since his father and two brothers landed in Lithuania  where LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball are playing for the pro team Prienu Vytautas. "... I don't think [ Walton  has lost the locker room]. I mean   he 's our head coach. We are going to play for  him .
"That is just  his  opinion.  He  has coached me  his  whole life. So  he  is definitely going to have a strong opinion about it. That's just what it is."?
"I don't see that the players aren't playing hard "  Walton  said. "I think the players are playing very hard. We've been through a hard stretch  but they are giving us what they have  and we're going to keep working  and we'll be fine."
"I'm fine with it. It doesn't bother me "  Walton  said of LaVar Ball's repeated criticism of  him . "My only concern with any of it is for Zo. As long as Zo's fine with it and Zo can come out and play  and it doesn't affect mine and his relationship  then it doesn't bother me at all."
Lonzo Ball said that he focuses on playing basketball and that he has told  Walton  before that his father's comments don't affect him.
 Walton  was asked whether LaVar Ball's comments could possibly influence what management is thinking about its coach and the team's rebuild.
"I would hope not  but it doesn't influence what we're doing "  Walton  said of the coaching staff. "I've said all along there's always parents  and parents are going to get mad at things -- that's what they do. And it's our job as coaches and coaches in the organization to do what's best for our team and our players  and we make those decisions based on what we see every single day in the facility and on the court."
[A]:
Luke Walton