r/arabs • u/[deleted] • Oct 27 '24

مجلس Cultural Exchange: r/JewsOfConscience

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u/sar662 Oct 27 '24

Could someone walk me through the r/Lebanon r/Lebanese subreddit drama? They both seem to be pointing fingers at each other and saying "You don't represent the people of Lebanon". r/Lebanese is pointing at r/Lebanon and saying they are a bunch of Zionist shills while r/Lebanon points back and says, "You guys are Iranian shills".

Any suggestions of how I can know what's actually going on in Lebanese public opinion?

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u/JKallStar Oct 28 '24 edited Oct 28 '24

For every 1000 Lebanese, youll get 1001 opinions. At least within my family (mostly), we dont like Hezb, but theyre preferable to Israel invasion, which is more in line with r/Lebanese (though sub can go bit too hard on hezb sometimes). You have certain supporters of political groups here (ouwet / Lebanese Forces are most known for this, but there are others) are more pro-zionist to their approach (funded by KSA, and i think Israel?), but they reckon that if Hezb is taken out, we might be at peace. Druze opinion, im not too familiar with sadly, but from what I know, theyre pretty connected with each other, even family in neighbouring countries, so their opinions from what Ive seen tends to sway based on that.

Really, i reckon we all want the same thing, but have different approaches to it. Doesnt help that current gov benefits from the political divide, but as people, i really think that ita overblown.

I think this is a basic summary, if you want more info, i can provide

Edit: Worth pointing out that r/Lebanon has genuinely been astroturfed by Zionists, that part is absolutely true. They also seem to be trying to incite yet another civil war, e.g., "You / Lebanese army should stand up to and fight hezb", not knowing / intentionally omitting that, just like the past 40 years, no country is willing to fund the army, which is why hezb exist to begin with

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u/sar662 Oct 28 '24

no country is willing to fund the army

I see this as a complete failure of the UN. Following 1701, they should have either given Lebanese army the resources to do the job or UNIFIL should have been given the resources and the mandate to do the job.

Anyway, thank you for your answer.