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As a Lebanese, definitely not. Imagine anyone talking about your country and asking whether or not it should be absorbed by its much larger, more populous neighbor. It's infuriating that people think they can speak for us. We don't want Syrian or Israeli occupation.
@@theredstonesword9293 That would be the main worry, similar to what happen with the UAR. Do you think a federalised system, where Lebanon keeps much of its autonomy, would work?
@HikmaHistory a federalised system with Lebanon being guaranteed much of its autonomy would make it much more acceptable but even so I think it's far too late for any unification to occur. The closest and most realistic alternative which was already probably going to happen was an organization like the EU being formed. This was in the works, I believe it was called the Levantine Quartet but the project failed due to the Syrian civil war. I think most Lebanese would support this (EU style union).
I know this is a serious video but each time I see the word Lebanon, I'm reminded of a story Danny Thomas told years ago. The subject of his heritage came up while speaking to an older woman. When he told her he was Lebanese, she gave a surprised look and asked how that was possible. She was sure only women could be Lebanese.
The mount Lebanon famine was also exacerbated by the ottomans to annihilate the Maronite population. Djemal pasha said he would do to the maronites what he did to the Armenians. So it was not just the allied blockade.
the Maronite-Druze conflict also destroy Jewish prosperity in the Galilee region, most notably Safed experienced great turmoil. Overall the decline of the Ottomans as an administrative and military force can be seen as one the progenitors of many conflicts throughout the Middle East and the Balkans.
Hi I had a Christian Lebanese friend she escaped Lebanon after her husband school teacher was shot by muslim extremest, she had two children at the time, she said that they were always intimidated by Muslims in the area and on her way to school, she said when the Muslim’s gained control they began attacking and killing Christian’s in her area, so her parents paid to get her and her children out of Lebanon, she has never returned and said she will never return to Lebanon, so sad 😢
@@literallyvergil1686 Abdelkader was a French sell out. He was awarded numerous medals by France once he turned his back on resistance and enjoyed the comforts of the Dunya.
So many people like to compare the USA to Rome, but I think about Lebanon all the time. A sudden influx of foreign immigrants always leads to political instability along ethnic lines and I believe we'll something similar play out. Everyone wants more political representation, and it always has to come at the expense of somebody else.
During the 1975 civil war the Lebanese army was attacked by the political party leader Samir Jaja , he would be later jailed at the ministry of defence under the orders of Emil Lahoud. Today the Lebanese army is a different story , any political party that shows hostilities towards the Lebanese army will essentially sign away its rights to exist, including Hezbolla who have agreed to never turn their guns on the Lebanese
Samir Geagea didn’t attack the Lebanese army it was the opposite, the army and the LF fought side by side for the entire war until January 31 1989 when general Michel Aoun who was made prime minister earlier and refused to step down despite a president being elected attacked the Lebanese Forces
You forgot the most important point in Lebanon's modern development, Lebanon took over large areas with Muslim populations because these areas had the food, and this was the real cause of the later ethnic problems.
Perhaps you should read some more history. It was the Muslim conquest of the Levant (parts of which is now Lebanon) in the 7th century that started the persecution of Christians who had already been there since the 5th century.
@@kentjesuita The Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 7th century certainly had significant impacts, but religious conflicts and persecutions in this region have a more complex history. For instance, before the Muslim conquest, some Christian groups had engaged in the persecution of Jews and pagans who had inhabited the area before them. However, let us focus on the issue, if the aim was to create a Christian state, was it strategically sound to incorporate large areas with predominantly Muslim populations? The inclusion of these Muslim-majority areas has profound implications for Lebanon's political structure and stability today.
@@WagesOfDestructionthey had too. The state was too small in area to be christian and Druze. Also the french wanted to cut off more coastline as an FU to the Syrians who rebelled.
@@WagesOfDestruction While acknowledging that Christians have persecuted other religious groups in he past (and still now arguably), I think your question should be reversed - since Christianity was an integral part of Middle Eastern culture century before Islam began, and the first Christians were actually Jews and pagans. The question should be why do fundamentalist Islamist groups want to create Muslim states? Why can't Christians and Muslims live together peacefully in Lebanon? The reality today is that Christians are the ones fleeing Lebanon, Syria etc...... because of violent militant groups. In countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, Muslims and Christians live side by side in "relative" stability (relative to the Middle East - there is still some tension)
Nice narration of the History of Lebanon. Despite being a multiracial, multi religious society, the Lebanese political system has the opportunity to unite all people together, to act against the terrorists, and put down with an iron hand the disruptive activities by a group of people, and still maintain the secular fabric of the country.
Nah It was like that always.. last what they did was the civil war and they killed eachothers.. the problem of Lebanon is they have a lot of different Christian beliefs who hate eachothers and fought against eachothers
The land blockade by the ottomans was the reason of the famine mount lebanon used to get its food by land and the allies blockaded everywhere at sea but only mount lebanon starved because of the ottoman land blockade.
You can always count on every video about Lebanon and its history to have a 1000 comments saying “Islam bad! Christianity good!” Even though the Christians were just as brutal as the Muslims and arguably started the war.
Agreed. Lebanese Christians have an even bigger victim complex than the Jews. I'm Lebanese druze and we agree with Christians about a lot of things, but then suddenly they start blaming us for things Syria did and forget their own war crimes.
Wherever Islam takes hold people who dont follow are killed or expelled then the economy starts to fail and the country turns into a theocratic autocratic dictatorship. Fuckin awful...even go to muslim areas in western cities and they have no character, they are dominated by horrendous fashion store, Arab banks, kebab stores an is covered in rubbish.
Mount Lebanon, not Lebanon, other regions were also affected by the famine, Mount Lebanon was the most affected because of the fact that the mount Lebanon farmers transformed all their agricultural lands to plant only cotton and they relied on importing everything from Europe including food for Cotton, when the French and British laid siege to the entire coast of Lebanon, they prevented al the export/import ships, despite the USA attempting to appeal for the British and French to at least allow ships carrying food to pass, it all fell on deaf ears, of course it did not help that the ottomans were confiscating all the food to feed their army only, and it did not help that, a locust swarm decided to happen in that critical time. Other regions of Lebanon were not as severely affected because they have large swathes of agricultural lands.
