On Sept. 1, 1920, from the steps of the Pine Residence in Beirut, General Gouraud proclaimed Greater Lebanon an independent country under the mandate of the League of Nations, represented by France. (Credit: Wikicommons)
Wissam Lahham is a lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at Saint Joseph University of Beirut, specializing in constitutional law, the modern political history of Lebanon and monetary history.The centenary of the adoption of the Lebanese Constitution on May 23, 1926, arrives while a significant portion of Lebanese territory remains under Israeli occupation, amid growing discourse surrounding partition, secessionist projects, and the potential end of the State of Greater Lebanon within the borders originally proclaimed during the French Mandate on Sept. 1, 1920. Therefore, it is essential to review, even if briefly, the concept of Lebanon's territorial unity as manifested in the constitutional text, along with the historical complexities that have surrounded it.It is noteworthy that since 1926, the Lebanese Constitution has...
Wissam Lahham is a lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at Saint Joseph University of Beirut, specializing in constitutional law, the modern political history of Lebanon and monetary history.The centenary of the adoption of the Lebanese Constitution on May 23, 1926, arrives while a significant portion of Lebanese territory remains under Israeli occupation, amid growing discourse surrounding partition, secessionist projects, and the potential end of the State of Greater Lebanon within the borders originally proclaimed during the French Mandate on Sept. 1, 1920. Therefore, it is essential to review, even if briefly, the concept of Lebanon's territorial unity as manifested in the constitutional text, along with the historical complexities that have surrounded it.It is noteworthy that since 1926, the Lebanese Constitution has...
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