Majority of Lebanese support the disarmament of Hezbollah. Hezbollah is a foreign occupation force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp, and a better equipped army than most European countries. They've maintained their power by assassinating Lebanese opposition.

#Lebanon #Lebanese #Hezbollah #IRGC #endtheoccupation #occupation #colonialism #terrorism #terrorists #freelebanon #middleeast #politics #politicalviolence #imperialism #shiite #druze #sunni #christians #middleeastnews #news

RE: https://mastodon.social/@AnnaAnthro/116336891493198646

How much more proof do people need that the #Israelis are genocidal monsters?

#Israel demanded that all people in #Lebanon leave territory within 25 miles from the Israeli border, bombing millions of people to emphasize their point.

But behind the scenes, Israeli officials have conveyed a more targeted message.

In private calls to local leaders across southern Lebanon, Israeli military officials have assured several #Christian and #Druze communities that they could remain in the evacuation zone. They have pressed them, however, to force out any Lebanese from neighboring #Shiite #Muslim communities who have sought refuge among them as Israeli bombardments flatten Shiite towns. The Shiites make up the majority of southern Lebanon.

Israel has no right to be in Lebanon at all. I remind you of 1982’s #Sabra and #Shatila massacres. Yes, an Israeli company did name their hummus in honor of 3500 dead Lebanese.

They are monsters.

Israel’s Message to #Druze and a Broad Swath of Christian #Lebanon: #Shiites Must Go

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/world/middleeast/lebanon-shiite-israel-evacuation.html

These guys trying hard to be honorary Aryans...

(I asked B.M. to provide the source, and he sent me the Knesset vote minutes (in Hebrew, but you can machine translate it if you really don't believe me)).

#Israel #apartheid #Druze #deathpenalty #Palestine

RE: https://journa.host/@ScottLucas/116265925148746201

#Israel expands war into southern #Syria

Israelis fire on Syrian Army camps --- Pretext that they are responding to assaults v. #Druze community

Since fall of #Assad regime in Dec. 2024, Israel has expanded zone of occupation in southern Syria

#SaudiArabia & #Turkey condemn "aggression"

#IranWar

Agenzia Nova: Speciale difesa: Siria, ministro Difesa Israele Katz, "colpiremo in caso di attacchi ai drusi"

20 mar 13:15 - (Agenzia Nova) - Il ministro della Difesa israeliano, Israel Katz, ha dichiarato che Israele e' pronto a colpire la Siria in... (Res)

Special defense: Syria, Defense Minister Katz of Israel, “We will strike if attacked by the Druze.”

Mar 20 13:15 - (Agenzia Nova) - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that Israel is ready to strike Syria in... (Res)

#Syria #Defense #Israel #Druze #AgenziaNova #Israeli #IsraelKatz

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/69bd3b500b5bb8.98532599/7173054/2026-03-20/speciale-difesa-siria-ministro-difesa-israele-katz-colpiremo-in-caso-di-attacchi-ai-drusi

LA NOTIZIA: Netanyahu non si ferma più e bombarda pure il sud della Siria in risposta alle violenze sui drusi. Il ministro Katz: “Non resteremo a guardare, difenderemo i civili”

Sembra proprio che Benjamin Netanyahu sia deciso a cambiare in modo radicale l’intera geografia politica del Medio Oriente. Così mentre la guerra in Iran infuria e riprendono i combattimenti anche in Libano, il primo ministro di Israele ha aperto un nuovo fronte lanciando una serie di attacchi nel sud della Siria.
Stando a quanto riportano le Forze di Difesa Israeliane (IDF), nella notte sono state colpite diverse postazioni militari legate all’esercito siriano. Raid che, spiegano, sarebbero stati lanciati in risposta agli episodi violenti registrati nella zona di Sweida, dove numerosi civili drusi sarebbero finiti sotto attacco delle forze di Damasco.
Netanyahu ordina raid pure sulla Siria
Sempre l’IDF spiega che i raid hanno preso di mira un quartier generale e diversi depositi di armi, con quella che, al solito, definiscono un’operazione “mirata e chirurgica”. Del tutto diverso il racconto dei media locali secondo cui l’esercito di Tel Aviv avrebbe colpito aree densamente popolate, causando decine di morti e feriti.
Raid letali che questa volta sono stati avviati per proteggere i civili drusi, troppo spesso nel mirino dei fondamentalisti islamici. A dirlo in modo inequivocabile è il ministro della Difesa di Israele, Israel Katz, che raccontando l’operazione ha detto che “non permetteremo danni ai drusi”.
Katz avverte: “Se colpirete ancora i drusi, ne pagherete le conseguenze”
Lo stesso ha poi precisato che “il messaggio (di questi raid) è inequivocabile” e deve valere come monito, per scoraggiare ulteriori rappresaglie sui drusi. Del resto lo stesso fedelissimo di Netanyahu, con fare minaccioso, ha spiegato che se gli attacchi contro i civili continueranno, allora ci saranno ulteriori azioni “con maggiore forza”. Questo perché, conclude, chi colpisce i drusi in Siria, sta attaccando dei “fratelli di Israele”.
L'articolo Netanyahu non si ferma più e bombarda pure il sud della Siria in risposta alle violenze sui drusi. Il ministro Katz: “Non resteremo a guardare, difenderemo i civili” sembra essere il primo su LA NOTIZIA.

