Why Did Israel Invade Lebanon? | Casual Historian

Israel invaded Lebanon twice during the Lebanese Civil War. Was this a meaningless act of aggression on the part of the Israelis, or did they have a legitimate grievance they were responding to?
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0:00 Coastal Road Massacre
2:49 Operation Litani
6:03 Sarkis Resignation Crisis
7:14 Shia Affairs
7:42 ADF vs LF
9:59 The Camp David Accords
10:36 New Israeli Strategy
12:57 Maronite Unification
15:27 Reagan's Gambit
17:20 Bachir's Gambit
18:51 Ceasefire with the PLO
20:31 Bachir's Ambition
22:25 Casus Belli
24:55 Peace for Galilee
32:18 Siege of Beirut
33:33 Negotiations
35:09 The Siege Drags On
38:25 Evacuation
41:01 Bachir's End

[@kauss-uh3py]

It’s disgusting how Arafat pretended to be a friend to my people in Lebanon when in fact his terrorists killed more Lebanese civilians than Israel ever will.

[@stevenv6463]

Israel killed way more people unless you only think Christians are people and not Muslims.

[@ravenmusic6392]

Israel in the 1982 invasion killed about 5-6,000 Lebanese civilians, so that's probably not the case, but yes, the PLO behaved atrociously in Lebanon

[@ravenmusic6392]

@robertschrauder7537 No, 6,000 is the estimated western figure from Richard Gabriel in 1984, and other sources such as Daniel Bymans "a high price" put the figure at 7-8,000. If you include the refugee camp massacres enabled by the IDF the figure could include hundreds more

[@ravenmusic6392]

@robertschrauder7537 He does not have a hidden agenda and taught war studies at a Canadian University. He is one of the most respected sources you can get on the topic. Daniel Byman is actually a relatively pro-Israel voice but came to the 7,000-8,000 figure. The reason why people don't focus on the PLO atrocities is because they're tiny in comparison to Israel’s in this particular conflict

[@AJ-pc9gu]

@@ravenmusic6392 yep I'm very confused how the two can even be conflated. PLO obviously committed tragedies but numerically are trounced by Israeli terrorism. Edit: I figured it out lol. This dude is leaving multiple comments from different accounts, all with a similar name. That's just sad.

[@Sidiqi]

I was in Beirut in the spring of 1979 on a recruiting mission. Having completed this early and finding a lull in the ‘carnage’ I checked with the Police if it was safe for me to take a trip up into the mountains and was told ok but to be sure to cross back over the ‘Green Line’ area before 6pm when indiscriminate sniping began. So the next day I set off with one of my recruits as driver ‘touring’. A pleasant sunny day in a beautiful country. For lunch a stopped in a village at a typical local restaurant, it was empty apart from me and I shared a bottle of Leb red wine with the Owner while his wife prepared the full range of Leb dips and snacks. He refused to take payment, saying that when news that a British had eat there he would be crowded out for days with curious locals. I noticed they had a young daughter so bought her a doll as a present and a bunch of flowers for his wife. The only drawback on the trip was being stopped by a Syrian Army Patrol and held at gunpoint by some junior officer believing he had caught a spy. After some 20 minutes stretching my arms skywards his superior commander arrived to question me. With tears of laughter he apologised that I had not been believed that I was a tourist shaking his head saying ‘I’ve heard of mad dogs and Englishmen, now I can believe it’ arranging for military escort back to my Hotel (the Bristol, for those who know Beirut). Several years later I made another audacious trip to Beirut, clandestine, over the Chouf Mountains on a day trip from Damascus - another story ………….

[@kapullas]

"If two neighbors are fighting in the morning, it means that an Englishman spent the night with one of them"

[@noahgressmann1536]

Love the chouf mountains!

[@Sidiqi]

@@kapullas you rate us too highly! 😂

[@Sidiqi]

@@noahgressmann1536 sunny Sunday afternoon. Took the Road out of Beirut leading to the North, edge of the mountains looking down to the sea, passing the ‘Our Lady’ statue, arriving at Byblos for a late lunch in a tranquil state of mind. All memories of previous traumatic experiences there discarded with the now ‘relative peace’, just sheer pleasure of the scenery. I had seen a film dated around the early 1960’s staring David Niven as an Arab, filmed at Byblos and was intrigued to see the location. I was not disappointed, especially in the Restaurant built into the sea, with numerous photos of celebrities adorning the walls, including David (and some glamorous Ladies). It reminded me of how Lebanon was before their Civil War. I wish for the Lebanese that these times return. Beautiful Country, just breathing in the mountain air, gazing down at the azure sea….

