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WEATHER
BEIRUT
36°C
sunny weather
sunning
August: 18 days
mediterranean:
29°C
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The
Lebanese Youth Gathering site (association founded in
December 1986)
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is conceived as a Euro-Mediterranean concentrate in view
of its geographic position, religious and cultural
diversity, and democratic nature. The war waged by
Israel
in summer 2006 imposes on the European Union to make a
display of its force as a regional power. At the outset,
Lebanon
is the first tangible proof that Europe should overcome
for satisfying its vision of a Mediterranean space where
peace prevails, promoter of development and democracy in
compliance with its commitments adopted in 1995 on
occasion of the
Barcelona
conference.
Lebanon
not only has a destiny, shadowy until present, but also
a mandatory destination: becoming a beacon of democracy
in the
Middle East
of the Twenty-First Century, thus questioning its
history, including its most recent.” Béatrice
Patrie “Who wants to destroy
Lebanon
?” (2007)
all
Citations
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BACHAR EL-ASSAD
ADOPTS DIALOGUE WITH LEBANON
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Friday 18
July 2008
Lebanon: triumph and humiliation
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The
image did not pass unnoticed. Wednesday, July 16, 2008,
at Rafic Hariri international airport of Beirut, the
Lebanese Christian president Michel Sleiman, the Sunnite
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the Shiite President of
Parliament Nabih Berri gave a warm welcome to the
prisoners of Hezbollah released by Israel in exchange
for the corpses of two Israeli soldiers kidnapped the
day before the war on Lebanon, in July 2006. An optimal
way to consolidate a very fresh national unity and
putting an end to the conflict that caused 1.300 dead on
the Lebanese side and 139 on the Israeli side. This
event transcended political schisms that had led the
Country of the Cedars last May on the verge of civil
war. It is taking place at a time when Lebanon is
experiencing a period of almost unexpected stability.
Irony of the calendar: the day before, the new
government held its first session. For the Party of God
offspring of the Israeli invasion of 1982, victory is
two-fold. Despite the American pressures, the party of
Hassan Nasrallah conquered the blocking minority to
which he aspired for rallying the government. Moreover,
by obtaining from the sworn enemy, Israel, the release
of five prisoners, the Party of God further increased
its legitimacy of resistance movement. And here is the
trap. With the strength of its “triumph”, Hezbollah can
decide its full integration in the Lebanese political
life. However, it can also keep acting as leverage to
its Iranian and Syrian mentor. Far from integrating
itself in the Lebanese army, the Party of God has, on
the contrary, considerably rearmed itself since the war
of 2006. In order to be viable in the long run, the
Lebanese State will have to regain control of the areas
which it had, up to now, given up to Hezbollah. In
Paris, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy received
forty heads of state and government who came to take
part in the summit of launching the Union for the
Mediterranean (UPM), on Sunday, July 13, 2008. This
event served as springboard for the dialogue between
Lebanon and Syria, whereby Syrian President Bachar
el-Assad engaged before President Michel Sleiman to
establish normal diplomatic relations involving the
opening of embassies in the two countries. In Lebanon,
where the great summer festivals began in Byblos,
Beiteddine and Baalbek, thousands of Lebanese from
abroad as well as Arab and European friends and others
keep coming in a climate very favorable to the
resumption of Tourism.
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continuation
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COMMUNIQUES
A
moment of pure magic with
Catherine Deneuve in
Lebanon
21
May 2007 - N°69
It
is one of the
magical nights that
brings forth the
rebirth of
Lebanon
from its ashes.
Reviving the
splendorous past,
undermined by
several
ill-intentioned
parties. Driving to
think and believe
that anything is
possible, above all
the achievement of
happiness. Within
the immemorial
framework of
InterContinental
Phoenicia hotel,
around its royal
swimming pool, more
than 400 elegantly
dressed persons
gathered
in witness of
the splendour of the
pre-war years. And…
the beautiful
Catherine Deneuve,
in
Lebanon
for a few days, to
participate in the
filming of the
feature film
starring Joana
Hadjithomas and
Khalil Joreige, of
which a scene was
filmed during such
unique evening event
in benefit of Skoun
Association.
At the moment of
departure, an
evening Cinderella
stated: "This
is
Lebanon
!" Full of
generosity and
hospitality, a
dreamland, with
know-how and the
will to live
decently, and above
all, the nostalgia
of legitimate
happiness.
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| INTERVIEWS Who
wants to destroy
Lebanon
?
16 May 2007 - N°16
by
BÉATRICE PATRIE and
EMMANUEL ESPAÑOL One
hundred days after the
end of the war of
2006, the
assassination of young
minister Pierre
Gemayel plunged
Lebanon
again in the endless
spiral of terror.
Impotence, but not
resignation, strange
word in the Lebanese
vocabulary. Fall seven
times, rise eight
times. Everybody is
aware what the
Lebanese are capable
of. But in addition to
their known courage
for incessantly
building their
destroyed houses,
their broken lives,
how can we endow them
with the necessary
courage for getting
rid of the ordeals of
a revolved political
history, with its
feudal lords and
warlords? The children
of
Israel
can sleep on their two
ears, essentially
affirmed Ben Gourion,
when the tribe of
Israel
is no longer
surrounded by all the
tribes of the
Middle East
... It is against this
vision that
Lebanon
should nowadays be
constructed.
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wants to destroy
Lebanon
?
16 May 2007 - N°16
by
BÉATRICE PATRIE and
EMMANUEL ESPAÑOL One
hundred days after the
end of the war of
2006, the
assassination of young
minister Pierre
Gemayel plunged
Lebanon
again in the endless
spiral of terror.
Impotence, but not
resignation, strange
word in the Lebanese
vocabulary. Fall seven
times, rise eight
times. Everybody is
aware what the
Lebanese are capable
of. But in addition to
their known courage
for incessantly
building their
destroyed houses,
their broken lives,
how can we endow them
with the necessary
courage for getting
rid of the ordeals of
a revolved political
history, with its
feudal lords and
warlords? The children
of
Israel
can sleep on their two
ears, essentially
affirmed Ben Gourion,
when the tribe of
Israel
is no longer
surrounded by all the
tribes of the
Middle East
... It is against this
vision that
Lebanon
should nowadays be
constructed.
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