[lit-ideas] Lebanon's lost villages
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 16:11:54 -0700 (PDT)
Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah and his
followers occasionally mention the fact that in 1948
the "Zionist entity" annexed several Lebanese
villages, expelled their residents, stole their
property and destroyed their homes. He is referring to
seven villages that were part of Mandatory Palestine,
and whose inhabitants were Shiite Muslims. At the time
they were called Metawalis, a name almost certainly
derived from the word wali, which in Arabic means "to
be loyal and holy"; the loyalty is to Caliph Ali and
his descendants, who are central to Shiite Islam.
Although Nasrallah's principal demands are Israeli
withdrawal from the Shaba Farms and the release of
Lebanese prisoners, it is clear that when
circumstances allow, he will demand the return of
these villages to Lebanon and the return of the
refugees to their lands.
Between 1916 and 1923, struggles, mainly diplomatic,
took place over setting the northern border of
Mandatory Eretz Israel, which is the present border
line. The main players in the dispute were France,
which had received the mandate over Syria and Lebanon,
and Britain, which had received the mandate over
Palestine-Eretz Israel. Other political groups also
were involved, such as the Zionist Histadrut and
representatives of the Arab National Movement, which
was then just starting out.
When the border was finally drawn, there were several
Shiite villages on the Eretz Israel side.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/746274.html
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