[@Germ_f]

Damn you have some wild stories

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

Thanks for including some of our readings of the texts in the video!

[@theodensonofthengel5787]

PLO didn't ask for their peoples safety but for their Mercedes Benz. What a great summary of the palestinian conflict.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

so true, the plo leadership doesn't give a damn about their people, they only want wealth and media attention

[@softoghene]

Lol😂

[@Lukas-qu6ur]

Accurate

[@skp8748]

Boris Berezovsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Gusinsky, Alexander Pavlovich, Smolensky Roman Abramovich, Mikhael Mirilashvili, Arkady Rotenberg, Leonid Mikhelson, Viktor Vekselberg, Mikhail Prokhorov, Oleg Deripaska, Anatoly Chubais and Viktor Chernomyrdin what did they ask of Russia??

[@godofbread6939]

Balesteen

[@alonraigorodetsky1803]

What a great video. The part I liked the most is the multitude of views of the different factions on the conflict.

[@ayubtube5513]

Everyone I speak to who has lived through the 78 war the 82 war the south Lebanon conflict or the 2006 war is traumatized and can never forget the things they saw. God bless them

[@kaus3587]

I am not traumatised, I am angry at how and why my homeland was destroyed.

[@basilshukry5722]

????

[@Abilliph]

@@kaus3587 But who can you blame?... It was the Muslims and Christians of Lebanon that started a civil war.. and in the process dragged others into it. Who are you angry at??

[@kaus3587]

@@Abilliph that’s a little too blinkered a view. No one Party or Sect has clean hands in Lebanon. The major reason the war started was Lebanon had a large number of PLO terrorists in Lebanon and then it became a massive invasion of PLO terrorists after the Jordanians evicted them for killing civilians and setting up roadblocks for thievery in Jordan. They wound up in Lebanon who it’s politicians were obviously bribed by the Gulf States and KSA. They started where they left off in Jordan, killing Lebanese civilians and soldiers and then started a civil war to make Lebanon their own country and a base to attack Israel. In the Middle East these terrorists are now being seen for what they truly are, murdering fascists hence the agreements and peace treaties with Israel. The PLO/Fatah and assorted terrorists have killed more Lebanese civilians than Israel will in a lifetime. For a reference watch “Road to war Lebanon 1969 by the BBC” this is before Black September when the major invasion took place after their defeat in Jordan. Why the Lebanese Government thought that they could control another population explosion of terrorists in Lebanon in the early 70s is beyond me if they couldn’t control the smaller population in the late 60s. Someone got rich off of peoples misery.

[@Abilliph]

@@kaus3587 okay... I get what you're saying. So it means that, although the civil war in Lebanon is what started the conflict with Israel.. the reason for the civil war was the PLO entering Lebanon, and it's support by the gulf states. It makes sense. Interesting... The Lebanese people I talked to before, seem to view Israel as the responsible party for this war.

[@Invictus_Mithra]

I've fallen in love with your channel because I feel like most history channels neglect topics like this. Your previous videos on the lebanese civil war have been really interesting and I can't wait to watch this one!

[@mikabitar2945]

Hey there! As a Syrian who grew up under the Al Assad dictatorship, I was taught very little about this topic, or just straight up lies. thank you for making this video, been very informative.

[@DanJ41]

Better to have Al-Assad than a Muslim Brotherhood and their head choppers

[@jarekkish5515]

The CIA is not your friend.

[@incogb6696]

well this was not the truth the truth is you and lebanese are canaanites, leb 90% direct genetics. the old hebrew was found by a peasent in syria then it was taken over by the french quickly! the cave!! it was the old canaanite language; there is a yale lecture about this. type in: "Urgent! Spread the News: British officials planned the Syrian war 2 years prior to the protests" you will see how israel disabled these countries and their people with nooo remorse.

[@simonb1052]

assad is the man of Israel..the sicario...he is the bigest protector if Israel..

[@zionsvengeance4152]

Cap

[@zombieat]

this is a monumental effort to make. thank you for doing it!

[@ELKINGMM2]

Very underrated channel !! the amount of research , footage gathering and editing is insane ! As a Lebanese viewer i'm impressed with how u managed to get all of your information correctly and stayed objective in your description of events! A rare gem on the internet . Keep up the great work your channel will make it ! :)

[@atulofau9006]

The root of the conflict is hate. We can't go anywhere forward by holding a grudge. Hate will hold you back, or crushing you down.

