Mohamed Chebaro

While the world’s attention is focused on the precarious truce in the war in the Middle East and the negotiations that it is hoped will yield a settlement, peace and the end of its many human and economic ramifications, one important event largely escaped attention.

Lebanon this week remembered the outbreak of its civil war 51 years ago.

Have you ever lost hours of time gazing absent-mindedly into your screen, starting with a meaningless link sent by a trusted friend as a joke, only to fall into an endless pit of aimless browsing, one platform after another?

As the world grapples with the ramifications of the US-Israeli war against Iran and all the uncertainties that are accompanying it, some small but telling developments have passed almost unnoticed.

It is not easy being UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer these days. For that matter, it is not easy being any leader whose country is traditionally allied with the US.

It never ceases to amaze me how the Lebanese never seem to have enough of discord and wars. Their common memory of the last 50 years ought to usher them all away from more wars and bloodshed that benefit no one and only waste Lebanese lives and properties and the people’s independence.