Since the outbreak of fighting between the Lebanese army and the Fatah al-Islam terrorists on Sunday, the US media have been reporting on the horrific conditions in which the 40,000 Palestinian refugees are in and detailing injuries and casualties. In the Thursday’s New York Times, the story reads:   “By late Wednesday, about 15,000 refugees had left the camp, the Red Cross said, piling into buses,... [read more]

When a body is severely injured and nothing is done to heal it, it can become infected and threaten the life of the patient. Unfortunately, this is the case for Lebanon. As we see with the attacks against Lebanon from the refugee camps, the untreated wounds of both, the Palestinians and Lebanon have led to a severe infection that threatens the already weak health of the Lebanese Republic. Following... [read more]