@@mohammadjaafar1496their own government confiscating food "didn't help" but foreign powers were to blame for a hunger which touched just part of the Ottoman empire?
@@FOLIPE did you see me blaming a single entity, it was a combination of several things: 1. Transforming lots of agricultural lands from planting wheat and stuff to planting cotton. 2. The British and French siege over the entire Levantine Beach's preventing food from entering, the USA actually attempted to appeal to the French and British to allow ships carrying food to pass but they refused. 3. The ottomans deciding to confiscate all food to feed their army. 4. Levantine traders actually hoarding wheat and exploiting the situation to make more money. 5. A locust swarm happened
In retrospect, the idea of peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon was excessively optimistic. Everyone assumed that the Muslim Arab world only needed to be given power and a chance to self-govern. What's happened since then is the gradual exposure of the true face of islam in Arabia. Salafism is a grotesquely medieval and imperialistic religious ideology and it has been the leading cultural movement in the Arab world in the past century. Lebanon almost would have done better if it had ejected it's muslims when it was founded, I'm sorry to say. And yes i know that's a horrible thought.
Salafism started being propagated by Saudi Arabia (and the other Gulf monarchies to a lesser extent) funding Salafi religious scholars, religious literature, televangelists, and so forth starting from the 70's and 80's. Although I understand your point about ejecting Muslims out of Lebanon. As bad as the population exchange between Turkey and Greece in 1923 was, it most likely prevented further conflicts in the long run.
From a Lebanese Christian woman you are absolutely right, last census ,Christians in Lebanon was 64% nowadays 33% on Lebanese territory many Christians Lives and work temporary in the Arab gulf countries , Europe and United States . Lebanese Christians ,Maronite Is almost 15,000,000 to millions still live in Lebanon and the rest all around the world : 6 million still have Lebanese nationality… SociallyLebanese Muslim will have more children and of course more than three wifes …. assuming how demography will change…
You forgot also the civil war between the Christian Lebanese themselves.. Lebanon has different sects of Christianity and they weren't in romance relationship and we can see that also in the last civil war and what they did to eachothers. So I don't think it would be any difference because already Christians there aren't under one umbrella
I was in Lebanon 🇱🇧 last year. Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East ❤. Unfortunately, Palestinian and Shiites terrorists have turned Lebanon 🇱🇧 into shambles 😢.
I watched a video on Jerome and Hebrew secrets earlier that said 3rd c. Eretz Yisrael was 1/4 each of : Rabbinites, Samaritans, pagans, and Christians. (It made me think of of U.S places with 1/4 Jews, like the Holy City of Brooklyn). Are there any other demographic snapshots that break down like that?; like Convivensia of Spain being 1/3 each: Muslim, Jewish, Christian.
To think, it could all be as simple as all these groups remembering to love one another or at least to respect each other. All this clashing, and what has it gained anyone?
I didn't understand a passage around 3:15 - are you saying the sectarian war is made worse by multiculturalism or that is a peculiarity of Lebanon? Also, is it possible to have sectarian war without multiculturalism? Would you call Saddam's attacks against the Kurds a sectarian or a civil war? I'm from Latin America and we find it hard to understand the concept of sectarian war because that makes no sense here ... In the end, I believe that what makes sectarian wars violent are two things: sectarianism and war.
Some mixed populations blend over time. Others divide. One of the factors that can lead to a divide is if there are religions present which have doctrine that make mutual toleration more difficult. This is definitely true of Islam. It is partly true of Christianity - but varies from time to time.
@@RobespierreThePoofa people who are forgetting their history b4 1800s partly true for muslims , but definitely not for european christiaans , about me they coexisted , they fought , they live
Its a piece of Syria carved out by French colonists to give the Christians there their own homeland yet it failed in that regard because Lebanon has a Muslim plurality. Colonists thought creating countries on the sole basis of religion was a good idea while totally neglecting the linguistic and ethnic composition of the region they were dividing.
That's not accurate. 1. It has a history of being geographically distinct going back to the bronze age. In the middle ages, it was an important area for Christian holy cities before Islam came. 2. The numbers of Christians fluctuated there for 1000 years. 3. Only then did the 19th century migrations happened. 4. It was Christian majority for many decades until the arrival of Palestinian refugees in the past few decades. Please don't try to lecture others on history when your knowledge is so poor. Go read a book instead.
@@RobespierreThePoof Lebanon didn't exist before the French came. Also, Palestinian refugees often live in camps were not allowed to obtain Lebanese citizenship.
Justice belongs to God and this also means that nations that do not deal correctly will suffer God’s wrath. Seems too many nations interfered with the peace of this nation.
@@medusa301what stupidity 😂. Go India or any African or South American nation and tell me where you'd want to live. Ur life is still much better than 75% of the world, due to colonialism. Stay grateful instead of being racist
If anything the ottoman made the middle east fall into ruins, the seljuk took over the middle east which end the islamic "golden" age. After turkic rule of the middle east turned into the poorest part of the world from the richest part of the world. So unless you are turkish, I don't see how you can have this bias.
@@KamppProductionsI wouldn’t say the Seljuks caused the end of the Islamic Golden Age. They led to the revival of Sunni Islam, ending the Shiite century 950-1050. They defeated the Fatimids and the Buyids, freeing the Abbasids and reviving the region.
Europe is main problem .their colonies disrupted whole world .world war 1 _2 was due European now genocide in Palestine. How could europe have cruel mind
@@islamicmotivationvideos295 Hello? Large amounts of oil wealth in those countries is the difference, quite obviously. Chad and Somalia are also Muslim, but no oil.
@@TheTruth-ko9ov life was made hard for them by Islam. Same in Bethlehem under Palestinian control most of the Christians have left and for most Christians across the Muslim and Arab world. Only in Israel are Arab Christians not actively being reduced and pushed out
@AlwaysGrowAndLearn Hhhhhh they left after Israel not before it And now they are also trying to get rid of Armenian church and community .. watch what's happening to the ancient Armenian churches in Jerusalem by the lovely tiny hats. You tube is free
@AlwaysGrowAndLearn @AlwaysGrowAndLearn Hhhh they left after Israel not before it And now they are also trying to get rid of Armenian church and community .. watch what's happening to the ancient Armenian churches in Jerusalem by the lovely tiny hats Watch also who backed Azerbaijan in the war against Armenia
@@TheTruth-ko9ovno they left in the years after the area came under Palestinian control in Oslo accords. Palestinian control led to exodus of Christians. And in Nazareth (in Israel) Muslims have become the majority. This is due to differences between Islam and Christianity, and the former has pressured the latter in many ways within Israel’s Arab population. Thus this trend is a Muslim anti-Christian trend not Israel.
