Middle East Times
Claude Salhani
Published: September 02, 2008
Back in the 1960s it used to be said that Lebanon would be the second Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel; and that this would happen immediately after the first Arab country finalized its peace treaty with the Jewish state.
The general thinking was that Lebanon had no serious contention with Israel, other than paying lip service to the Arab cause and not wanting to rile the 350,000 Palestinian refugees who had sought "temporary" shelter in the country; and most important, no Lebanese government was eager to get on Syria's bad side any more than was absolutely necessary.
Claude Salhani
Published: September 02, 2008
Back in the 1960s it used to be said that Lebanon would be the second Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel; and that this would happen immediately after the first Arab country finalized its peace treaty with the Jewish state.
The general thinking was that Lebanon had no serious contention with Israel, other than paying lip service to the Arab cause and not wanting to rile the 350,000 Palestinian refugees who had sought "temporary" shelter in the country; and most important, no Lebanese government was eager to get on Syria's bad side any more than was absolutely necessary.
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