Ronnie Chatah’s father also opposed Hezbollah until a car bomb killed him. A conversation about the terrorist militia that has brought Lebanon to the brink of ruin.
A few minutes before Ronnie Chatah answers the phone, he can still hear the Israeli fighter jets. They fly low over Beirut. A sonic boom rumbles through the Lebanese capital. A threatening greeting from our southern neighbor. “I was close to canceling our interview,” Chatah admits. Not out of fear, no. It was simply too loud to speak. Only someone who has lived in war since childhood can argue so pragmatically. But what happened in the Middle East this week is unprecedented even in Lebanon’s long history of crises.
Source: Stern
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