This documentary ignores a lot of history. Lebanon or Liban is Phoenician. Beirut is Phoenician. Syria is Greek. Lebanon was COLONIZED by Arab Muslims from Saudi Arabia.
@@taysondynastyemperor5124 The only country still accused of " colonization ' is Israel. The truth is that most countries have been colonized. Japan, East Russia, Western Hemisphere, parts of Europe...
No, Germany and the Central Powers was never really close to victory. The Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungry were on there way out. The best case scenario would be Germany mirroring Napoleon in 1812, having control of most of the continent but not able to get to England or the US and would have lost eventually anyway. Remember the CP we’re in an uphill battle from the start in 1914, the Allies had access to 5.2 times the population, 11.5 times the territory, and 2.9 times the output of the Central Powers.
Germany had won a huge victory against Russia and signed a massive land grab treaty. The leaders wanted victory in the West instead of withdrawal from France and stick with the gains in the East. The blockade was starving Germany, unrestricted submarine warfare brought the USA into the the Ent camp and virtually lost the CP a victory. If the Germans leaders had stayed in Romania, Italy but withdrawal in France that might have made the Ent come to the negotiating table. France had its army mutiny in 1917 at certain parts. They and the British were exhausted 😩 by 1917-1918. Without the infusion of USA troops and money they'd have signed a peace.
@@elliottprats1910... I'm sure that's what the books say, but maybe they did win. Maybe they just told the losers, "Go home and pretend like you won. We'll send Walt Hitler, uh I mean Disney. Wait for instructions."
@@erkanterzi180I doubt that Turkey wants it's Turks to become minority in their own state should the ottoman empire be revived in its final extent prior to it's dissolution. Historically greater Syria, Syria palaestina, Canaan and Phoenicia dispel any notions of a hybrid arabo-turkish state being the original home of these indigenous levantine groups.
@@erkanterzi180 boy, Syria was all there for Millennia while Turkiye came yesterday, it the Syrian culture in Turkiye, not the Turkish Culture, instead Turks do not have a culture of their own, always trying to be someone which they are not, in the Medieval era trying to be Arabic-Perso, in modern era trying to be the WEST ////
Lebanon was the Switzerland of the Middle East,thill they made the biggest mistake of their lifes allowing Palestinians into their country,the rest is history!!
Lebanon has not been created,Lebanon is one of the oldest countries in the world. Lebanon regained it’s independence after the collapse of the Ottoman empire. Your clip is more about fascist Masonic propaganda than it is about history. Let me tell you something , the Lebanese people,have faced a lot of dark forces , starting from the Assyrians,the Egyptians, the Romans,the Arabs,passing by the mamelouks, and the ottomans, all those occupants were in terms of military power superior to us but we managed to kick them out, most of them disappeared while we are still in our land. If the fascist Masonic regime that rules America and Europe thinks that he is able to execute what all those past empires of evil failed to execute, he is delusional as delusional as stupid Adolf Hitler and his millennial Reich. Instead of planning some new wicked adventures, let them concentrate on fixing the mess that they created in the heart of Europe with their puppet Zelinsky, and remember the magistral slap the Russians and the Chinese justly inflicted to them.
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I believe the Al-Nahda period represents one of the worst periods in Arab history. It diluted the uniqueness of Arab culture and history by spreading it throughout North Africa and the Levant, attempting to include other groups that suffer from an identity crisis. The Al-Nahda period, often referred to as the "Arab Renaissance," was spearheaded by an Egyptian scholar who, by ethnicity, was not Arab. In fact, much of this so-called renaissance was led by non-Arabs who spoke Arabic and sought to intertwine or involve themselves with Arab culture. Before the Al-Nahda, the term "Arab" primarily referred to an ethnic group native to the Arabian Peninsula. Some people considered the Bedouins to be the purest Arabs, but generally, "Arab" referred to the inhabitants of Arabia, spanning from Yemen to Oman and extending to modern-day southern Iraq and eastern Jordan. The new, broader definition of what it means to be Arab has complicated the historical understanding of conflicts in the Middle East. It has made it more challenging to pinpoint the root causes of the issues faced by these nations.
Could it be because Arabs were the first promoters of Islam. So, the Arab people, culture, and identity became swallowed up by Islam. This is why you say non-Arans in Egypt and North Africa who spoke Arabic became intertwined with Arab culture. You have not made an attempt to separate Arab people, culture, and and language from Islam, or are they the same?
@@okorijames3798 The arrival of Islam significantly influenced the cultural practices of non-Muslims in Africa. Prior to its spread, certain practices such as female genital mutilation and aspects of fratricide were prevalent. Islam introduced a moral framework that challenged these customs. However, its message was often misinterpreted, largely due to the fact that it was Arabs who initially propagated Islam. Consequently, many native populations came to associate Islam with Arab identity, leading to a gradual Arabization of North Africa, as well as parts of Europe and Asia. Moreover, Arab kingdoms established across these regions, particularly in North Africa, Asia, and Europe, sometimes exhibited intolerance towards indigenous cultures and populations. This led to efforts aimed at either eradicating or assimilating local traditions. As a result, some areas in the Middle East are now predominantly identified with Arab culture, often assuming Arab customs. It is important to note, however, that Islam and Arab identity are distinct from one another. Many people in North Africa, the Levant, and the wider Muslim world have their own unique cultures, which differ significantly from Arab culture.
@الملكالصحرا "Interestingly, your discussion does not separate Arab culture, language, and identity from Islamic culture and identity. Yet Islam is only a few centuries old. So, where is Arab culture and identity
@okorijames3798 It does Islam is considered a way of life by many Muslims. And this way of life is neutral to all cultures. So things like for example: prayers, rituals for the dead, talking manners, eating etc... are different from that of the Arab traditions.
