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Only ten days ago, international news agencies were talking about the breezes of peace and unity that the Lebanese began to breathe after they had almost forgotten them during fourteen years of civil war and fragmentation.
Only ten days ago, the crossing points between the two parts of the capital, Beirut, began to be opened, while at that time it was a harbinger of peace coming to the land that witnessed more wars and destruction than any other Arab country witnessed.
Just ten days ago, the well-known Lebanese journalist Ghassan Tueni was writing in An-Nahar newspaper, saying: "At a time when regional conflicts, from Afghanistan to Namibia, are making their way to settlement, it is as if no one could prevent spring from coming to Lebanon!"
However, we discovered - with much bitterness and sorrow - that all this optimism was misplaced, as there are those who do not want security, stability and peace for Lebanon.
It turned out that it was just a "truce between two wars"... a mere "pause to take a breath," after which the warriors returned to raising their weapons and aiming them at the chests of others, randomly and indiscriminately... as evidenced by yesterday's battles, in which about 200 people were killed and wounded, most of them from Civilians who have no interest in the complex Lebanese conflicts.
This serious deterioration in the Lebanese situation necessitates the need to revitalize the work of the six-party Arab committee charged with resolving the Lebanese crisis, and to exercise its duties quickly.
This dangerous deterioration requires all of us to overcome narrow positions, and for the Arab world to rise to the level of national responsibility, before we all lose this afflicted Arab country.
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