Lebanon: Do Not Let the Palestinians Destroy Our Country by Khaled Abu Toameh  •  December 29, 2021 at 5:00 am       A growing number of people in Lebanon fear that... Hamas could drag Lebanon into another war with Israel -- as Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist militia, backed by Iran, has done for the past three decades. The fears of the Lebanese are well-grounded in reality. Since 2007, Hamas has fired thousands of rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip, triggering military confrontations that have wreaked havoc on the lives of Palestinians living there. The Lebanese are making it clear that they do not want Hamas -- or any other Palestinian group -- to drag them into another war with Israel. They are saying that they are done with decades-long Palestinian efforts to transform Lebanon into a war zone. With all this clarity on the part of the Lebanese, it remains to be seen whether international bodies will themselves speak out to prevent another catastrophe in Lebanon carried out by a Palestinian terrorist group. A growing number of people in Lebanon are concerned that Hamas could drag Lebanon into another war with Israel. The fears of the Lebanese are well-grounded in reality. On December 10, a Hamas warehouse filled with munitions exploded in the Burj Shemali Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Pictured: The shattered windows and blackened walls of a mosque damaged by the explosion in the Burj Shemali camp. (Photo by Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images) It appears that the Palestinians are determined to continue their fight against Israel until the last Arab. For decades, the Palestinians have used Israel's neighboring countries, especially Jordan and Lebanon, as launching pads for various types of attacks against Israel. In the 1960s, '70s and '80s several Palestinian groups, including Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), set up military training bases in Jordan and Lebanon to launch attacks on Israel. The Jordanians and Lebanese ended up paying a heavy price for hosting these groups and allowing them to use their territory to plan and carry out attacks against Israel. In 1970, the Jordanians, after severe clashes, expelled the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from the kingdom. The violent confrontations, referred to as Black September, came after the PLO set up military bases and actually created a state within state in the kingdom. Continue Reading Article