In battered Lebanon, an ancient Christian community awaits the new pope

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Many of those who had fled the civil war (and wars with Israel) were venturing back, aid and investments were pouring in.
51% : Israel still occupies five strategic locations on the Lebanese side of the border.
41% : Hezbollah for its part has not fired on Israel since the ceasefire went into effect on November 27 last year.
38% : Yes, with the ceasefire one might conclude that active war with Israel is over, but that's an illusion.
37% : Since then, the Lebanese - Christian and Muslim alike - have been through a failed revolution, an economic collapse, the Covid-19 pandemic, the catastrophic Beirut port blast and another war with Israel. Shia Muslim worshipers, the single largest sect in Lebanon gather with Hezbollah flags in the capital, Beirut, on July 6 to mark the holy day of Ashura.
35% : In Beirut, the joke is that the US-brokered ceasefire means Hezbollah must cease, and Israel can fire.
34% : That power is best embodied by Hezbollah, the armed group and now political party that fought Israel for decades, most recently following the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks on Israel, until a fragile ceasefire was brokered one year ago.

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