Peaceful old Beirut, Lebanon, in 1955

When I visited Beirut in the Lebanon it was a peaceful port, called the Switzerland of the Middle East.

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• michael rogge

[calcio90]

what I would give to have one of those Kaaqs with Zahtar @ 0:18!

[MichaelRogge]

That's what that boy there thought too!

[salehhaddad]

I wish I have a time machine, I would visit Beirut at that time and live there for a while !!

[ma3rooof]

Lebanon.. a piece of heaven on earth.. and look at how we've made it look. I feel like crying everytime i leave.

[shubroto81]

@DMJaber phonecians are the true lebanese, ofcourse like any other country lebanon had its fair share of invaders and interracial mixing. That is unavoidable anywhere. Arabs in lebanon were only during the latter part.

[DMJaber]

@shubroto81 Search for youtube channel MaroniteArab. There's proof that all ethnicities are Arab in Lebanon. And before that, Romans lived in Lebanon. Before that, Chaldeans, Egyptians and well all kinds of people. It doesn't matter. Understand it.

[shubroto81]

if the arabs had not conquered lebanon, no problems would have occured but noooo.

[MsTotalDestruction]

l'islam en tant que tel , s'arrete au 3em siècle,

après, il n'est plus valable

je ne l'invente pas, il suffit de lire

[MsTotalDestruction]

et voila comment un beau pays s'est fait dévaster, anéantir,

pour que les memes aient le pouvoir

L ISLAM REND BETE ET LES CHEFS D ETAT LE SAVENT

L islam est devenu malade,

[revol148]

@issareign there is definately parallels between the two sides regarding the right to return and I'm surprised the Plaestinians never point out to the Israelis how if Israel managed to do it after thousands of years then surely the Palestinians across the rest of the world can also return! However I disagree with your second point - there are many innocents in wars - warfare particularly in the 20th century was notable for the sheer quantity of civilians who got caught up in the violence

[issareign]

@revol148 tell me, how many jews were born after the event of the roman exile? LOL  and if israel can be revived based on 3000 year old religious ambiguity, then by god people who's nation was stolen 60 years ago can also have a right of return.

im not saying the palestinians are innocent, how can anyone be innocent in war? but the distinction must lie somewhere...and that is, Palestinians are the ones in the right, ultimately.

[revol148]

@issareign It seems only Lebanese are aware of this never-ending "victim status" placed upon the Palsetinians whilst I do fully acknowledge their suffering many of them were born way after the events of 1948 & 1967 so have a rather limited connection to the defunct country of Palestine & as with the wars I have listed they are not entirely innocent themselves.I'm guessing the biggest section of Lebanese society who hated them were the Druze many now in exile - loads live in Israel.

[issareign]

@revol148 yea, nobody likes palestinians, especially when they are in our countries as refugees bringing down the economies and attracting the zionazi cunts. all in all this is the fault of the same old people...

[revol148]

@issareign this is all very true - also the events in Jordan of "Black September" in 1970 (when they tried to take the country over) & the way the Palestinian workers were kicked out of Kuwait after they sided with Saddam Hussein in 1990-91 is yet more evidence of whole wider region cares less about these people who when all is considered are a group of people who have lost their country through a series of war (similarly to the Greeks in northern Cyprus kicked out in 1974).