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ISRAEL UNMASKS ITS GENOCIDAL INTENTIONS
2500 - 3500 unarmed Palestinians dead in a single day
Long, but you Z's especially need to know this:
Lebanon was conceived by the French in order to carve Christian interests out of Syria and create a separate country with a Christian majority. Other minorities inhabit various regions in Lebanon, too: Druze in the southern mountains, Shiite along the southern coast, Maronites in the central and northern mountains, and Shiites in the northern Bekaa valley. This map shows how complicated and interwoven Lebanese demographic are.
Lebanon is a democracy whose National Pact of 1943 specified that the president must be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim, the speaker of the house a Shiite, and the deputy speaker of the house and deputy prime minister Greek Orthodox. This arrangement has been unstable since Lebanese independence in 1943, especially as the demographics have shifted over time.
In 1932 the only census ever undertaken in Lebanon showed a bare Maronite majority of 54%. By 1985, Maronites were around 25% of the population, but still held most of the political power, and currently the total Christian population for all sects is estimated around 40%. See this article for more detailed info on Lebanese demographics and political system.
In addition to the native Lebanese ethnicities, which totaled around 3.5 million in 1980, were around 400,000 stateless Palestinians who were predominantly Muslim. Obviously they had no political participation in Lebanon, but were viewed as a potentially destabilizing presence in an already precarious political and ethnic balance. Palestinians in Lebanon were forbidden to work outside the camps and per capita income was tiny. There was no provision of infrastructure and Palestinians were forbidden to own real estate. They were barred from over 70 professions, including journalism, and the average refugee family was trying to live on less than $7 per day. It was a time and place of acute despair.
The arrival of the resistance sponsored establishment of schools and clinics and even hospitals, and Palestine Red Crescent was established. Midwives’ classes were organized, along with programs to provide education and employment for the disabled, the perpetuation of traditional Palestinian crafts, community gardening and workshops, and teacher education. Publishing houses were formed, poetry, prose and art were fostered, and the PLO even established a radio station. The Institute for Palestine Studies was based in Beirut to foster and publish scholarly study of the Palestinian issue. Its publication The Journal of Palestine Studies is respected around the world. The Palestinian national archives were relocated to Beirut.
This article outlines Palestinian achievements in Lebanon during this time:
On the 27th anniversary of Sabra and Shatila, a return to Beirut | Georgia Straight, Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly
The Lebanese civil war which began in 1975 reflected the fragmentation of Lebanese society and was sparked by issues indigenous to Lebanon. For over a year the Palestinians were able to effectively stay out of it and continue their separate existence in the camps. The lines that were drawn in the Lebanese conflict are much too complex to identify in this post, but this list of militias in the Lebanese civil war does a decent job.
Unlike the Lebanese people, the Palestinians were not sectarian. Christian Palestinians supported Arab Nationalism during the civil war in Lebanon and fought against the Maronite Lebanese militias. With the official Lebanese army the weakest of all the fighting forces, and the PLO the strongest and most numerous military force in Lebanon, they were bound to eventually be drawn into the battle, especially as Israel itself became a combatant.
On the morning of 13 April 1975, unidentified gunmen in a speeding car fired on a church in the Christian East Beirut suburb of Ain el-Rummaneh, killing four people including two Maronite Phalangists. With its typical xenophobia, the Maronite Kataeb accused Palestinians, and hours later, Phalangists led by the Gemayels killed 30 Palestinians traveling in Ain el-Rummaneh. Citywide clashes erupted in response to this "Bus Massacre".
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2500 - 3500 unarmed Palestinians dead in a single day
Long, but you Z's especially need to know this:
Lebanon was conceived by the French in order to carve Christian interests out of Syria and create a separate country with a Christian majority. Other minorities inhabit various regions in Lebanon, too: Druze in the southern mountains, Shiite along the southern coast, Maronites in the central and northern mountains, and Shiites in the northern Bekaa valley. This map shows how complicated and interwoven Lebanese demographic are.
Lebanon is a democracy whose National Pact of 1943 specified that the president must be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim, the speaker of the house a Shiite, and the deputy speaker of the house and deputy prime minister Greek Orthodox. This arrangement has been unstable since Lebanese independence in 1943, especially as the demographics have shifted over time.
In 1932 the only census ever undertaken in Lebanon showed a bare Maronite majority of 54%. By 1985, Maronites were around 25% of the population, but still held most of the political power, and currently the total Christian population for all sects is estimated around 40%. See this article for more detailed info on Lebanese demographics and political system.
In addition to the native Lebanese ethnicities, which totaled around 3.5 million in 1980, were around 400,000 stateless Palestinians who were predominantly Muslim. Obviously they had no political participation in Lebanon, but were viewed as a potentially destabilizing presence in an already precarious political and ethnic balance. Palestinians in Lebanon were forbidden to work outside the camps and per capita income was tiny. There was no provision of infrastructure and Palestinians were forbidden to own real estate. They were barred from over 70 professions, including journalism, and the average refugee family was trying to live on less than $7 per day. It was a time and place of acute despair.
The arrival of the resistance sponsored establishment of schools and clinics and even hospitals, and Palestine Red Crescent was established. Midwives’ classes were organized, along with programs to provide education and employment for the disabled, the perpetuation of traditional Palestinian crafts, community gardening and workshops, and teacher education. Publishing houses were formed, poetry, prose and art were fostered, and the PLO even established a radio station. The Institute for Palestine Studies was based in Beirut to foster and publish scholarly study of the Palestinian issue. Its publication The Journal of Palestine Studies is respected around the world. The Palestinian national archives were relocated to Beirut.
This article outlines Palestinian achievements in Lebanon during this time:
On the 27th anniversary of Sabra and Shatila, a return to Beirut | Georgia Straight, Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly
The Lebanese civil war which began in 1975 reflected the fragmentation of Lebanese society and was sparked by issues indigenous to Lebanon. For over a year the Palestinians were able to effectively stay out of it and continue their separate existence in the camps. The lines that were drawn in the Lebanese conflict are much too complex to identify in this post, but this list of militias in the Lebanese civil war does a decent job.
Unlike the Lebanese people, the Palestinians were not sectarian. Christian Palestinians supported Arab Nationalism during the civil war in Lebanon and fought against the Maronite Lebanese militias. With the official Lebanese army the weakest of all the fighting forces, and the PLO the strongest and most numerous military force in Lebanon, they were bound to eventually be drawn into the battle, especially as Israel itself became a combatant.
On the morning of 13 April 1975, unidentified gunmen in a speeding car fired on a church in the Christian East Beirut suburb of Ain el-Rummaneh, killing four people including two Maronite Phalangists. With its typical xenophobia, the Maronite Kataeb accused Palestinians, and hours later, Phalangists led by the Gemayels killed 30 Palestinians traveling in Ain el-Rummaneh. Citywide clashes erupted in response to this "Bus Massacre".
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