EXCLUSIVE LETTER TO SUBSCRIBERS – Bloodless after two months of open war between Israel and Hezbollah, and five years of financial and political crises, the country of Cedar has a unique opportunity to try to get back on its feet. He won't achieve this without help.
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Months of frustrating peace negotiations in the Middle East have finally resulted in a ceasefire in Lebanon. Will the land of Cedar emerge from its endless night? It's still too early to tell. But a glimmer of hope is finally offered to the Lebanese. Two months of open war between the Israeli army and Hezbollah have left thousands dead and displaced nearly a million people on the roads in a country in complete chaos, ravaged by IDF bombings. The war punctuated the collapse of the Lebanese state and its economy, ruined by inflation and decades of endemic corruption linked to the confessional system inherited from the French mandate. This institutionalizes power sharing between communities, supposed to ease religious, social and political tensions. But clientelist power ended up paralyzing Lebanon. Devastated by a spiral of successive crises and by the conflict with Israel…
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