[@thehaus6998]

Thanks for showing and giving a free, non biased representation, with high quality

[@joeshmoe8345]

I think it’s safe to say this is a biased representation… right or wrong, he certainly downplays Israel’s actions and uses different words to distinguish similar actions done by different parties.

[@thehaus6998]

@@joeshmoe8345 you could say that, but arguibly and overwhelmingly, the amount of times Minor Israeli crimes are plaeyd up to a holocaust level crime is just annoying, and his dedication to show overall israeli bias towards the Maronites, and their attempt to mostly not hit civilians is accurate, and true to history. I rather small Israeli bias then the normal "Israelis are nazis" stuff that gets portrayed everywhere

[@thehaus6998]

@علي ياسر "Lebanon is semitic" no it's not, it really is not, no one ever used the "Anti semitic" word as for the Semitic people, they always use it for Jews, for a reason, you might claim you are semitic, but the word never had and never did apply to all semitic people, it always, since it's existence, applied only to Jews.

[@thehaus6998]

@علي ياسر that's madtalk and you know it

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

@@thehaus6998 The term "Anti-Semitism" was popularized by racist Europeans, notably Germans, in the late 19th century because it was more reasonable to hate Jews based on their "Semitic race" rather than on their ethnicity or religion. And it was a "nicer" term to use instead of the "Judenhess" (=Jew-hate) term that was used until then.

[@tkmmkt6569]

Watching this in the context of October 2023 is very interesting... the more things change the more they stay the same?

[@landon6326]

Can’t wait for the next part

[@MrBumbo90]

amazing video !

[@TheChristos73]

Very good narration from Gavi!

[@spicyuno7901]

Good Video Support from lebanon 🇱🇧 👏 ❤

[@tarek903]

not just an asshole, but a sad traitor.

[@emile6351]

More videos on lebanon!! Thank you very much 🙏🙏

[@danieltsiprun8080]

I know you put the names of the people that do voice overs for you when you use quotes of historical figures, bur can you put their channel links in the description.

[@yonisamber8169]

What a mess... Thank you for tackeling it.

[@barrybrevik9178]

I want to thank the presenter and anyone else at this channel who played a part in the production and posting of this video. It is interesting and eminently informative. I watched slack-jawed as the presenter methodically laid out the mind-boggling complexity and the interwoven relations between the various terrorist/political factions and the leaders of the countries who were involved. I have spent a great many hours of personal research of the history of conflicts in the Levant, but the information in this video took me by surprise; it is much, much worse than I thought! Again, thank you for posting this superior video regarding the Palestinian Arab and PLO presence in Lebanon.

[@banto1]

Very comprehensive review of the action, both on the field and behind the scenes. Way too many duplicitous players to keep track of. While the focus here is on the political aspects, there is quite a bit of interesting warfare history as well. In particular Operation Drugstore, which took out 19 Syrian SAM batteries and blew 88 Syrian Jets out of the sky at the beginning of the war. This pitted US weapons against Soviet gear in a very decisive way.

[@rigelbound6749]

Only US weapons huh? Are you taking all the credit? ;)

[@banto1]

@@rigelbound6749 Not sure what your comment is about, but for sure there were Israeli weapons and pilots involved too. My point being this was the first encounter between US made planes (F15s and F16s) and Soviet SAMs/MiGs since the '73 war. In '73 the Soviets had the upper hand and seriously put a dent in Israeli air power (F4s and Skyhawks), whereas in this war the picture was dramatically reversed.

[@ravenmusic6392]

@@banto1 Well not entirely, In the Iran-Iraq war you had a decent number of clashes between similarly (in) experienced pilots in MIG's vs F-4's with unclear results

[@nyyotam4057]

Very good summary. I guess you left the details of the Lebanese civil war out of this for another video. E.G, the Sabra and Shatila massacre cannot be understood without the backdrop of the series of previous massacres of the Lebanese civil war (such as Karantina, Damour, Tel Al-Zaatar and other massacres which took place in this bloody war). E.G many of the Christian phalanges massacring the poor victims at Sabra and Shatila, had seen their own families being massacred at Damour. One of the motivational points for the IDF in going to Lebanon in the first place, was to stop the civil war. After Sabra and Shatila - all hell broke loose.

