Controversy as Lebanese banker Sehnaoui is praised for supporting Israel
Al Jazeera·1h ago·Neutral
What Happened
Lebanese banker Antoun Sehnaoui, chairman of Societe Generale de Banque au Liban, faced controversy after US envoy Morgan Ortagus publicly praised his Israel support at a Holocaust Museum event. Ortagus highlighted Sehnaoui's funding of US-Israeli opera projects, allegedly illegal in Lebanon. She described his family as generations of Lebanese Christian Zionists, while Israel simultaneously attacked Lebanon, killing hundreds.
Key Entities
Antoun SehnaouiMorgan OrtagusLebanonIsraelSociete Generale de Banque au Liban (SGBL)US Holocaust Memorial MuseumTrump administration