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LEBANON: DISARMING THE CAMPS. JONATHAN SCHANZER, FDD

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🗓️ 21 May 2025

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LEBANON: DISARMING THE CAMPS.   JONATHAN SCHANZER, FDD
1969

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0:00.0

The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be

0:06.8

wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain

0:13.0

that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching

0:18.7

their peak in the afternoon.

0:23.0

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0:25.8

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0:28.7

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0:39.8

I'm John Duttle with my colleague Jonathan Shanzer, Executive Director, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

0:45.6

Lebanon, Hezbollah, still large-scale operation.

0:47.6

But what is to be done?

0:50.9

The Lebanon government has been untrustworthy.

0:53.6

Lebanese armed forces have been untrustworthy. We have an airport where there's

0:55.5

routine reporting of smuggling. The Iranians have not given up rearming or reinvigorating

1:03.4

Hezbollah. And yet, Jonathan, you tell me there's something positive out of Lebanon. What is that?

1:08.9

There is. There's an interesting story that's emerged today.

1:12.8

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who's not exactly known for being an effective

1:17.8

leader in the West Bank. But he is on his way to Lebanon and he is going to be meeting with

1:23.6

the Lebanese government to talk about possibly disarming the refugee camps in Lebanon.

1:30.0

These are camps where hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of Palestinians have been living.

1:36.5

They have been stripped of their rights.

1:39.4

They're not able to work in a number of different positions in Lebanon.

1:44.4

They're not granted citizenship.

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