Tag Archive for Lebanon Antisemitism

A Chronology of how Anti-Semitism helped destroy Lebanon

Op-ed: Detailing how the Levantine state dug itself into its current predicament, Lebanon offers a tragic case in point of how “anti-Semitism corrupts the people and societies possessed by it.” 

By Sean Durns

 

(JNS) “One of the lessons that we learn from studying Jewish history,” the historian Paul Johnson observed, “is that anti-Semitism corrupts the people and societies possessed by it.” Lebanon offers a tragic case in point.

Damage after the Beirut explosion. Aug 2020. – Photo courtesy: Mehr News Agency via Wikimedia

Aug. 4 marked the one-year anniversary of the Port of Beirut explosion, in which a large amount of ammonium nitrate exploded, killing at least 218 people, injuring hundreds more and leaving thousands homeless. Continue Reading »