Titles For Latest LCCC Bulletin analysis & editorials from miscellaneous sources published on November 22-23/18
Lebanon Is An Occupied Country/Elias Bejjani/ November 22/18
Lebanon’s Economy Faces Stark Choice: Reform or Collapse/Associated Press/Naharnet/November 22/18
Christian reconciliations in Lebanon/Radwan al-Sayed/Al Arabiya/November 22/18
From Cars to Bars: Carlos Ghosn’s Japanese Cell/Agence France Presse/Naharnet/November 22/18
Trump’s Frankness and the Khashoggi Crisis/Abdulrahman Al-Rashed/Al Arabiya/November 22/18
The Relationship with Europe: A Permanent British Obsession/Eyad Abu Shakra/Al Arabiya/November 22/18
Is the Trade War Really Holding China Back?/Christopher Balding/Bloomberg View/November 22/18
US Versus China Isn’t a ‘Cold War’/Daniel Moss/Bloomberg View/November 22/18
How Powerful Companies Might Hold Back Growth/Mark Whitehouse/Bloomberg View/November 22/18
Palestinians: We Cannot Accept Anything from Trump/by Khaled Abu Toameh/Gatestone Institute/November 22/18
Turkey Stabilizing Libya? Think Again/Uzay Bulut/Gatestone Institute/November 22/18
Yemen’s War Is a Dangerous Proxy in Iran’s Global Battle/Nathalie Goulet/The Hill/November 22/18
Trump’s Magical Thinking on Iran Sanctions Won’t Advance U.S. Interests/Philip Gordon and Robert Malley/Foreign Policy/November 22/18
USAF takes control of Syrian skies. Unidentified air strike on Iranian target/DEBKAfile/November 22/18
Titles For Latest LCCC Lebanese Related News published on November 22-23/18
Lebanon Is An Occupied Country
Lebanese Officials Stress ‘Real’ Independence While Celebrating its 75th Anniversary
Military Parade Marks Lebanon’s Independence Day
Lebanon Sulked by Govt. Delay, Celebrates 75th Independence Anniversary
Hariri Says ‘My Lips are Sealed’ on Govt. Formation
UK Congratulates Lebanon on Independence Day
Lebanon’s Economy Faces Stark Choice: Reform or Collapse
Berri Pessimistic over Govt. Formation, Says Bassil’s Proposal Was Overlooked
Zakka contacts Aoun, Berri, Hariri on Independence Day
Reception by Lebanon’s Ambassador to London marking Independence Day: Lebanese
Ogasapian inaugurates ‘Mother and Child’ exhibition in Biel
Hezbollah on Independence Day: A national occasion that entails the Lebanese to unite and cooperate
Riachy: Lebanon shall endure
Mikati says independence not just a memory but an act of faith in Lebanon’s liberty, sovereignty
Tabsh: We sensed the Pope’s love for Lebanon, followup on displaced crisis
Kataeb Party Postpones Foundation Anniversary Ceremony
Dagher Demands Journalist to Respect Viewpoints on Syrian Occupation
Kataeb Figureheads Outline True Meaning of Independence Day
Christian reconciliations in Lebanon
Titles For Latest LCCC Bulletin For Miscellaneous Reports And News published on November 22-23/18
Iran says US bases and aircraft carriers within missile range
Iran’s VP confirms organized crime funds enter banking system
Rouhani Backs Zarif amid Rising Internal Tensions
Iraq on Alert after ISIS Resurgence in Mosul
Egypt Wants to Avoid Deadly Confrontation in Gaza
Sweida’s Druze Reject Regime Call to Serve
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Khashoggi Murder: Trump ‘Ignores’ U.S. Leverage over Riyadh
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From Cars to Bars: Carlos Ghosn’s Japanese Cell
Egypt says police killed 12 extremist militants in Sinai raid
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Lebanon Is An Occupied Country
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Psalm 92:12: “The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon”.
Today, the Lebanese back home in beloved Lebanon, as well as those living in Diaspora are all remembering with sadness, anger and frustration their country’s Independence Day.
