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An Israeli Newspaper Trying To Explain Lebanon’s Situation To Its Readers

September 2, 2007 · Mustapha Hamoui

Here’s a feature article on Lebanon, from the Israeli daily Haaretz that tries to answer the following question:

“How did it come about that little, insignificant Lebanon, a country irrelevant to peace in the Middle East, has become the focus of interest among world leaders, from George Bush to Nicolas Sarkozy, and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to Bashar Assad and Iran’s Ahmadinejad?”