First of all here are some facts about occupations in Lebanon

Lebanon is known to be a link between all religions and civilizations (except Jews). In Lebanon you can find Muslims (Chiite, Sunnite, and Drouz) Christians (Catholique, Roum, Maronites, and Protestants) and Buddhist in one hand and in another there's a lot of nationalities: Lebanese, Syrians, Sri Lankan, Hindus, Palestinians, Armenians and a bit of every other country. In addition to that we recently had new visitors, some 15000 foreign troops from worldwide were deployed in the south and whose mission is, as they say, to protect us from Israel.

To some of you all that may seem normal but it is in fact weird because that has been going on and on for centuries and for some reason it hasn't changed a bit. England is known to be the only country in the world that does not have an independence day and that is because it has never been occupied nor freed. Well, Lebanon has an independency record also. Lebanon is the only country in the world that hasn't had a real independence yet. You may ask what does the 22nd of November 1943 represents; well it is an illusion that didn't last! Lebanon was occupied for nearly 700 years by ottomans who, due to their genocide in Armenia, obliged the Armenians to take of our land a refugee; and then came the French by what they used to call colonization, the Palestinians invited themselves over and built camps after the Israeli troops kicked them out of their country, the Israeli paid a visit to Beirut in the early 80s then retreated and occupied the south till year 2000, at last but not least the Syrians occupied us and were kicked out in 2004.It wasn't over because the Israelis tried to reenter in June 2006 but were kept out and now they are just occupying some chebaa farms in the south. As you see the Lebanese people has never known the true meaning of independence and therefore he hasn't been able since 2004 to manage itself properly so he is still depending on foreign countries to help him do it. It is a bit ironic no? Anyway this was in brief the historical occupation background for the last ten decades in Lebanon and that will help us understand a lot on the current situation.
You may ask yourself why this 10452 square Kilometers of land attracted so many foreigners, well it's all about its geographical situation and religious mixture!
First of all, Irael seeks Lebanese water to compensate its needs and that's ONE of the reasons why it is still occupying the chebaa farms, second of all israel considers Lebanon as the country whith the most economic resources that can compete with it in the middle-east(Education, agriculture...)Israel is forced to keep Lebanon weak it can't afford a strong country next to it! In addition to that, Israel is trying to get rid of the Palestinians but needs a piece of land to install them and that's what israel was seeking from the moment she steped in Lebanon and that's why she occupied it's south! The only thing keeping them from doing it is Hezbollah which is considered by the united states as a terrorist militia and that is totally wrong!
Arab countries are using Lebanon as a front to deffend themselves from Israel and I am especially talking about the leaders and governments not the people!
There's still a lot to say about the subject, there's a lot to say but dunno where to begin, believe me 99% of what you see and listen to on the medias is manipulation of the truth.

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