[@CasualHistorian]

This is the third part in a series that currently contains 4

[@hashimawan2433]

​​​@@CasualHistorian You called Iraq Sunni, although majority of its population is Shia,only the leadership was Sunni and that too was of Arab nationalists who were inspired by the communists.Although a great effort to show the History,do videos about the CIA and the Deep-State too.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

28:18 i think it should be noted that the attack also destroyed the entirety of syrian air power in the area (some 90 aircraft) and that not a single israeli plane was shot down

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Had a fun time voice acting

[@Mr9mann]

19:38 Gotta say, you nailed the Israeli accent, but clearly not Sharon's voice. lol

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

that's because it's not him reading it, it's Gavi Lazan.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Informative introducing Video about this ultra complicated Political-historical-religion issue inside Smallest Country in Middle East (Lebanon)

[@onlyonegod701]

it shouldnt be the smallest 🇱🇧

[@ofrikalif4938]

@@onlyonegod701 please take over syria.

[@shimonbiton2163]

Operation Opera proved to be a huge favor for humanity, as 7 years later Saddam ordered the Halajba massacare (of the Kurdish people) with mustard gas.. dont know what wouodve been the result if he had that nuclear facility of his at that time.

[@markmcelroy1872]

Team Israel, World Police

[@shimonbiton2163]

World police implies Israel has authority over the rest of the world.. which does not actually manifest itself in reality.

[@mohammadjaafar1496]

Isnt this the same gas the USA supplied to Saddam, NO USA supplies, NO Halabja Massacre

[@JundunYashua]

I keep getting unsubscribed. I've subscribed THREE TIMES now lol

[@Joe-eg7ml]

So yea the Palestinians started this whole mess.

[@micahjohnsonboxing6409]

Israel wanted to steal land like always.

[@ianjones1034]

Menachem Begin was never a prisoner of the Germans but was detained and tortured by the Soviets

[@sloshed-rat]

Listen, talking about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict without taking sides is impossible... that said, thank you for covering history.... regardless of how triggering it is for people to learn.

[@ambs37q38]

It's a shame to support terrorest like isrealis to not "take sides "

[@zulfhashimmi2040]

Salam alaikum ! Nobody cover Middle East recent history as objectively, succinctly yet comprehensively as you do. We are in your debt for showing us the accurate picture of this conflict based on contemporary sources. I have seen this first hand all Arab nations claim to support to the “ Palestinian cause” yet no one is ready to host them in their own country.Maybe fearing another black September like situation. No side has its hands clean and polarization on either side is now driven not just by politics but an even more inflammable cocktail of religious ideologies

[@davidbloom5460]

no such thing as a Palestinian never was never will be

[@FrostedMike]

I think no Arab nation wants to host Palestinian exactly because of what the video talked about. The PLO pretty much dragged Lebanon into a conflict with Israel. I bet Lebanon wanted none of that. Imagine a terror organization like that in Saudi Arabia for example, close enough to fire rockets into Israeli territory. Saudi Arabia definitely wants nothing to do with it and Jorden is right in between the two countries, also doesn't want rockets flying over their heads. Most Palestinians doesn't want a conflict either, but it's enough for one extremist to trigger something. Just look at Gaza for example and how Hamas, who do want a conflict, is struggling to keep other organizations in check.

[@davidbloom5460]

@random tomato on the internet How funny the flag of Jordan 🇯🇴 which is where the cycle Palestinians are from. It’s a shame you haven’t got the brainpower mental capacity to actually know what the real Palestinian flag look like? As we know Israel is the Jewish homeland 3000 years of Jewish history and will continue to be the Jewish homeland you lot are not wanted or welcome long with Israel 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@melissalisaandrean6803]

No body want to host Palestinian because of ehat they did in Jordan (caught redhanded trying to organize a takeover) and Lebanon (destroying a once beautiful and peaceful country known as the jewel of the orient).

[@stoegerstewie8351]

@@davidbloom5460 Golda Maer begs to differ, she was born Palestinian.

[@titosyettos2689]

Least complicated war in the middle east be like

[@raymondsmith9886]

Very thorough. Thank you. My aunts husband was in Lebanon

[@B727X]

Amazing vid but I wish you talked a tiny bit slower lol

[@giannb5145]

Hafez Assad was probably the smartest and toughest bastard in a region of tough bastards. Despite having a mediocre army, no nukes and no oil, in Lebanon he prevailed over Americans, Israelis and French. And despite being a secular Socialist, he smartly made use of both Iran and Hezbollah while crushing the Muslim Brotherhood.

