An Israeli tank in front of the South Council signboard, September 17, 1972, in South Lebanon. Archive photo: L’Orient-Le Jour
A year had passed since Israel unilaterally broke the 1949 armistice following the Six-Day War. In the summer of 1968, a reporter for The New York Times recounted his journey along the invisible line — without a “barbed wire” or “walls” — that divides the two territories. He came across border guards, exchanging a few words in French and even newspapers. “The Israelis are convinced that the Lebanese have no serious grievances with Israel, yet they refuse to sign a peace agreement solely for fear of a hostile reaction from other Arab nations,” the newspaper wrote. Previous episode Episode II: In the days of the Lebanon-Israel armistice The decades that followed somewhat undermined this observation: For Lebanon, like others in the region, the year 1967 marked a decisive turning point. At the time, the Lebanese position was largely...
A year had passed since Israel unilaterally broke the 1949 armistice following the Six-Day War. In the summer of 1968, a reporter for The New York Times recounted his journey along the invisible line — without a “barbed wire” or “walls” — that divides the two territories. He came across border guards, exchanging a few words in French and even newspapers. “The Israelis are convinced that the Lebanese have no serious grievances with Israel, yet they refuse to sign a peace agreement solely for fear of a hostile reaction from other Arab nations,” the newspaper wrote. Previous episode Episode II: In the days of the Lebanon-Israel armistice The decades that followed somewhat undermined this observation: For Lebanon, like others in the region, the year 1967 marked a decisive turning point. At the time, the Lebanese position...
