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ELITE STAND UP AGAINST BULLYING & VIOLENCE #No_Bullying

#No_Violence

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As the Lebanese people took to the streets, one began to Furthermore, the other more important question that s t
think that maybe it was the end of the sectarian led to all of this still remains unanswered; who is a g
separation quite famous in the country. However, not responsible for the port blast? Now, one must be n i y
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long after, we were proven wrong. On the 14th of wondering why the Lebanese would want to stop such l u
October, protests called for by the Shiite parties an important investigation. Many reasons, first of all, b d n
Hezbollah and Amal erupted contesting the probe of the it has been over a year and the court hasn't made any a
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blast’s investigation. The protestors were heading to a progress so far. Second of all, many ministers and c n
demonstration in front of the court of justice to demand individuals in positions of power refused to comply e l o
the removal of Tarek Bikar the judge leading the with court orders and didn’t even show up for the i v
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investigation. investigation. Third of all, Hezbollah and its allies are s n
Up to this point, it all seems normal, just another accusing Bikar of primarily targeting Shiite leaders i a g
protest in Lebanon. What doesn’t make it normal is the and their allies. Therefore, doubting the transparency a y
fact that this demonstration happened in a and credibility of the investigations. On the other side, a d
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neighborhood that used to be one of the frontlines of the some people think Hezbollah wants to stop the a n
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civil war between Maronite Christian and Shiite militia, investigation to reinforce their impunity and escape o i t
as matter of fact until this day this neighborhood is any type of accountability or punishment. And for the a n
divided between both of them. And to make matters second time, as much as I wanted to be the messenger r e t
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worse, sometime during the demonstration, shooting of good news, unfortunately, we have no idea where n I e
started between the Shiites and the Christian Lebanese the truth is. h t
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violence that has happened since the end of the civil war b e
a decade ago. Shiite are accusing the LF of firing first l e C
while the LF is claiming that the sniper who started it *
was from the Shiite part. The truth? Well, unless you
were in the middle of the shooting you wouldn’t know;
actually, even if you were there then you’d either be a
Christian accusing Shiites or a Shiite accusing the LF.
Which leaves our question unanswered for the moment.

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