[@Xerxes2528]

He failed to invade Israel and Jordan and was only able to invade Lebanon,a country 18 times smaller and 4 times less populated (at the time),because the Christian militias who beat his ass for 12 years accepted a peace treaty,the fuck you talking about

[@Xerxes2528]

If he got his ass beaten by a literal militia with half as many soldiers as he has soldiers that doesn't have an airforce nor missiles,how is he tough?Sure he may have done stuff to Syria but his army is a literal joke

[@giannb5145]

@@Xerxes2528 As I said in my original comment, his army was pretty mediocre, but that's a further proof of his mastery of strategy and politics. In Lebanon, he first got rid of the Americans and French with the terrorist / suicide bombings, then he oversaw the assassination of a President who was Israel's puppet, and finally he also pushed out Israel with a campaign of suicide bombings for which many people credit (WRONGLY) only Hezbollah. And of course, the Israelis unwittingly helped him by driving out his nemesis Arafat in the beginning of the conflict. The end result of whole Lebanon mess was Assad being in control of Lebanon through his master use of blackmail and terrorism. Today, of course, his son Bashar is pretty much Iran's junior partner...

[@Xerxes2528]

@@giannb5145 Bachir wasn't an Israeli puppet.He sided with the Israelis for military support but he was not under their direct rule.In 1982 after his election the Israelis forced him to sign a peace treaty but he aggressively refused stating that he didn't sacrifice thousands of his soldiers over the course of 7 years to fight Syria only for it to be replaced by Israel. If he really was a puppet leader,he wouldn't have stood up against Israel like that

[@Xerxes2528]

Bachir knew how delicate the Lebanese system was more than Israel ever could,and stated that he will not sign the treaty until Syrian forces are expelled and him getting support from the muslims

[@alfonsoportugal6754]

Abu Jihad got killed like a pig in his house in Tunis. He paid for his numerous crimes and so was Dalal Moghrabi during the coward Coastal Road attack in 1978.

[@unpob]

Good to have seen Erskine in of the clips

[@daveice20]

Why are you using a racist accent for israelis, but a regular english accent for Yasser Arafat?

[@samer3161]

This channel is Scary. Thank you for all this *precise* information 🇱🇧 There are things mentioned here that would only be familliar to a lebanese. Wow. you'll make a million easily, keep up all that hard work!

[@mxkinist]

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[@samer3161]

@@mxkinist *One of the sheep living in my country don't mind him guys* 😅

[@mxkinist]

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[@attemptedunkindness3632]

@@samer3161 Since KZbin censored the person your referencing's comment, I have no choice but to wonder if whatever they said made sense...

[@samer3161]

@@attemptedunkindness3632 Nobody that matters gives a shit what u think bro 😅

[@user-qm7ul6tj7f]

Menachem begin was not Holocaust survivor he was corporal in the polish armed forces in the east

[@mwfp1987]

Don't understand why you don't get more views

[@khalidqawdhan3265]

It’s because he is a ginger

[@abdullahkhawaja5914]

Mousa Al-sadr was kidnapped in Libya, he didn't went in to hiding.

[@Lebanoob]

1. I love you 2. Suleimsn frangieh was the president not the prime minister 3. Dnt feel down we lebanese cnt even comprehend what happened in the civil war.

[@nameperson3581]

His son was assassinated, right?

[@Lebanoob]

@@nameperson3581 yea 100%. He was killed by the phalangists with his wife and kids. Only 1 son survived and is now the leader of the Marada faction.

[@zoro-lb]

@@nameperson3581 yes and the majority of christian don’t love him we love Bachir gemayel

[@Xerxes2528]

@@zoro-lb that's because marada are traitors

[@peggygeren4169]

In addition to the Nazi roots of the Phalangist Party, the creator of this video fails to note the multi-pronged assault that Syria was suffering in these years. Not only were the Syrians fully involved in fighting Israel and its proxies in Lebanon while also trying to keep the PLO and Syria's other allies in Lebanon in check, in order to end the civil war, but it was also under assault within Syria by a terrorist campaign/Islamist civil war by the Muslim Brotherhood. The CIA had an association with the MB that dated back to the 1950s, when the US inherited all of its bad Middle East policies from imperial Britain and France. When the Syrians finally located and destroyed the operational headquarters of the MB in the 'kasbah' of the city of Hama in 1982 it found numerous encrypted communications equipment provided by the CIA as well as US and Israeli sourced weaponry. This was presented to the US ambassador as Syria lodged an official diplomatic protest against the CIA. It was no coincidence that the two most important Arab CIA assets at that time were MB head, Said Ramadan, and the leader of the fascist Phalangist Party of Lebanon, Bashir Gemayel.

