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Secondly, one big unsawed question in the last paragraph is why are Lebanese people a diaspora? What made them leave? The big answer is the post effects of Lebanese civil war which for reference it is about gaining power amongst different religious groups in Lebanon. Many religious groups were completely divided and as a result many people died and many areas were destroyed, in 1990 the war ended with the Taif accord being signed. As said by Khoury the Taif Accord is: “The Accord ushered in Lebanon’s Second Republic, where power is equally divided between the Christian and Muslin communities”. Naturally in text this accord seems promising by having peace, however “In fact, the…settlement that would appease the elites (elite “reconciliation”) rather than resolving the underlying issues of the conflict (national reconciliation)” (Ghosn and Khoury 8). Not only that but the Taif Accord created the amnesty law which allowed anyone that actively took part in the civil war to have immunity from conviction. This quote from Haugbolle really shows us how corrupt this law is “However, amnesties that grant impunity for gross human rights violations without investigation are incompatible with international law.” Now with a corrupt accord in place many terrible militia leaders were able to put themselves in “key positions in government” (Ghosn and Khoury 11). As a result of the law the civil war is meant to be forgotten and people don’t say their opinions on it because you never know who’s listening. There’s a whole generation from the post war who are filled with fear of uncertainty. As a result, to be at peace and safe they move away. They settle in other countries and try to forget what happened back in Lebanon. Until my generation rises up and fights from Lebanon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Civil_War
Ghosn, Faten, and Amal Khoury. “Lebanon after the Civil War: Peace or the Illusion of Peace?” Middle East Journal, vol. 65, no. 3, Summer 2011, pp. 381–397. EBSCOhost, doi:10.3751/65.3.12.
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