Hanin Ghaddar
Normalization between Lebanon and Israel is now possible! The most important part is that the discussion has moved from the private to the public sphere - to move things in the right direction, three issues need to be resolved: 1- The Military Court in Lebanon should no longer be allowed to try civilians. This is a travesty. 2- The General Security should no longer be allowed the right to interrogate citizens based on a complaint (usually by Hezbollah or other thugs). This institutions uses what is called (الاخضاع) to target anyone they want, holding them for hours or days under extensive interrogation and terrorization - only because a non-state actor asked. 3- The archaic laws that forbid Lebanese to communicate with Israelis should be changed (that is, eliminated) asap. There's no justification to keep them in a globalized world where Lebanese and Israelis already work and live together in many countries, including a number of Arab states.