[@RoryT1000]

Thank you for staying basically everything that I was thinking whilst watching the video! I mean you have to try hard to whitewash America's role in this conflict but this channel shows you can do it!

[@LebaneseWeebUltranationalist]

Don’t act as if this war was forced on the Syrians, they pried their own hands into this conflict for their own reasons and suffered because of it. Not only that but there’s a gross oversimplification of Bachir Gemayel’ character as “a fascist supported by the CIA” which ignores many things, for one he had no direct relationship with the CIA and in fact the Kataeb never received diplomatic support until the unification of the sword came to be.

[@barmybarmecide5390]

@@LebaneseWeebUltranationalist don't waste your time, these guys aren't interested in any nuance, just "literally Hitler and evil colonisation" over and over

[@LebaneseWeebUltranationalist]

@@barmybarmecide5390 True, all they can do is straw man

[@orthodoxempire697]

"Nazi roots of the phalangist" is yet another muslim propaganda, funny how this comes from people who cheer on what Germans did to the Jews but then cry out in pain accusing others of being Nazis. Anyway the founders of Kataeb including Pierre Gemayel have said that "Kataeb's ideology is a mix of the good things they saw in every ideology" Syrians had no intention to end the war here, on the contrary they kept dividing the people here and intentionally help in creating conflicts. Assad wanted Lebanon to be part of Syria.

[@anastazjaQ]

Menachem Begin was not a "holocaust surviver", he spent war under soviet occupation, arested in 1940 by NKVD and sent to camp to Siberia. Released under Sikorski-Majski deal, joined Ander's Army that evacuated Polish (including Jewish) prisoners sent to gulag, Siberia, Kazachstan. He deserted from Army with tacit consent of gen. Anders (as hundteds of Jews) to fight in Palestine. Its funny how the term "holocaust surviver" is being abused.

[@Aychde1142]

5:01 He was actually the former president

[@zoro-lb]

bachir gemayel leader of christian resistance

[@michaelcharif5471]

The Palestinians invaded Lebanon and the Lebanese people had to lose our homeland because of them.

[@OrbitalAstronaut]

Operation pro gamer move.

[@PulmaFingoPees]

wow man you really did some research

[@sloshed-rat]

Topics like these where people will hop on you for the most minor discrepancy... yeah... you gotta do your research.

[@night-_-shadowxx9371]

Im Lebanese , my father was at that war but that's not my point my point is imagine all of those sides worked together bruh we are idiots

[@farright118]

Great video I hope There can be a population swap in the region: Christians that live in Iraq and Syria go to Lebanon and vice versa

[@joerogan9286]

How about all the Christians in lebanon go to Europe 😅

[@farright118]

@@joerogan9286 If they were European I could be open to it however there are 2 reasons why they shouldn't. 1. Lebanon used to be part of Rome/crusader states/France and thus Europeans have the right to that land. 2. Lebanese Christians are either ethnic Maronites or Arabs thus they are actually native to the region. A population swap would ensure peace in Lebanon plus if you want me to get technical I actually want Shias from Lebanon and Syria to go to Iraq and Sunni from Lebanon and Iraq to go to Syria. And thats not even covering Kurds and Druze. But at least they will be peaceful homogenous countries Its like saying Hindus in Sri Lanka should go to India, doesn't make any sense

[@ef2718]

@@farright118 Maronites predate the Arab/Islamic invasion.

[@lostinthesauce6409]

How about no?

[@farright118]

@@lostinthesauce6409 war it is then, let the best side win. Its the only sure thing for Lebanon

[@Acquisitor]

The thing is: pl in Lebanon see Israel as a hostile state which it isnt. And thats sad..

[@micahjohnsonboxing6409]

Israel has attacked 6 Arab countries, they are hostile to all Arabs.

[@erichluepke855]

Everyone is a proxy for someone else. Nobody negotiates for the interests of everyone. How can any such conflict be ended?

[@damaskosc]

>White Mercedes I see they were posing as Persians... [s]

[@kingdomofgarvin3432]

Real Talk

[@neoamaru]

Keep it coming! can't wait for the next one! one hiccup iro Suleiman Frangieh being the former prime minister.

[@kolbybyer2755]

Overall very good video. My only complaint is the same as the last video… Why must Mr. Beat use such a loud and strange voice every time he reads a quote? It completely breaks the tone and pace of the video. Please either talk to him about this or cut it from the next installment.

