Killing Mr
Lebanon: The Assassination of Rafik Hariri and its Impact on the Middle East.
An editorial in the Nation, for example, expressed an anti-war position but did so by assessing strategic implications rather than human traumas, exemplified by the article's synopsis on the front page of the magazine's website: "[T]he spreading violence in
Lebanon and Gaza demonstrates that the collective punishment of the Palestinian and Lebanese people will only further radicalize the region."
Lebanon has been a republic since receiving its independence from France in 1943.
While Hezbollah has more power than any other group in
Lebanon, there are also limits.
The fighting killed more than 1,100 Lebanese and severely damaged
Lebanon's infrastructure.
He warned Damascus might initiate a wave of terror in
Lebanon following Israel's military campaign there to further destabilize the country, including by assassinating the Lebanese prime minister.
In
Lebanon, the liberalist model of children's rights and responsibilities (based on an autonomous, individualist self) wove through public and local discourses and practices in tandem with relational models of children's rights and responsibilities (based on a connective self nested in patriarchal connective familial relationships).
In the sense that
Lebanon's demonstrators want their country not only to resume its full independence but also to resume its interrupted history, the Ghandour video draws on the same cultural sources as the political opposition.
Returning to
Lebanon in 1727 with a master's degree, he studied for the ministry with
Lebanon's Congregationalist pastor and was soon accepted as pastor by a parish in neighboring Colchester.
In arguing his thesis, Khalaf presents evidence to show how civil strife transformed into uncivil violence and what can be done to rescue
Lebanon from this tragedy.
These defining events in
Lebanon's modern history have reshaped the nation's polity and political agenda.
The Maronite Bishops of
Lebanon are concerned about the fate of the Christian communities in South
Lebanon, and insist that the security of the civilian population be guaranteed, preferably by the army and Lebanese security forces, or, alternatively, by an international force.
The prospect of
Lebanon joining the Middle East peace negotiations seems even more remote after Israeli warplanes bombed three Lebanese electricity sub-stations on 7 February, plunging most of Beirut into darkness.
Lebanon was carved out of the old Turkish Empire after World War I and administered by the French under a mandate from the League of Nations.
Lebanon's culture minister, Mohamed Daoud, toured the city of Aley accompanied by several Arab ambassadors.
