More protests

There has been many protests in Lebanon recently, thought to be about the economy. Western financial interests are supposedly contributing to growing inequality and perhaps a new political elite. Problems in Lebanon may stem from war. The Israeli war with Lebanon, 1982 began when supposedly a member of fatah’s organisation attempted to assasinate the Israeli ambassador to the u.k. The Israeli offensive was reported to backed by the u.s.
According to accounts there was an influx of Palestinian refugees around the time of the founding of the Israeli state in 1948 and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation are said by some to have become involved in the as called Lebanese civil war along with other pro-eastern parties.
Some results of the war were disarmament of the Lebanese military and the deployment of u.n. troops along the border with Syria which was a threat to Syria. Structural damage and problems with international lenders are thought to be the cause of the crisis in Lebanon. The war is thought to have been a cause of undiplomatic relations between Israel and Iran.