@الملكال Arab culture could have been swallowed by Islamic teachings which was militarily imposed on it in places where it was not peacefully welcomed. And talking about Arab/Moslem culture being superior in North Africa, also tell us about the issue of child marriage to adults more than double their age, tell us about treatment of women as chattels, tell us about killing of family members which you think is superior culture
Druze are mixed beliefs. Created by some man called Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Darazi They believe in some man from muhamed offspring, Abraham, Jesus, muhamed and the rest of prophets but their belief is different than Islamic beliefs. So for Muslims they are heretics and for druze they believe they are also separated religion..
That's where you are touching on the realities of the region, religious affiliations were never a driving force for the interactions between people in the region, for the Ottomans as long as you were collecting their taxes and attacking their enemies, they did not care if you become a hindu, the cases of people changing religions for benefits was very common as well, and it happened both ways, moreover, there was a lot of cases were Levantine Muslims and Christians banded together to fight against foreign Christians and Muslims, you see, during the crusaders invasion, the Maronite Christians allied with the Shia against them.
@@tonikeirouz7347 their failure to address this ultimately led to the massacre of 25,000+, along with the devastation of the Lebanon region. Topping it off, the Ottomans saw their power reduced with the establishment of the Mutasarrifate.
Do you think a Greater Syria state that merges Lebanon and Syria would make sense?
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Greater Syria created through the encouragement of the Neo Ottoman empire.
hope you make a video on Syria and Greater Syria
As a Lebanese, definitely not. Imagine anyone talking about your country and asking whether or not it should be absorbed by its much larger, more populous neighbor. It's infuriating that people think they can speak for us. We don't want Syrian or Israeli occupation.
@@theredstonesword9293 That would be the main worry, similar to what happen with the UAR. Do you think a federalised system, where Lebanon keeps much of its autonomy, would work?
@HikmaHistory a federalised system with Lebanon being guaranteed much of its autonomy would make it much more acceptable but even so I think it's far too late for any unification to occur. The closest and most realistic alternative which was already probably going to happen was an organization like the EU being formed. This was in the works, I believe it was called the Levantine Quartet but the project failed due to the Syrian civil war. I think most Lebanese would support this (EU style union).
Beautiful country with beautiful people, destroyed by religion and corruption.
Yes,islime.
Instigators from Tehran.
Destroyed by Khazars terrorists from east Europe pretending to be jews with their 0% Semitic DNA
Destroyed by Islam.
religion, nationalism and militarism start every war
Lebanon used to have a Christian majority. It was founded as a safe heaven for the Christian of the Middle East.
Not used to it’s still and i’m one of many christians in lebanon. Lebanon is the land of the saints.
@@CIJ_017 Christians are a minority now they used to be 70%
Nah it always had large amounts of non Christians
@@La-ilaha-illa-Lenin no? There such a thing as, before the rape and slaughter of natives, by Islamist Arabs.
@@La-ilaha-illa-Lenin large minority it became bigger after the Palestinians invasion
I know this is a serious video but each time I see the word Lebanon, I'm reminded of a story Danny Thomas told years ago. The subject of his heritage came up while speaking to an older woman. When he told her he was Lebanese, she gave a surprised look and asked how that was possible. She was sure only women could be Lebanese.
lol, I got it, Lesb!an 😂
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Danny Thomas was a fun entertainer! Thanks for the mention.
He founded St. Jude 's hospital, if I am correct.
The mount Lebanon famine was also exacerbated by the ottomans to annihilate the Maronite population. Djemal pasha said he would do to the maronites what he did to the Armenians. So it was not just the allied blockade.
the entire video is historical revisionism and whitewashing of anything Muslim rulers did.
Cite your reference
No liable source about that
@@MrkrdyYou say that only because the victims were almost exclusively Christians. You are all hypocrites.
@@domca4617ao typical. They just LIE it didn't happen.
Thank you for this insightful video about the history of Lebanon!
now , Paris is Lebanon of the west
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The production quality has increased a lot love it keep them coming
the Maronite-Druze conflict also destroy Jewish prosperity in the Galilee region, most notably Safed experienced great turmoil.
Overall the decline of the Ottomans as an administrative and military force can be seen as one the progenitors of many conflicts throughout the Middle East and the Balkans.
Very professional production value!
Thanks man!
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your videos have gotten so good I love learning about the middle East as there's not many videos being done about it
Great video as always!
The French showing up in Beirut was hardly a "humanitarian mission..."
The Turkish Ottoman Empire lost WW1 so state functions in Lebanon collapsed , French went in also it was compensation to France Empire for WW1
Hi I had a Christian Lebanese friend she escaped Lebanon after her husband school teacher was shot by muslim extremest, she had two children at the time, she said that they were always intimidated by Muslims in the area and on her way to school, she said when the Muslim’s gained control they began attacking and killing Christian’s in her area, so her parents paid to get her and her children out of Lebanon, she has never returned and said she will never return to Lebanon, so sad 😢
These stories are very common the other way around as well
2:54 that's Al-Emir Abdelkader of algeria, he was there in syria at the time & helped curb the violence
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@@literallyvergil1686 Abdelkader was a French sell out. He was awarded numerous medals by France once he turned his back on resistance and enjoyed the comforts of the Dunya.
@@SunsetNovayou wrong man ... abdelkader is like geronimo ..... you must thinks wisely
I assure you most Lebanese people don’t want anything to do with this war and just want to get on with their already miserable lives
Most fascinating modern history most interesting civil war ever
Thank you so much for teaching me the history
it is not on the brink of disaster, it is a disaster. I visited in the late 80s. Not much has changed since then.
So many people like to compare the USA to Rome, but I think about Lebanon all the time. A sudden influx of foreign immigrants always leads to political instability along ethnic lines and I believe we'll something similar play out. Everyone wants more political representation, and it always has to come at the expense of somebody else.
Yes. The clear trajectory is in the downward direction.
@@ابراهيم_محمد_الازهرis correct
Muslims have ruined the Middle East
At the expense of the well off and those who have “lobbyists”
@@ابراهيم_محمد_الازهر Time will tell.
