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In Lebanon: new waves of hatred with little solidarity

The needed solidarity with Mashrou’ Leila has unintentionally overshadowed the thousands of Palestinian voices demanding justice and a decent life.

In Lebanon: new waves of hatred with little solidarity
From a protest in Beirut against Lebanese Labor Minister's decision targeting Palestinian refugees. July 16, 2019. | Picture by Xinhua News Agency/PA Images. All rights reserved.
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Lebanon's new ruling regime continues to set new lows in how to mismanage, sabotage and destroy the economy, environment and social fabric of a country already on the brink of collapse.

In the past weeks, a number of seemingly disconnected events have set the agenda of the political conversation and action in the country.

The first was the hate campaign against Syrian refugees launched by the country's first son-in-law, foreign minister and head of the president's party, the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil who posted a number of racist tweets and statements leading to a hate campaign targeting Syrian workers and refugees across the country. This campaign coincided with similar voices calling for sectarian segregation of an already divided country.