Adha Mubarak. On the second day of the Eid neither political nor non-political developments were absent in Lebanon or in the region: President Najib Mikati, who will meet this evening with his British counterpart, David Cameron, has reiterated his support for the funding of the International Tribunal, contradicting both Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and General Michel Aoun, who both firmly reject the funding process. The controversy of the STL was offset by an argument of another kind between former PM Saad Hariri and Speaker Nabih Berri; When Hariri said through his Twitter account that if the Future Movement wins the upcoming elections he would not vote for Speaker Berri to head the parliament, Berri responded with anger to the one he called “Sheikh”, saying, “The Lebanese have discovered one of the Sheikh’s new hobbies: politics.” The STL debate, the Ain el Tine debate as well as that of Beit al-Wasat all come at a time when most of the domestic issues are fast approaching their deadlines, with no hope for an exit on the horizon. The holiday spirit did not pass over Syria either: The Arab initiative is faltering, the Syrian National Council wants the withdrawal of the initiative and calls for a general strike on Thursday while French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe reveals a discussion with allies regarding the request for international protection of Homs. This position is in line with the statement of former Syrian VP Abdul Halim Khaddam who called on the international community to carry out an immediate military intervention just as they did in Libya.