Beirut blast anniversary begins new era of hope
Lebanon (MNN) France is hosting its
third global conference in twelve months today to raise funds for Lebanon. In partnership with the United Nations, France hopes to secure
more than $350 million in humanitarian aid on the first anniversary of the
‘deliberate depression.’ That phrase has never been used by the World Bank in its history,”
“We’ve had a year of speeches; lots of deadlines, lots of threats by the international community, but nothing has changed. Things have gotten worse.”
Decades of corruption and mismanagement brought Lebanon to the brink of breakdown in
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Lebanon approaching “social explosion” warns PM
Lebanon (MNN) Lebanon’s Prime Minister has warned of a
“social explosion” amid the economic troubles in the country. Tom Atema of
Heart for Lebanon says this is a warning about civil war. “People are just done with it. And the alternative to being done with it (or even done complaining about it) is actually a revolt, civil war. It could easily turn into one.”
Hopelessness
The Prime Minister appealed to other countries for financial aid to help Lebanon out of this mess. Right now, Atema says hopelessness is Lebanon’s biggest crisis. “I sat down with a converted Muslim lady who is a single mom with five children. I asked her what made her start to look at it alternative to her Muslim faith. And she looked at me and with tears running down her eyes. She said, ‘My great-grandfather didn’t do anything to help the economy. My grandfather didn’t help anything. Nobody that I know of in my religion is helping any