@@cjthebeeskneesTrue
During the 1975 civil war the Lebanese army was attacked by the political party leader Samir Jaja , he would be later jailed at the ministry of defence under the orders of Emil Lahoud. Today the Lebanese army is a different story , any political party that shows hostilities towards the Lebanese army will essentially sign away its rights to exist, including Hezbolla who have agreed to never turn their guns on the Lebanese
“Never turn their guns on the Lebanese” except their Shia Lebanese critics, Rafic Hariri, and really anyone who’s ever caused them problems.
Samir Geagea didn’t attack the Lebanese army it was the opposite, the army and the LF fought side by side for the entire war until January 31 1989 when general Michel Aoun who was made prime minister earlier and refused to step down despite a president being elected attacked the Lebanese Forces
You forgot the most important point in Lebanon's modern development, Lebanon took over large areas with Muslim populations because these areas had the food, and this was the real cause of the later ethnic problems.
Perhaps you should read some more history. It was the Muslim conquest of the Levant (parts of which is now Lebanon) in the 7th century that started the persecution of Christians who had already been there since the 5th century.
@@kentjesuita The Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 7th century certainly had significant impacts, but religious conflicts and persecutions in this region have a more complex history. For instance, before the Muslim conquest, some Christian groups had engaged in the persecution of Jews and pagans who had inhabited the area before them.
However, let us focus on the issue, if the aim was to create a Christian state, was it strategically sound to incorporate large areas with predominantly Muslim populations? The inclusion of these Muslim-majority areas has profound implications for Lebanon's political structure and stability today.
@@WagesOfDestruction May be you're correct.
@@WagesOfDestructionthey had too. The state was too small in area to be christian and Druze. Also the french wanted to cut off more coastline as an FU to the Syrians who rebelled.
@@WagesOfDestruction While acknowledging that Christians have persecuted other religious groups in he past (and still now arguably), I think your question should be reversed - since Christianity was an integral part of Middle Eastern culture century before Islam began, and the first Christians were actually Jews and pagans. The question should be why do fundamentalist Islamist groups want to create Muslim states? Why can't Christians and Muslims live together peacefully in Lebanon? The reality today is that Christians are the ones fleeing Lebanon, Syria etc...... because of violent militant groups. In countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, Muslims and Christians live side by side in "relative" stability (relative to the Middle East - there is still some tension)
0:06. Every country by design.
Nice narration of the History of Lebanon. Despite being a multiracial, multi religious society, the Lebanese political system has the opportunity to unite all people together, to act against the terrorists, and put down with an iron hand the disruptive activities by a group of people, and still maintain the secular fabric of the country.
The problem is even the political parties were also part of terrorist groups
All was well...until the Peacefuls came
Nah
It was like that always.. last what they did was the civil war and they killed eachothers.. the problem of Lebanon is they have a lot of different Christian beliefs who hate eachothers and fought against eachothers
The land blockade by the ottomans was the reason of the famine mount lebanon used to get its food by land and the allies blockaded everywhere at sea but only mount lebanon starved because of the ottoman land blockade.
Very insightful video
Great work❤
I see hikma I hit like
yes good videos👍
You can always count on every video about Lebanon and its history to have a 1000 comments saying “Islam bad! Christianity good!” Even though the Christians were just as brutal as the Muslims and arguably started the war.
Agreed. Lebanese Christians have an even bigger victim complex than the Jews. I'm Lebanese druze and we agree with Christians about a lot of things, but then suddenly they start blaming us for things Syria did and forget their own war crimes.
thanks hikma history
Can you please make a video about the hotak empire?
Best history page on RUclips
Let are Christian government rule a country, and it will be a Peaceful country ❤
Guess what? Lebanon president is always a christian😂
Thank you ,so very much for that great truth. We need that for the U.S.A. and heck the Whole World.
It will be worse than no god at all
More war and destruction has been caused by religion than any other social aspect.
US world order.
Without mentioning Fakreddin, this is woefully incomplete.
He started Lebanon as a national concept.
Interesting!
Sounds like diversity wasn’t “their strength.”
@@literallyvergil1686 religion bro
@@literallyvergil1686just shhhhut up
I love you lebanese people ❤
Jeez, islamaphobia is rampant in the comments section
You should do a video of how Lebanon was destroyed!
islamic immigration
@@martingregory6993Or poor management. There are plenty of failed Christian States out there just fyi.
Isn’t it obvious, and every country. Wherever Islam goes ,people suffer.
@@Thelastofusfan297 yeah, but it’s clear that islamic immigrants changed Lebanon for the worse
Wherever Islam takes hold people who dont follow are killed or expelled then the economy starts to fail and the country turns into a theocratic autocratic dictatorship. Fuckin awful...even go to muslim areas in western cities and they have no character, they are dominated by horrendous fashion store, Arab banks, kebab stores an is covered in rubbish.
Lebanon was 80% Christian before the famine.
Mount Lebanon, not Lebanon, other regions were also affected by the famine, Mount Lebanon was the most affected because of the fact that the mount Lebanon farmers transformed all their agricultural lands to plant only cotton and they relied on importing everything from Europe including food for Cotton, when the French and British laid siege to the entire coast of Lebanon, they prevented al the export/import ships, despite the USA attempting to appeal for the British and French to at least allow ships carrying food to pass, it all fell on deaf ears, of course it did not help that the ottomans were confiscating all the food to feed their army only, and it did not help that, a locust swarm decided to happen in that critical time. Other regions of Lebanon were not as severely affected because they have large swathes of agricultural lands.
@@mohammadjaafar1496their own government confiscating food "didn't help" but foreign powers were to blame for a hunger which touched just part of the Ottoman empire?
@@mohammadjaafar1496fascinating history
@@FOLIPE did you see me blaming a single entity, it was a combination of several things:
1. Transforming lots of agricultural lands from planting wheat and stuff to planting cotton.
2. The British and French siege over the entire Levantine Beach's preventing food from entering, the USA actually attempted to appeal to the French and British to allow ships carrying food to pass but they refused.
3. The ottomans deciding to confiscate all food to feed their army.
4. Levantine traders actually hoarding wheat and exploiting the situation to make more money.
5. A locust swarm happened
@@FOLIPEThey destroyed the entire region and they are doing it now as we speak.
