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Reporting from Lebanon

That’s some good news, although nothing is assured. Actually, assurance can’t be applied to the State of Israel, especially from an Arab and more than that a Lebanese perspective...

Thank you Shade and SFG75 for your post. Let me explain to you and the others the situation going in Lebanon regarding Hezbollah. The first thing is that Hezbollah is a Lebanese Organization, what I mean by that is that Hezbollah fighters are all Lebanese. Hezbollah was established in 1982 in response to the Israel’s invasion of Lebanon that year. It has morphed from a guerilla group to a recognizable political party that held new seats in the parliament in the last democratic elections last year. Since it’s birth it was a sturdy and well structured militia and such a militia must be supported in order to endure and carry on. The Lebanese government is barely supporting itself, so Iran and Syria were it’s direct supporters. By the way, Syria is not a Shi’ite country but both countries and others had a common ground on the issue of the Israeli State and it’s uneven force in the region and they have great support for the Palestinian cause.

After years of war and conflict in the vicinity of Israel, south of Lebanon is the only open front left and indeed we, as a country are the victims. But if you take a closer look at Lebanon, Lebanon is made of several sectarian groups, and most of the Shi’ites and many other from different sectarian groups support Hezbollah, and these people didn’t come from Iran nor from Syria but they are Lebanese.

What is Hezbollah is being accounted by from the Lebanese is that it’s triggering aggression in the South. Here were the division between the Lebanese people, some believe that the front against Israel should be always open against the big aggressor in the region, and the majority of them supporting the Palestinian cause, while the others believe that a peace treaty must be made and Lebanon shall be a safe country to prosper. Both of them have good points but the big problem is that there’s a lot of political influence from outside the country and situation is much more complex than that. This shall be approached by the Lebanese people on the discussion table as soon as the war is over.

That is all I have to say fro now, hoping all this bloodshed find an end.
Long live Lebanon...
 
Thank you, Samerron. I am very glad that you keep coming back here and posting. I always read your posts with avid interest and relief, and it's good to know that you, and hopefully your family as well, are still ok.
 
This conflict definitely saw some interesting things. For one, the conflict has created deep divisions between Israeli government officials, not to mention between Israeli officers and soldiers under their command. Given their past history, I'm shocked that they didn't perform as well as they had in the past. Perhaps now, leaders will consider alternative means to solve problems rather than to just decide to retaliate indiscriminately which only hurts those who go about their everyday lives.
 
True SFG75, a lot of development is happening in the region. Power and politics always have surprises. I’m just happy now that the cease-fire is still valid after a week. I hope it’ll be good news for the future, but also in Lebanon there’s political divisions that might bring the country in an unstable state as I explained in post count # 101.

I have some good news for the people who are interested :) I’m planning on going back to Lebanon soon :D :D. Although the airport is not completely functioning, airplanes has began landing and departure, hopefully I’ll be able to land back again to my land...
 
that is such great news Samerron...I am really happy for you!! Hope your journey is safe...and will wait to hear from you;)
 
Good for you, Sammeron. You have clearly expressed your shock, sadness, outrage (and also your feelings of near despair) here, but you never allowed yourself to become bitter and you never lost sight of your true Self (which is demonstrably a good and rational Self.)

You've really done yourself proud during this tragic time, Sammeron. I know we will be able to continue to expect this of you when you finally get back to your home.

Please keep reporting back to us.

Still
 
Hello everyone. First of all, I’m sorry for keeping you waiting and not reporting for the last two months or so. I have been very busy, but I’m glad I’m back to Lebanon. I’ve been on the first planes that found it’s way to Beirut’s Airport directly after the cease-fire. Lebanon is back to life and you can’t believe how great it feels.

I would like to thank all of who supported me during that hard period. I went through all the thread again and all your words meant a lot to me. Hope no one passes what I have passed through and I’m greatly thankful life is back to normal here.

I’m also glad I’m settled now with a good internet connection, hence my contribution is back to our favorite forum :)
 
Glad to have you back where you belong! So, do you have a moutain of backlogged homework? Or will the school just pick up where everyone left off?
 
Since I came back to Lebanon, citizens were on the move to go back to their homes (if they still had homes). I directly got busy with my university, because we had to finish the Summer Semester in a compressed process. We finished it two weeks ago and then there was a small break and we started the new academic year. Some students left the country and decided to continue their education outside the country, even in the Middle East or in Canada and the States. But most of the students came back, and that’s a great thing, because little by little life came back to the university, to the city and to the whole country. :D Although the war had a huge destructive effect on Lebanon but the heart of Lebanon never dies. It had passed through a lot of wars through it’s history and I hope this is the last one.

I didn’t have much to go around the country, but I have visited the south distinct in the last weekend and YEAH! the destruction traces are obvious around the place, especially bridges. Reconstruction has already started and many Lebanese are just ready to rebuild the country, no matter what it takes.

There’s another problem going on here. There is a huge separation between two political groups here, and it’s becoming severe. So, there’s some fear of internal instability, but I hope our leaders are wise enough to prevent internal struggle from developing into unwanted regrettable stages. In the end, I hope nothing worse comes to this country because I know I’ll be staying here... :)
 
Hello Samerron,
I'm glad you've made it home, I know how anxious you were to get back. If the rest of your generation are even half as patriotic and mature as you, then I'm sure Lebanon will be back to it's best in no time.
Oh and welcome back to the forum too :) .
 
Gem said:
If the rest of your generation are even half as patriotic and mature as you, then I'm sure Lebanon will be back to it's best in no time.
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Thanks, but as I mentioned before there's a huge political division that is worrying. Hope people here get mature and start thinking of their country and ways on building it rather than being blinded sectarians.
 
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