Haviv Rettig Gur
Amen.
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.