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Protesters burn garbage containers to block a road in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 8, 2021
PROTESTERS blocked roads in Lebanon today in protest against government inaction on deepening poverty.
After day-long roadblocks on Monday, including in and out of the capital Beirut, demonstrators cut off roads in the northern city of Tripoli and the eastern Bekaa Valley region.
President Michel Aoun accused the demonstrators of sabotage, but also called on authorities to prevent the manipulation of food prices.
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
SWEE ANG, the founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians, is a big believer in the power of small actions, and she is the living proof it works, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
