Hezbollah, as well as Lebanon's other sects is well aware that it would require only 90 minutes of Lebanon's Parliament time to enact the most elementary civil rights to work and home ownership that virtually every refugee on earth is granted by international humanitarian law. Except Lebanon which is the sole UN member state out of 193 that has ignored its international obligations and also its multiple agreements with Washington when it accepts American aid. US law, including the 1960 Foreign Assistance Act and the 1976 US Arms Export Act require that Lebanon grant refugees their elementary civil rights without exception. These in addition to other US laws applicable to Lebanon's receipt of foreign assistance require that Lebanon's government implement these laws. Lebanon continues to flagrantly ignore these humanitarian requirements.
Looking toward a decidedly unpredictable intermediate period in the Levant geopolitically/strategically, Hamas could achieve something seismic for her people that would impact the future of the region and would advance their Full Return to Palestine. Much of the local Palestinian leadership has failed badly to advance civil rights for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and must stand aside for the new generation of younger, bright, energetic, open-minded Palestinian camp dwellers in Lebanon to better their lives. The only thing holding them back is being barred for purely political reasons from the most elementary civil rights to work and home ownership outside the squalid 12 camps.
If Hamas takes a leading role and applies its political acumen in negotiating with those who can arrange 90 minutes of Lebanon's Parliaments' time to enact Palestinian civil rights, it will achieve historic and much needed opportunity for Lebanon's Palestinians and usher in a shortened time table for Full Return to Palestine.
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
1
1