[@kingdomofgarvin3432]

Do one about Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹

[@MrZakay]

Your thorough work is excellent. Many made one-sided films. Therefore they created a defective product. I have a comment or clarification. Israel's First Lebanon War in 1982 was also the second air clash between the US-backed Israeli Air Force and the Soviet-backed Syrian Air Force. This time Israel won such an overwhelming victory that champagne bottles were opened in Eastern Europe. It was clear that little Israel had developed the ability to defeat the The Soviet Union is in the air. Within one decade, the world went from bipolar to unipolar. That is, the Soviet Union disintegrated. It set the Warsaw Pact countries free. The US became the world's only superpower with its air power for about 30 years. This is an important and complex issue that deserves a separate treatment

[@mrdemokrative8018]

An updated timestamp would be nice inside the video

[@aqmorisny]

Now I know history repeating itself again and again.

[@Chickin]

do the 6 day war

[@Mr9mann]

39:00 the music that starts here is 100% out of place.

[@Black_sperm]

Now Syria experience the destruction of their own civil war

[@peggygeren4169]

The Muslim Brotherhood started a civil war inside Syria proper in 1978, with US and Israeli support, of course.

[@Xerxes2528]

Karma's a bitch ain't it

[@Tamir-Barkahan]

Well deserved.

[@expansionpackdeluxe636]

@@Xerxes2528Well too bad that Assad isn’t the one who is suffering, but innocent people instead. The civil war started after people were protesting against the Assad regime, Syrians hate the Assads.

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

5:48 That is not true. Most of the area was given to UNIFIL. Only a thin strip of the border between Israel and Lebanon was given to the Christian militias.

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

This is similar to turkeys invasion of Syria. Both probably did more harm than good

[@teknikairaoulolgandessabek4102]

Reagan's comments ring true. There is no other part of the world where hate is so high and so old than the Middle East. "An eye for an eye" I suspect.

[@Youtuber-xs9cp]

0:50. That is not Gail Rubin. Just a young beautiful white girl... lol

[@user-mv1jx1mi8d]

What a mess.

[@gordonlumbert9861]

Considering the UNs peace keeping history I would't have handed over to them either and if I remember right the Lebanon National army was the weakest of the 3 local armies.....

[@davidanderson9664]

A tad less stock footage. D.A. NYC

[@republicofshadistan7457]

correction in 5:43. Marada militiamen attacked kataeb supporters in the towns of Qaa and Ras Baalbeck

[@user-yn7im7gj7t]

Why ?? Aren’t they Christians

[@noqwak]

@@user-yn7im7gj7t they are christian but they where enemies if i remember Marada is à pro pan-arabisme Militia

[@jarekkish5515]

To exacerbate a problem that they caused in the first place.

[@adamneverlack]

Remember 2006, went to Syria then Jordan to flee

[@caseclosed9342]

Ah yes, the Lebanese Forces. Performer and human rights activist Mia Khalifa has a tattoo of their symbol. 😂

[@alaaraad5194]

Suleiman Frangieh was not a former Prime Minister, he was President

[@nickl.2565]

wow I am Israeli and didn't even know all this had happened, thanks for making this video!

[@julianhanna37]

Typical, you don't even know how much blood has shed to keep your land, whatever side you're on, it's crucial to understand the value of this land and how badly some countries fought for it

[@ardabdamahom6300]

Yup this shows less than 10% of the crimes the IOF did in Lebanon, if you knew what your soldiers did and the massacres they directly and indirectly caused to the Lebanese civilians and the traumas we still live because of your unjustified invasion you would denounce your nationality. (If you have any sense of humanity ofcourse)

[@nickl.2565]

@@ardabdamahom6300 which crimes? Israel literally only defended when it was attacked. you don't lunch a war and than cry because the enemy is attacking

[@ardabdamahom6300]

@@nickl.2565 You wanted the litany river, we gave you a humiliating defeat🤷 the only thing we regret is that Sharon died naturally and was not slained like the pig he was.

[@larryjacob6986]

@@ardabdamahom6300 "Unjusitified invasion"?? Did you not watch the entire video, which covers PLO terrorist attacks on Northern Israel? If your country were constantly tormented by terror attacks, you'd say "enough is enough" too.

[@0037kevin]

I mean, for the same reasons that Syria did, same reason "Iran" did....

[@z.bellingham2556]

LEBANON WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEAUTY OF THE MIDDLE EAST.. WE LEFT AT time of childhood..reason!! The Civil War and the proxy war created by those that ran away from Jordan, only to make people believe that they are friends.. The truth is, if it wasn't for these people, Lebanon would have never had any civil war. The true disease that Lebanon got hit with, is the presence of the Palestinians. Sorry to hurt anyone's feeling but the truth is bitter..proxy wars still going on, Forst the Palestinians then the Syrians and now the ......! In 40 plus years, I have seen Lebanon once a 😢... Would love to travel more often but how..!

