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Egyptian analyst slams Lebanese leaders, warns of country’s political, social destruction

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  • Egyptian analyst Magdi Khalil criticized Lebanese leaders for the country's ongoing crisis.
  • He attributed the destruction to decades of mismanagement, foreign interference, and alliances with Hezbollah.
  • Khalil argued that Lebanon's secular, Christian identity threatened Arab-Muslim countries, leading them to target it.

Egyptian political analyst Magdi Khalil sharply criticized Lebanon's political collapse, attributing the country's crisis to its leaders and foreign interference. Khalil, founder of the Middle East Freedom Forum, argued on his program Friday that decades of mismanagement, alliances with Hezbollah, and influence from regional powers like Syria, Iran, and Turkey have eroded Lebanon's sovereignty and weakened its Christian communities.

From Nasser to Hassan Nasrallah, how was Lebanon destroyed?

— Magdi KhalilKhalil presented the central question at the beginning of his remarks.

Khalil posed the question of how Lebanon was destroyed, summarizing the reasons as "Palestine, Islam, and Westernization." He asserted that Arab-Muslim countries viewed Lebanon, like Israel, as a target. "The very existence of Lebanon as a secular identity, a bridge to the West, and its Christian character, bothered the entire Arab region," he stated.

Since the establishment of the state of Lebanon, the reasons for the current destruction of Lebanon that we see can be summed up in three words: Palestine, Islam, and Westernization.

— Magdi KhalilKhalil explained the core reasons for Lebanon's crisis.

He claimed that Arab-Muslim nations, rulers, and Islamic movements united in their opposition to Lebanon, driven by an ideology that clashed with the Christian vision of prosperity. "The Arab-Muslim countries saw Lebanon from the beginning, similar to Israel, as a target. And they failed with Israel, but they succeeded in destroying Lebanon," Khalil said.

The Christians in Lebanon have a vision of prosperity, and all these currents stand against them with an ideology of terror.

— Magdi KhalilKhalil described the ideological clash within Lebanon.

The analyst traced the practical destruction to the Cairo Agreement, which he believes made Lebanon subordinate to the "Arab-Islamic issue toward Israel." He stated that Yasser Arafat and his group controlled Lebanon from 1971 to 1982 until Israel expelled them, which he claimed saved Christians from them.

There is one single country in the Middle East where Islam is not the state religion... The very existence of Lebanon as a secular identity, a bridge to the West, and its Christian character, bothered the entire Arab region.

— Magdi KhalilKhalil explained why Lebanon's identity was a threat to surrounding nations.
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