How Palestinians Destroyed Lebanon: From Prosperous Christian Majority to Nearly Failed State - Politics, Policy, Political Views

How Palestinians Destroyed Lebanon: From Prosperous Christian Majority to Nearly Failed State

Before the influx of Palestinians and the rise of Hezbollah, Lebanon was the wealthiest, most educated, and only Christian-majority country in the Middle East.

How Palestinians Destroyed Lebanon: From Prosperous Christian Majority to Nearly Failed State - Politics, Policy, Political Views

Photo courtesy of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Before the influx of Palestinians and the rise of Hezbollah, Lebanon was the wealthiest, most educated, and only Christian-majority country in the Middle East. Today, it stands on the edge of becoming a failed state. It is a bit of a cliché, but through the 1960s, Lebanon was known as the “Switzerland of the Middle East” and Beirut was celebrated as the “Paris of the Middle East.” It…