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Meet the Lebanese Press: Strategic defense or strategic shift?
Civil strife usually ends when there is truth and reconciliation. In Lebanon, it subsides when a truce poses as reconciliation. Top Lebanese leaders are doting over each other, calling for a new pact of political rivalry that is confined to the arena of democratic and peaceful confrontation. Meetings between top March 14 and March 8 officials have calmed fears of further clashes on the streets. With the notable exception of Christian leaders, all sectarian heads are trying to unite their ranks in the run up to next year's parliamentary elections. Meet the Lebanese Press is The Electronic Intifada's regular review of what is making the rounds in the Lebanese press and the pundits' take on it.
Video: "Nahr al-Bared: Transitions"
More than a year after their homes were destroyed during the battle between the Lebanese army and the militant Islamist group Fatah al-Islam, the majority of the Palestinian refugees from the Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon find themselves in a difficult situation. Not able to return to their homes, stuck in pre-fabricated housing units and mostly unemployed, many feel frustrated and hopeless that things will improve.
Israel Agrees to Exchange Prisoners for Dead Soldiers
After a wrenching national debate, the Israeli cabinet voted to trade a Lebanese murderer for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers.
Lebanon: Fighting Continues in Tripoli
Heavy sectarian fighting between groups supporting and opposing the government in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli continued for a second day.
2 Killed in Lebanon Clashes
Supporters and opponents of the pro-Western government clashed Sunday in northern Lebanon.
A Fair Fight for Lebanon’s Army
The lack of equipment for a strong Lebanese army is a testament to how shortsighted and contradictory the American approach to Lebanon has been.
Life set to get harder for Nahr al-Bared refugees
NAHR AL-BARED (IRIN) - As he picked plastics and paper off the rubble-filled conveyor belt, Issam Sayyed indicated to a white house behind him pock-marked with bullet holes and with its roof caved in. "That's my home," said the father of nine, a Palestinian refugee displaced from the Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon, which was ruined in a 15-week war last year between the army and Islamist insurgents.
