Why Did Israel Invade Lebanon? | Casual Historian

It’s disgusting how Arafat pretended to be a friend to my people in Lebanon when in fact his terrorists killed more Lebanese civilians than Israel ever will.

I was in Beirut in the spring of 1979 on a recruiting mission. Having completed this early and finding a lull in the ‘carnage’ I checked with the Police if it was safe for me to take a trip up into the mountains and was told ok but to be sure to cross back over the ‘Green Line’ area before 6pm when indiscriminate sniping began. So the next day I set off with one of my recruits as driver ‘touring’. A pleasant sunny day in a beautiful country. For lunch a stopped in a village at a typical local restaurant, it was empty apart from me and I shared a bottle of Leb red wine with the Owner while his wife prepared the full range of Leb dips and snacks. He refused to take payment, saying that when news that a British had eat there he would be crowded out for days with curious locals. I noticed they had a young daughter so bought her a doll as a present and a bunch of flowers for his wife. The only drawback on the trip was being stopped by a Syrian Army Patrol and held at gunpoint by some junior officer believing he had caught a spy. After some 20 minutes stretching my arms skywards his superior commander arrived to question me. With tears of laughter he apologised that I had not been believed that I was a tourist shaking his head saying ‘I’ve heard of mad dogs and Englishmen, now I can believe it’ arranging for military escort back to my Hotel (the Bristol, for those who know Beirut). Several years later I made another audacious trip to Beirut, clandestine, over the Chouf Mountains on a day trip from Damascus - another story ………….

Thanks for including some of our readings of the texts in the video!

PLO didn't ask for their peoples safety but for their Mercedes Benz. What a great summary of the palestinian conflict.

Everyone I speak to who has lived through the 78 war the 82 war the south Lebanon conflict or the 2006 war is traumatized and can never forget the things they saw. God bless them

The root of the conflict is hate. We can't go anywhere forward by holding a grudge. Hate will hold you back, or crushing you down.

Very underrated channel !! the amount of research , footage gathering and editing is insane ! As a Lebanese viewer i'm impressed with how u managed to get all of your information correctly and stayed objective in your description of events! A rare gem on the internet . Keep up the great work your channel will make it ! :)

What a great video. The part I liked the most is the multitude of views of the different factions on the conflict.

I've fallen in love with your channel because I feel like most history channels neglect topics like this. Your previous videos on the lebanese civil war have been really interesting and I can't wait to watch this one!

this is a monumental effort to make. thank you for doing it!

Hey there! As a Syrian who grew up under the Al Assad dictatorship, I was taught very little about this topic, or just straight up lies. thank you for making this video, been very informative.

Watching this in the context of October 2023 is very interesting... the more things change the more they stay the same?

Thanks for showing and giving a free, non biased representation, with high quality

Can’t wait for the next part

Very good narration from Gavi!

Good Video Support from lebanon 🇱🇧 👏 ❤

What a mess... Thank you for tackeling it.

amazing video !

More videos on lebanon!! Thank you very much 🙏🙏

I know you put the names of the people that do voice overs for you when you use quotes of historical figures, bur can you put their channel links in the description.