… for now!!! Yes!!! The future is great!!! Soon as peace is back!!
In retrospect, the idea of peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon was excessively optimistic. Everyone assumed that the Muslim Arab world only needed to be given power and a chance to self-govern.
What's happened since then is the gradual exposure of the true face of islam in Arabia. Salafism is a grotesquely medieval and imperialistic religious ideology and it has been the leading cultural movement in the Arab world in the past century.
Lebanon almost would have done better if it had ejected it's muslims when it was founded, I'm sorry to say. And yes i know that's a horrible thought.
Salafism started being propagated by Saudi Arabia (and the other Gulf monarchies to a lesser extent) funding Salafi religious scholars, religious literature, televangelists, and so forth starting from the 70's and 80's. Although I understand your point about ejecting Muslims out of Lebanon. As bad as the population exchange between Turkey and Greece in 1923 was, it most likely prevented further conflicts in the long run.
From a Lebanese Christian woman you are absolutely right, last census ,Christians in Lebanon was 64% nowadays 33% on Lebanese territory many Christians Lives and work temporary in the Arab gulf countries , Europe and United States . Lebanese Christians ,Maronite Is almost 15,000,000 to millions still live in Lebanon and the rest all around the world : 6 million still have Lebanese nationality…
SociallyLebanese Muslim will have more children and of course more than three wifes …. assuming how demography will change…
You forgot also the civil war between the Christian Lebanese themselves.. Lebanon has different sects of Christianity and they weren't in romance relationship and we can see that also in the last civil war and what they did to eachothers.
So I don't think it would be any difference because already Christians there aren't under one umbrella
@@TheTruth-ko9ov True. Lebanon is caught in a quagmire since it's creation. Israel can't be blamed for its sufferings.
@@TheTruth-ko9ovChristian fanatics and Western chauvinists always forget this fact. Gruesome incidents like the Eheden Massacre.
I was in Lebanon 🇱🇧 last year.
Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East ❤. Unfortunately, Palestinian and Shiites terrorists have turned Lebanon 🇱🇧 into shambles 😢.
I watched a video on Jerome and Hebrew secrets earlier that said 3rd c. Eretz Yisrael was 1/4 each of : Rabbinites, Samaritans, pagans, and Christians. (It made me think of of U.S places with 1/4 Jews, like the Holy City of Brooklyn). Are there any other demographic snapshots that break down like that?; like Convivensia of Spain being 1/3 each: Muslim, Jewish, Christian.
To think, it could all be as simple as all these groups remembering to love one another or at least to respect each other.
All this clashing, and what has it gained anyone?
You seem to naive. As if malevolence doesn’t exist. Start by fixing yourself and then your family before trying to fix the world.
I didn't understand a passage around 3:15 - are you saying the sectarian war is made worse by multiculturalism or that is a peculiarity of Lebanon? Also, is it possible to have sectarian war without multiculturalism? Would you call Saddam's attacks against the Kurds a sectarian or a civil war? I'm from Latin America and we find it hard to understand the concept of sectarian war because that makes no sense here ... In the end, I believe that what makes sectarian wars violent are two things: sectarianism and war.
Some mixed populations blend over time. Others divide. One of the factors that can lead to a divide is if there are religions present which have doctrine that make mutual toleration more difficult. This is definitely true of Islam. It is partly true of Christianity - but varies from time to time.
@@RobespierreThePoofa people who are forgetting their history b4 1800s partly true for muslims , but definitely not for european christiaans , about me they coexisted , they fought , they live
What about how Lebanon was Destroyed ?????
Israel and Iran fighting their wars on Lebanese soil
Glad ur taking time away from radiation matters to focus on this.
Radiation matters?
Lebanon is one of the most important Syrian provinces. Lebanon is an integral part of Syria.
why edo they all look like theyre wearing santa hats in that one shot
Its a piece of Syria carved out by French colonists to give the Christians there their own homeland yet it failed in that regard because Lebanon has a Muslim plurality.
Colonists thought creating countries on the sole basis of religion was a good idea while totally neglecting the linguistic and ethnic composition of the region they were dividing.
That's not accurate.
1. It has a history of being geographically distinct going back to the bronze age. In the middle ages, it was an important area for Christian holy cities before Islam came.
2. The numbers of Christians fluctuated there for 1000 years.
3. Only then did the 19th century migrations happened.
4. It was Christian majority for many decades until the arrival of Palestinian refugees in the past few decades.
Please don't try to lecture others on history when your knowledge is so poor. Go read a book instead.
@@RobespierreThePoof Lebanon didn't exist before the French came. Also, Palestinian refugees often live in camps were not allowed to obtain Lebanese citizenship.
The Christians held a 51% majority in Lebanon before Israel's establishment. Thus, the Nakba's consequence affected the Christian majority ever since.
Why did the Christians agree to let the Palestinians into the country in 1969?
Maronite brothers.
Lebanon was a Christian country, which is not run by migrants
France had ethnic ideas about Lebanon akin to what was going on in Palestine
Lebanon is a happy place. Let's forget about it and focus on more important matters.
Émir abdelkader 🇩🇿
Sad really sad
Can you do a video on the jat people
Never thought about it, pitch it to me!
@@HikmaHistory you know your history 😉
Justice belongs to God and this also means that nations that do not deal correctly will suffer God’s wrath. Seems too many nations interfered with the peace of this nation.
Poor Maronites :(((
Islam only brings conflict and despair.😞
Proven time and again. Medieval backward beliefs and control and violence.
Absolute rubbish.....colonialism divided the middle east and caused endless conflict. A divide and conquer policy of the west.
True 🙁
Christianity only brings conflict and despair.😞
@@fasggasgasdf
Please move to Pakistan ASAP, I am certain you will love it there. 😊
I hope that Europe won't await the same fate with the influx from immigrants from the Middle East, Northern Africa and West Asia.
Europe is already done
bro you are not even white 😂
@@fasggasgasdf It's not about the color. But I have seen what massive immigration did from certain countries.
Like which countries? 😂
@@medusa301what stupidity 😂. Go India or any African or South American nation and tell me where you'd want to live. Ur life is still much better than 75% of the world, due to colonialism. Stay grateful instead of being racist
Moral of the story, Moranites cant rule squat.
