Tamam Salam: the new prime minister-designate of Lebanon

This is what you need to know about him.  He is the son of corrupt politicain, Sa'ib Salam, who was no more than an agent of Prince Sultan in Lebanon.  Salam had sold land in Palestine to the Jews and also bought Lebanese lands near the border from Palestine from my grandfather (Muhammad As`ad AbuKhalil) and the land was used to smuggle Jewish immigrants into Palestine.  Salam was key in the conspiracy (Zionist-instigated, no doubt) against the Intra Bank against Palestinian financier, Yusuf Baydas.  Salam was pushed aside by the progressive wave of the 1960s and 1970s, but was brought back from oblivion in 1982 by the House of Saud to grant "Islamic cover" for Bashir and Amin Gemayyel.  Tamam never played a significant role in Lebanese politics because his family's political fortune declined and because Hariri obtained more Saudi support (and money) than Sa'ib Salam.  In the 1975-76 civil war, Sa'ib Salam--with Saudi money--sought to compete with the armed groups of the Lebanese National Movement which captured the support of Muslim and secular youth in Lebanon so he formed a small militia called Pioneers of Reform.  It gave plenty of fodder for jokes and sunk into insignificance within months.  Salam waited in the wings for a role to play until he was rescued in 2009 by the Hariri family which put him on its parliamentary list.  From 2005 to 2009, Salam was closer to March 8 and was a critic of Hariri family.  I met him only once: in 2006, I was entering a restaurant in downtown Beirut for lunch with the late Joseph Samahah.  Salam was having lunch with his adviser, Muhammad Mashnuq and two others.  Salam congratulated me then on my political stances and my criticisms of Hariri family.  Today, Salam is the candidate of the Hariri family.  Welcome to Lebanese politics.