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> View this email in your browser > <https://mailchi.mp/916207ce1036/lebanon-in-the-archives?e=086111b704> > > *Middle East Research and Information Project* > *Critical coverage of the Middle East since 1971* > *Lebanon in the Archives* > > An archival remix from MERIP > > *Dear Friends and Comrades, * > > *All of us at MERIP are in shock at the events of the past week, beginning > with Israel’s pager attack that killed and injured hundreds of innocent > civilians and continuing in even more destructive fashion with heavy > bombing across the country through the week and a large-scale attack in > southern Beirut on Friday, which killed Hezbollah’s Secretary General > Hassan Nasrallah along with the residents of six large apartment buildings > and displaced tens of thousands who are fleeing north. The bombing has > continued into today and many are fearing that the devastation that has > been visited on Gaza for the past year is only spreading.* > > *Along with our editors, we are collecting some personal reflections and > thoughts to share with our newsletter audience this week and are already at > work on in-depth pieces that will examine Lebanon and Hezbollah’s role in > the current stage of the conflict for our winter issue. * > > *The conflict between Lebanon and Israel has been at the center of MERIP’s > analysis since the beginning. Today, I thought I’d share with you all a few > pieces from our archive that resonated with me as I’ve tried to make sense > of the past week’s escalations. * > > *In solidarity,* > > > *James Ryan Executive Director* > > *1982* > > MERIP’s coverage of Israel’s 1982 invasion was extensive. The Fall 1982 > Issue > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=020f99868a&e=086111b704> > featured articles from leading intellectuals, Salim Tamari and Joan > Mandell’s report from the West Bank and Gaza was an early invocation of the > now common framing of a 100 year war > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=6707921254&e=086111b704> > on Palestine, Noam Chomsky wrote from the perspective of the nuclear > disarmament movement > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=b55a8e8cb9&e=086111b704>, > and Zachary Lockman examined Israeli protests against the invasion > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=9975f74e04&e=086111b704>. > It also included first hand accounts of the invasion, Dan Connell was among > the first to draw comparisons to Vietnam > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=2abc18620f&e=086111b704>, > and Hilton Obenzinger and Mark Garfield provided two harrowing accounts > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=d7ee205fa1&e=086111b704> > of attacks on the Fakhani > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=5dcd0178c6&e=086111b704>district > of Beirut, where the PLO was headquartered at the time. Later coverage > would include figures like Samir Kassir and Salim Nasr’s perspectives on > the consolidation > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=eefa7be145&e=086111b704> > of Shi’i power > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=9734a5a924&e=086111b704> > in the south. > > *1990* > > Issue 162 > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=a1bcf1e4ad&e=086111b704>, > released in early 1990, months after the signing of the Taif Accords that > put a tentative end to Lebanon’s civil war, focused on the past and future > struggle facing the country. The centerpiece of that issue was Etel Adnan’s > stunning poem, “It Was Beirut, All Over Again” > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=66f4144643&e=086111b704> > which poignantly connects the struggle in Lebanon to the same in El > Salvador and elsewhere of the time. The issue also featured articles from > Salim Nasr, who had filed excellent previous reports > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=4bd82f7452&e=086111b704> > on the war as it developed, overviewing the conflict > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=3143bad90d&e=086111b704>, > from Michael Gilsenan on the village of ‘Akkar > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=1f05ca5cf6&e=086111b704>, > and Fawwaz Traboulsi on the “confessional lines” > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=5b4cf4968d&e=086111b704> > of the conflict. > > *2000 and beyond* > > Coverage of the relationship between the Palestinian and Lebanese > struggles has threaded throughout MERIP’s analysis of the last 24 years. In > the winter of 2000, Mayssun Sukarieh offered a report from the Shatila > refugee camp > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=96f7dd1f29&e=086111b704> > in the midst of the Second Intifada. As we highlighted recently, Elias > Khoury and Fawwaz Traboulsi provided a fascinating conversation > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=687cdbe183&e=086111b704> > on the political crisis in Lebanon in 2007. This past year, Rami Rmeileh > and Maziyar Ghiabi took us inside Lebanese communities and refugee camps > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=5ea6451f1d&e=086111b704> > where tension has prevailed since October 7. For our 50th anniversary in > 2001, Najib Hourani overviewed > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=608c1f5725&e=086111b704> > MERIP’s coverage of the Civil War, and Maya Mikdashi returned to Etel > Adnan’s 1990 poem to reflect a feeling we’re surely feeling again… and > again > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=5945efec50&e=086111b704> > . > > It was Beirut, all over again, > > because the sea rose on its feet > > and unleashed a litany > > of words, > > it is Beirut, all over again, > > because poets die > > rather than surrender, > > because they speak of hope, > > and do not wear > > their words like a necklace > > of pearls, > > because poets refuse to die, > > and carry hope on their > > backs, and go from door > > to door, like bees do > > from flower to flower, > > to leave messages of defiance > > in the > > people’s hearts. > > > *– From Etel Adnan, “It Was Beirut, All Over Again” > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=33b11932f4&e=086111b704> > Middle East Report Issue 162 (January/Februrary 1990)* > Explore Our Archive > <https://merip.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e18284b99bf49578897672d9a&id=036d567a79&e=086111b704> > *Support MERIP! 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