Had the Ottoman Empire survived and still ruling the Middle East, I can see Beirut become the new capital instead of Constantinople in a way.
If anything the ottoman made the middle east fall into ruins, the seljuk took over the middle east which end the islamic "golden" age. After turkic rule of the middle east turned into the poorest part of the world from the richest part of the world. So unless you are turkish, I don't see how you can have this bias.
@@KamppProductionsI wouldn’t say the Seljuks caused the end of the Islamic Golden Age. They led to the revival of Sunni Islam, ending the Shiite century 950-1050. They defeated the Fatimids and the Buyids, freeing the Abbasids and reviving the region.
The Ottomans were never going to survive, they reached their expiry date, which is the fate of every single empire to date.
@@abloodorange5233 sunnism = jihadism and broke lol
Ottomans were fortunate to hold on to Turkey 🇹🇷.
If their empire survived it would have just broken apart before it during ww2.
Beirut will come back!!
Due to Hesbollah and Iran , Lebanon is becoming an area of ruins. Events, similar to the events in East Ukraine 🇺🇦.
Due to Israeli occupation of the arab land and massacres had created the axis of resistance
Nup it is because of pissrael
hai
The question is not How the Lebanon was created but, why Israel was created and still exists????????
What about the Pogrom of Damascus against the Jews?
BBC PBS CNN level of documentary….well made, well done !!
Tje cj werleman show on youtube.
Lebanon was prosperous until Islam became majority
If Lebanon remained under Christianity, would have been equal to Israel
If islam is the problem what about UAE Qatar
Europe is main problem .their colonies disrupted whole world .world war 1 _2 was due European now genocide in Palestine. How could europe have cruel mind
What 🫥
@@islamicmotivationvideos295 Hello? Large amounts of oil wealth in those countries is the difference, quite obviously. Chad and Somalia are also Muslim, but no oil.
I would like to believe that it's not Islam itself that's the problem, but militant Islamic fundamentalism that shows no tolerance for other faiths,
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All imperialism and hegemony!
naaah
You should mention how the Christian percentage has vastly reduced over time
They immigrated to north and south America and also they adopt the liberal life that lead them to marry in old age and have fewer children
@@TheTruth-ko9ov life was made hard for them by Islam. Same in Bethlehem under Palestinian control most of the Christians have left and for most Christians across the Muslim and Arab world. Only in Israel are Arab Christians not actively being reduced and pushed out
@AlwaysGrowAndLearn
Hhhhhh they left after Israel not before it
And now they are also trying to get rid of Armenian church and community .. watch what's happening to the ancient Armenian churches in Jerusalem by the lovely tiny hats. You tube is free
@AlwaysGrowAndLearn @AlwaysGrowAndLearn
Hhhh they left after Israel not before it
And now they are also trying to get rid of Armenian church and community .. watch what's happening to the ancient Armenian churches in Jerusalem by the lovely tiny hats
Watch also who backed Azerbaijan in the war against Armenia
@@TheTruth-ko9ovno they left in the years after the area came under Palestinian control in Oslo accords. Palestinian control led to exodus of Christians. And in Nazareth (in Israel) Muslims have become the majority. This is due to differences between Islam and Christianity, and the former has pressured the latter in many ways within Israel’s Arab population. Thus this trend is a Muslim anti-Christian trend not Israel.
Ligma History
This documentary ignores a lot of history. Lebanon or Liban is Phoenician. Beirut is Phoenician. Syria is Greek. Lebanon was COLONIZED by Arab Muslims from Saudi Arabia.
Colonized 1,400 years ago. There comes a point where complaining about colonization is pointless.
@@taysondynastyemperor5124 The only country still accused of " colonization ' is Israel. The truth is that most countries have been colonized. Japan, East Russia, Western Hemisphere, parts of Europe...
“Syria is Greek”
Bro wut? 💀
Small figure less interested,It should b >
you messed up with this one
Germany chose as its enemy the world twice and almost won twice
those wars are pre planned charades. "germans" are cattle used and discarded.
No, Germany and the Central Powers was never really close to victory. The Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungry were on there way out. The best case scenario would be Germany mirroring Napoleon in 1812, having control of most of the continent but not able to get to England or the US and would have lost eventually anyway.
Remember the CP we’re in an uphill battle from the start in 1914, the Allies had access to 5.2 times the population, 11.5 times the territory, and 2.9 times the output of the Central Powers.
Germany had won a huge victory against Russia and signed a massive land grab treaty. The leaders wanted victory in the West instead of withdrawal from France and stick with the gains in the East.
The blockade was starving Germany, unrestricted submarine warfare brought the USA into the the Ent camp and virtually lost the CP a victory.
If the Germans leaders had stayed in Romania, Italy but withdrawal in France that might have made the Ent come to the negotiating table.
France had its army mutiny in 1917 at certain parts. They and the British were exhausted 😩 by 1917-1918.
Without the infusion of USA troops and money they'd have signed a peace.
@@elliottprats1910... I'm sure that's what the books say, but maybe they did win. Maybe they just told the losers, "Go home and pretend like you won. We'll send Walt Hitler, uh I mean Disney. Wait for instructions."
Lebanon predates israel, it used to be called phonecia and gave us our alphabet
Lebanon is, historically, geographically, and culturally, a part of Syria
Syria is, historically, geographically, and culturally, a part of Türkiye
Palestine and Jordan too
@@erkanterzi180I doubt that Turkey wants it's Turks to become minority in their own state should the ottoman empire be revived in its final extent prior to it's dissolution. Historically greater Syria, Syria palaestina, Canaan and Phoenicia dispel any notions of a hybrid arabo-turkish state being the original home of these indigenous levantine groups.
@@erkanterzi180 boy, Syria was all there for Millennia while Turkiye came yesterday, it the Syrian culture in Turkiye, not the Turkish Culture, instead Turks do not have a culture of their own, always trying to be someone which they are not, in the Medieval era trying to be Arabic-Perso, in modern era trying to be the WEST ////
@@erkanterzi180 it seems that turkish nationalists have big problems with history and anthropology knowledge
Lebanon was the Switzerland of the Middle East,thill they made the biggest mistake of their lifes allowing Palestinians into their country,the rest is history!!