Netanyahu isn't stopping and is also bombing the south of Syria in response to violence against the Druze. Minister Katz: “We won’t stand by and watch, we will defend the civilians.”

It seems that Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to radically change the entire political geography of the Middle East. As the war in Iran rages on and fighting also resumes in Lebanon, Israel’s prime minister has opened a new front by launching a series of attacks in southern Syria.

According to reports from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), several military posts linked to the Syrian army were struck overnight. Raids, they explain, were launched in response to the violent incidents recorded in the Sweida area, where numerous Druze civilians were reportedly attacked by forces from Damascus.

Netanyahu orders raids also on Syria

The IDF also states that the raids targeted a headquarters and several arms depots, describing it as a “targeted and surgical” operation. Quite different is the account of local media, according to which the army of Tel Aviv struck densely populated areas, causing dozens of deaths and injuries.

Deadly raids that this time were initiated to protect the Druze civilians, who are far too often the target of Islamic fundamentalists. This is unequivocally stated by Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, who, recounting the operation, said, “we will not allow harm to the Druze.”

Katz warns: “If you continue to attack the Druze, you will pay the consequences”

He also clarified that “the message (of these raids) is unequivocal” and must serve as a warning to deter further reprisals against the Druze. After all, Netanyahu’s loyalist, in a threatening manner, explained that if attacks on civilians continue, there will be further actions “with greater force.” This is because, he concludes, anyone who attacks the Druze in Syria is attacking “brothers of Israel.”

The article Netanyahu doesn’t stop and bombards the south of Syria in response to violence against the Druze. Minister Katz: “We will not stand idly by, we will defend the civilians” seems to be the first on LA NOTIZIA.

#Netanyahu #Syria #Druze #BenjaminNetanyahu #theMiddleEast #Lebanon #Israel #Syrian #Sweida #Damascus #TelAviv #Islamic #IsraelKatz #first #LANOTIZIA

https://www.lanotiziagiornale.it/siria-raid-idf-drusi-katz/

The Maronites

The Maronites are a Syriac Christian ethno-religious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean & the Levant (particularly Lebanon) whose members belong to the Maronite Church. The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the Pope & the rest of the Catholic Church.

Sui iuris (or sui juris) is legal self-rule. It is used in the Catholic Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO) to denote the autonomous churches in Catholic communion.

The Maronites get their name from St. Maron (350-410 AD). The spread of Christianity was extremely slow in the Lebanese region. In the 5th century in the highlands, they were still “pagan.” St. Maron sent the apostle Abraham of Cyrrhus (known as the “Apostle of Lebanon”) with a mandate to convert the “pagan” residents of the region, renaming the Adonis River to the Abrahamic River in honor of the saint who preached there.

The Maronite Church, under the patriarch of Antioch, has branches in nearly all countries where Maronite Christian communities live, in both the Levant & the Lebanese diaspora.

The Maronites & the Druze founded modern Lebanon in Ottoman Lebanon in the early 18th century, through the ruling & social system known as the “Maronite-Druze dualism” in the Ottoman Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. The Mount Lebanon Mustasarrifate was 1 of the Ottoman Empire’s subdivisions following the 19th century Tanzimat reform.

All Lebanese presidents, except for Charles Debbas & Petro Trad, have been Maronites as part of a continued tradition of the National Pact (an unwritten agreement that laid the foundation of Lebanon as a multiconfessional state following negotiations between the Shia, Sunni, Maronite, & Druze leaderships), by which the prime minister has historically been a Sunni Muslim & the speaker of the Natinal Assembly has historically been a Shi’ite.

The Maronites belong to the Maronite Syriac Church of Antioch, an Eastern Catholic Syriac church using the Antiochian Rite, which traces its foundation to Maron, an early 4th century Syriac monk venerated as a saint. The Maronite Patriarch is traditionally seated in Bkerke, north of Beirut.

The Maronite Church belongs to the Syriac Christian tradition & to the West Syriac Rite. (Also known as the Syro-Antiochian Rite or the West Syrian Rite. This is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that uses the Divine Liturgy of St. James.) Classical Syriac remains the liturgical language of the Maronite Church, alongside Arabic.

In Israel, some members of the local Maronite community have adopted an Aramean identity & organized linguistic revitalization programs. The Aramean identity was officially recognized by the Israeli Minister of the Interior in 2014, allowing certain Christian families to register their ethnicity as “Aramean” rather than “Arab” or “Unclassified.”

A slight majority of the Maronites in Israel identify themselves as Arabs. The Arab identity is prevalent, especially among the young & among women.

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