Civil War in Lebanon - PowerPoint Presentation Example

The reasons of civil war in Lebanon The causes of civil war in Lebanon have traditional character as the war was caused by different attitude of different groups of population towards the events, which happened in the country, as well as different interests of the groups and religious conflict.Arab and Israeli conflict caused the problem of Palestine refugees, the armed forces of which tried to conquer their lands. Having suffered the failure from the army of Israel, the groups of Palestinian opposition entered the territory of Jordan.

Palestinians tried to occupy the power in Jordan, but also failed and had to leave Jordan for Lebanon.The aggravation of Arab-Israeli conflict after Six-day war (1967) and the proscription of PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) from Jordan in 1970, the weakness of the Lebanese government in the conditions of the sharp intercommoned conflict, which periodically resulted in civil war, let the UNO turn Southern Lebanon into the base for its actions against Israel (Bregman, 2002: 40). Active assistance of the number of Arabian countries, first of all of Syria, let turn Southern Lebanon in operational and training base for separate fighters and the organizations from other countries, which were recognized by some states as terrorist.

The territory, bordering to Northern border of Israel, was fully controlled by PLO and even get the name “Farahland”. PLO was accused by the government of Lebanon in destruction of the country. Palestinian fighters penetrated the territory of Israel through the territory of Lebanon. Israel recognized the actions of PLO as terrorist acts and attacked the territory of Lebanon in response. Thus, the government of Lebanon appeared in a very difficult situation (Bregman, A and El-Tahri, 1998: 38).

Palestinian fighters organized “a state in a state” where Lebanon’s laws were not in force. Palestinian camps and settlements turned into the site of criminality and terrorism. The population of the South of Lebanon suffered from the crimes of Palestinians, primarily Christians –Maronites and Muslims- Shiites. Muslims decided to use a great number of armed Palestinians to change the governmental system of the country for the benefit of Muslims. Such plans would inevitably limit the rights of the Christians on the territory.

The army of Lebanon was traditionally weak, thus the Christians of Lebanon started organizing their own self-defense groups, which often had fights with Palestinian forces. Other religious communities and parties also created their own groups, some of which acted against the presence of Palestinians and some were at one with them (Bregman, A and El-Tahri, 1998: 38). Different countries of the world had to interfere the events in Lebanon in order to help stop violence. An international reaction to the war in Lebanon resulted in the creation of Multinational Force in Lebanon (also MNF) that contributed to the withdrawal of the PLO forces from the country.

Due to numerous violent acts, the reputation of Israel was spoiled. The civil wars are always caused by the split of the population. Such split leads to the destructions of the country and even to many deaths. In case of Lebanon the split was caused by the conflict between religious groups, one of which supported the criminalists and terrorists to have their own benefits. This led to the death of many Lebanon citizens, including peaceful population, which were killed by Palestinians and the soldiers of Israel, which recognized the actions of PLO as terrorist acts directed against it. .ReferencesBregman, A 2002, Israels Wars: A History Since 1947.

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