那麼看一下半島電視台怎麼報導黎巴嫩最近發展
半島電視台下的標題是「Lebanon sees rare unity」黎巴嫩少見的團結
內文指出南部什業派難民逃到貝魯特 不論是基督徒或是遜尼派穆斯林
都願意伸出雙手協助他們... 與西方觀點似乎有點不同
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/41E88B5A-0168-4324-A488-734ECE5CEC16.htm
Lebanon sees rare unity
By Christian Henderson in Beirut
Tuesday 01 August 2006, 0:46 Makka Time, 21:46 GMT
Thousands of Lebanese have reached across the sectarian and religious divide
to help hundreds of thousands of mostly Shia refugees fleeing Israel's
bombardment in the south of the country.
In one east Beirut district, refugees found sanctuary in a place that they
would least expect to find it - a school in an area dominated by the
Christian Lebanese Forces where posters of civil-war era Christian leaders
Bashir Gemayel and Samir Geagea adorn the streets.
The refugees are mostly Shia and many of them are supporters of Hezbollah, an
Islamic political party that some Christians blame for starting the current
war with Israel.
For the most part, locals from the area have accepted the presence of the
newcomers and some have even embraced them.
"We feel their reaction has been very positive. They have brought things for
us like milk for the children. I feel like I am home," said Ali Hassan who
fled the Haret Hreik area in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Unity
In the wake of the chaos following Israel's targeting of civilian
infrastructure some Lebanese say they have been forced to forget civil-war
era suspicions and tensions in order to help each other.
"We have been expecting something different because of the political
differences in Lebanon. But here I found that we are all Lebanese and I found
a spirit of humanity. If you leave the politicians out of this then we are
all unified," said Mohammad Kafani, a refugee at the school.
Amid growing shortages of food, petrol and other essentials, many Lebanese
take pride in helping each other.
Issam Bishara, the head of the Pontifical Mission of the Catholic Near East
Relief Mission in Beirut, thinks the sense of unity among the Lebanese will
help in overcoming prospective political in-fighting once the guns fall
silent.
"This war will end, the Lebanese will have to manage their internal affairs
and I think this welcome towards the refugees by the Christian community is a
significant step toward this."
"You know there's nothing like home. These people are displaced but when they
see a smiling face and people care and provide them with food and water that
really helps," he told Aljazeera.net.
Social juxtaposition
In west Beirut, an umbrella organisation called Samidoun (The Resilient) has
been set up to help refugees.
Fatima Hachem an activist working with the group said she was also surprised
by the reaction of Beirut residents to the arrival of the refugees.
"Everyone was expecting to have some problems between Sunni and Shia. But a
lot of Sunni people have been cooking food and taking it to refugees. We
didn't expect this to happen," she told Aljazeera.net.
The relief effort has created some other strange social juxtaposition.
In west Beirut an office for the gay NGO Helem has been turned into the
coordinating centre for Samidoun.
Underneath the rainbow flag the activists work around the clock to make sure
the refugees in their care are provided for.
"I don't think the refugees really care about the fact that we are a gay
rights NGO. They only care if the NGOs helping them are American," Helem
activist Ghassan Makarem said.
Palestinian aid
Earlier this week the Rashidyeh Palestinian refugees camp near Tyre took in
around 82 families who had fled their villages near the border with Israel,
although that number dropped after the Israelis bombed the camp.
"They are helping the Lebanese of course. They told me that there was enough
food for all people. We are helping them with everything they needed. The
food was enough for all people," Ghada Ajawi, a Palestinian refugee from
Rashidyeh told Aljazeera.net.
But the irony that Lebanese were seeking refuge in a refugee camp was not
lost on Ajawi.
"You feel with them more than anybody because we understand what they have
been through," she said.
Long-term effects
Despite the gestures of solidarity, many activists are concerned by the
prospective long-term fallout if the fighting continues and the displaced are
unable to return to their homes.
"I think the longer this continues the harder it will become. The government
is not helping and the NGOs are running out of resources," Samidoun activist
Hachem said.
But many refugees are determined to do whatever it takes to return to their
homes.
"If this goes on and we can't return to our homes then we will fight. We will
not be made into refugees. We are all Lebanese and we will fight for
Lebanon," said refugee Majida Hawila, a mother of eight from the southern
village of Bazouriya.
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