[@mou6854]

I don’t agree with a lot of your videos but this mini series has been great

[@guyvaiman1613]

wdym you dont agree, its history its not subjective

[@abdulrahmana2216]

He doesn't agree take it or leave it he's obviously biased goof

[@yohaneschristianp]

@@abdulrahmana2216 What is unbiased to you? Muslim brotherhood perhaps?

[@abdulrahmana2216]

@@yohaneschristianp just leave man

[@seanheeney4517]

Those Iranian black flag ops be wild

[@lazyhash]

Tourism in a civil war that is a nice unbelievable story. And what were you recruiting anyway? The syrian soldier did the right thing by not believing you are a tourist

[@kenneths.perlman1112]

These Jews fight back.

[@Seconds247]

I wonder who killed bachir in the end 🫥

[@phils5423]

I love you all this stuff born in the. Sixties always wanted to know. All the things you are sharing. I think you're fantastic but I wasn't crippled and poor. I Would the send you money best I can do❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@peytonburns626]

to those angry about the use of the term terrorist to describe the PLO, it's a matter of intent. the IDF has done some fucked up things, but the strategic objectives of their missions at a high level were never to kill civilians. that's where the distinction lies

[@CrumpetsNBiscuits]

Still waiting on your examples of 'fucked up things'.

[@hatinmyselfiscool2879]

They actively provoke conflicts wuth civilians and actively provoke conflicts they can kill civilians in, not to mention their entire foreign Strategy regarding palestine is literally "another naakba". The "intent" of killing civilians is something the plo did also not directly contribute too lol. Not only is what he said at the beginning not true, you also seem to ignore that the mission was to release palestian fighters.

[@hatinmyselfiscool2879]

@@CrumpetsNBiscuits imagine saying this, when the idf id statistically responsible for the vast majority of civilian casualties in this conflict.

[@legendarygodzilla3577]

@@hatinmyselfiscool2879 translation: ignoring Palestinian incompetency

[@xDarkSpotx]

@@hatinmyselfiscool2879 loL sending tens of thousands of rockets to Israel, and hundreds of terrorist attacks , in schools etc. Ye... not targeting civilians. Support to the right side-Israel from Europe, go give them! If you don't want to be attacked - don't attack. Now you cry cuz Israel is far stronger, but your egos sure were inflated 50-60 years ago. ahaha

[@michelkarnaouni8636]

common W Maronites

[@darksydesamy]

Straight up fascist movements.

[@michelkarnaouni8636]

@@darksydesamy yes and proud

[@nightprowler6336]

@@darksydesamy Maronites are an old christian sect that existed before pisslam

[@vklassffff8534]

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@michelkarnaouni8636]

@@vklassffff8534 i don’t see any country😆

[@adoo66]

a gaddafi was once young, I thougt he was born old.

[@moehourani4834]

My family died from the Israelis

[@Juan-qu4oj]

Good

[@legendarygodzilla3577]

Holocaust survivors died because of your terror orgs.

[@jpusingaccount7058]

🇬🇧❤👍🇮🇱

[@pinchnloaf]

Way too many ads. Makes it unwatchable

[@itacohen7615]

as a israeli this is the most accuarte piece of information, thank you for not spreading any lies. hope for peace IL❤LB

[@toiky9476]

I love Israel and Lebanon!! Both are such beautiful countries!! Peace for all❤❤

[@herewasbob7650]

This was confusing AF to follow. You introduced like 10 factions and 30 characters in under 5 minutes.

[@tFighterPilot]

and mispronounced most of them, lol

[@eliebechara3811]

They wanted to hike there 😂 I'm serious. No resources in Lebanon. Maybe agriculture. JK.

[@redwanahmedapon5769]

We know why cause they wanna show how terrorizing they r

[@redwanahmedapon5769]

add tp their image

[@NunYa953]

You'd think that eventually, Arabs would grow tired of dying for no reason.

[@jesusloveisthegreatestpower]

Arabs practicing Islam love death, and don't value anyones life.

[@JeffWiersma]

What a total mess - thanks France and Britian!!

[@Mauricio-nz6rr]

Man. Your videos are great, but please, STOP 🛑 MOVING YOUR SHOULDERS, for God sake!