Although the country is practically not independent and savagely occupied by Hezbollah, Iran’s terrorist proxy army, but every sovereign, faithful and patriotic Lebanese is hopeful and fully confident that this era of terrorism, evilness, oppression and hardship is ultimately going to end. By God’s will Lebanon’s freedom spring is on the horizon.
Lebanon through its deeply rooted history of 7000 years have witnessed hard times and all kinds of invaders, occupiers, dictators, and tyrants, they all were forced to leave Lebanon with humiliation and Lebanon maintained its freedom and sovereignty. There is no doubt that the fate of the current occupier is going to be any different.
There are numerous reasons behind the ongoing devastating internal and external wars that are being waged against Lebanon and his people. These reasons have varied throughout contemporary history with the changing instruments of fighting, circumstances, financiers and profiteers.
However, the main reasons and targets were always and still are the privileged Lebanese distinctive identity, multiculturalism, freedoms and coexistence. Almost every nation and people in the Middle and Far East look upon Lebanon as a heaven for freedoms and as an oasis for the persecuted.
At the present time and since 1982, the Iranian armed terrorist militia, Hezbollah, which was created by the Iranians with its mini-state during Syria’s bloody occupation era of Lebanon (1976-2005) imposes an extremely serious and fundamental threat to all that is Lebanese: culture, identity, history, civilization, freedoms, coexistence, tolerance, democracy, peace, openness, order and law.
But as our deeply rooted history teaches us, this Stone Age armed terrorist group shall by God’s will be defeated as was the fate of all invaders, tyrants, dictators and occupiers whose sick minds fooled them that Lebanon could be tamed and his people could be subdued and enslaved. They all were disappointed and forced to leave with humiliation and disgrace.
The Syrian occupier in 2005 and after almost 30 years of savage occupation had to face the same scornful fate. Hezbollah will have ultimately the same end sooner or later although its armed militiamen are Lebanese.
We thank God for the ultimate failure of all savage attacks which the faithful Lebanese shattered with stubbornness, perseverance, courage and self-confidence, and remained attached to their identity, and steadfast against hatred, foreign expansionism schemes and evil conspiracies.
The distinction of Lebanon is that it is a nation of diverse religious denominational groups and civilizations living together in agreeable coexistence, without coercion or oppression or becoming a melting pot, despite transient harsh confrontations at certain periods of history always instigated and orchestrated by external forces. Lebanon’s air of liberty has been made equally available to its extensive mosaic of communities to help them maintain freedom of their cultural and religious particularities and distinctions.
All Throughout history these distinctions gave Lebanon his pluralist flavour and made the majority of the Lebanese people into a homogeneous society attached heart and spirit to the one Lebanese identity that personifies their roots, cultures, hopes and civilizations.
The confessional diversity permits each of Lebanon’s 18 ethnic communities to express its original goodness within its core and the sanctity of its faith. Even though the communities’ perspective towards God may be different, they do not disagree on the truth of God’s essence, and He remains the All Mighty Creator and the source of all good to all people.
Accordingly, all Lebanese have learned that none of them should presume to monopolize God’s relationship through himself, or seek to acquire all God’s graces by eliminating others, because these others were also created by God and are also His children, and that He is the only ultimate judge.
All religions in Lebanon worship the same God, and He definitely accepts them all each according to their sincerity and trust. God knows the content of hearts and intents, and He is not fooled by the various rituals and styles of worship.
The majority of the peace loving Lebanese people strongly believe that no one Lebanese community should claim that it is the best, or the closest, or the only path to God. They all trust in the fact that God knows all wants, and uncovers all intents. Hezbollah is an odd exception among the Lebanese communities.
In conclusion, for Lebanon, the land of the holy cedars to be victorious in the face of the Axis of Evil powers dirty and evil wars against his existence, Each and every Lebanese in both Lebanon and Diaspora has a patriotic and ethical obligation and a holy duty to preserve by all means Lebanon’s graceful identity and solidify its implantation in the conscience, hearts and souls of the new Lebanese generations and to root it in their awareness, as well as in Lebanon’s blessed soil.
N.B: The above article is from the archive.