@@davidavila3908 For this I think you have to blame the French.
Lebanon has not been created,Lebanon is one of the oldest countries in the world.
Lebanon regained it’s independence after the collapse of the Ottoman empire.
Your clip is more about fascist Masonic propaganda than it is about history.
Let me tell you something , the Lebanese people,have faced a lot of dark forces , starting from the Assyrians,the Egyptians, the Romans,the Arabs,passing by the mamelouks, and the ottomans, all those occupants were in terms of military power superior to us but we managed to kick them out, most of them disappeared while we are still in our land.
If the fascist Masonic regime that rules America and Europe thinks that he is able to execute what all those past empires of evil failed to execute, he is delusional as delusional as stupid Adolf Hitler and his millennial Reich.
Instead of planning some new wicked adventures, let them concentrate on fixing the mess that they created in the heart of Europe with their puppet Zelinsky, and remember the magistral slap the Russians and the Chinese justly inflicted to them.
Weird. 😂
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I believe the Al-Nahda period represents one of the worst periods in Arab history. It diluted the uniqueness of Arab culture and history by spreading it throughout North Africa and the Levant, attempting to include other groups that suffer from an identity crisis. The Al-Nahda period, often referred to as the "Arab Renaissance," was spearheaded by an Egyptian scholar who, by ethnicity, was not Arab. In fact, much of this so-called renaissance was led by non-Arabs who spoke Arabic and sought to intertwine or involve themselves with Arab culture.
Before the Al-Nahda, the term "Arab" primarily referred to an ethnic group native to the Arabian Peninsula. Some people considered the Bedouins to be the purest Arabs, but generally, "Arab" referred to the inhabitants of Arabia, spanning from Yemen to Oman and extending to modern-day southern Iraq and eastern Jordan. The new, broader definition of what it means to be Arab has complicated the historical understanding of conflicts in the Middle East. It has made it more challenging to pinpoint the root causes of the issues faced by these nations.
Could it be because Arabs were the first promoters of Islam. So, the Arab people, culture, and identity became swallowed up by Islam. This is why you say non-Arans in Egypt and North Africa who spoke Arabic became intertwined with Arab culture.
You have not made an attempt to separate Arab people, culture, and and language from Islam, or are they the same?
@@okorijames3798 The arrival of Islam significantly influenced the cultural practices of non-Muslims in Africa. Prior to its spread, certain practices such as female genital mutilation and aspects of fratricide were prevalent. Islam introduced a moral framework that challenged these customs. However, its message was often misinterpreted, largely due to the fact that it was Arabs who initially propagated Islam. Consequently, many native populations came to associate Islam with Arab identity, leading to a gradual Arabization of North Africa, as well as parts of Europe and Asia.
Moreover, Arab kingdoms established across these regions, particularly in North Africa, Asia, and Europe, sometimes exhibited intolerance towards indigenous cultures and populations. This led to efforts aimed at either eradicating or assimilating local traditions. As a result, some areas in the Middle East are now predominantly identified with Arab culture, often assuming Arab customs.
It is important to note, however, that Islam and Arab identity are distinct from one another. Many people in North Africa, the Levant, and the wider Muslim world have their own unique cultures, which differ significantly from Arab culture.
@الملكالصحرا "Interestingly, your discussion does not separate Arab culture, language, and identity from Islamic culture and identity. Yet Islam is only a few centuries old. So, where is Arab culture and identity
@okorijames3798 It does Islam is considered a way of life by many Muslims. And this way of life is neutral to all cultures. So things like for example: prayers, rituals for the dead, talking manners, eating etc... are different from that of the Arab traditions.
@الملكال Arab culture could have been swallowed by Islamic teachings which was militarily imposed on it in places where it was not peacefully welcomed. And talking about Arab/Moslem culture being superior in North Africa, also tell us about the issue of child marriage to adults more than double their age, tell us about treatment of women as chattels, tell us about killing of family members which you think is superior culture
Anywhere There's Arabs, There's Chaoss
Nice joke 😂
You are westing your time in a history channel if you have this limited mentality
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Sudan, Somali, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Etc lmao
@@brooklyn7983you mean all the places america intervened in?
@@luanasari5161
Stpo Blaming Others, Yall Do That So Well🤣😂🤣
I Hold All Leaders Of A Country Accountable,
You did not mentio syrian intervention
Druze are Muslims, right?
No
No.
Druze are mixed beliefs. Created by some man called
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Darazi
They believe in some man from muhamed offspring, Abraham, Jesus, muhamed and the rest of prophets but their belief is different than Islamic beliefs. So for Muslims they are heretics and for druze they believe they are also separated religion..
you're clueless
How were the Shihab allowed to become apostates? Wouldn’t that have rescinded their right to rule under Sharia and force the Ottomans to replace them?
That's where you are touching on the realities of the region, religious affiliations were never a driving force for the interactions between people in the region, for the Ottomans as long as you were collecting their taxes and attacking their enemies, they did not care if you become a hindu, the cases of people changing religions for benefits was very common as well, and it happened both ways, moreover, there was a lot of cases were Levantine Muslims and Christians banded together to fight against foreign Christians and Muslims, you see, during the crusaders invasion, the Maronite Christians allied with the Shia against them.
Ottoman Empire wasn't really islamic at that time. It was more of a Turkish empire instead of islamic
@@tonikeirouz7347 their failure to address this ultimately led to the massacre of 25,000+, along with the devastation of the Lebanon region. Topping it off, the Ottomans saw their power reduced with the establishment of the Mutasarrifate.
Ottoman empire was more a turk than Islamic and that's why Arabs hated them.
lots of misinformation
How so, i really wanna know cause I love historical truths with facts
They either can't articulate it or they are trying to be contrarian.
It’s massively simplified
what a mess of a video
How so?
I would like to know how
fake news
The origin CedarLand a piece of God Heart on Earth 10452ksqm
is untouchable indivisible ....
Time to Restandup & .
Biased
Next Europ full muslim majority coming soon 😅 warning Europeans
Europe already has a muslim majority countries in it but its not like someone with limited brain like you would know that
Lebanon belonged to the tribe of Asher.