Lebanon’s Christians Fear Sovereignty Will Be Traded in Regional Diplomacy

July 7, 2026 World News

Jack Guez
This picture taken from a position in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel shows a base of United Nations in southern Lebanon near the Israel-Lebanon border on July 1, 2026. Israel’s defense minister said on July 1 that Israeli forces would remain in self-proclaimed “security zones” established in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza, without any timeline for withdrawal.

For many Lebanese Christians, the central question remains whether diplomacy will finally restore the Lebanese state as the sole authority over war, peace, and national security.

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