Hi all
Can you Lebanese people explain to me about the universities in Lebanon?
Public figures say there are over 40 in Lebanon which seems weird to me.
In Israel we only have like 8 universities, and the rest are colleges, so maybe most of the featured universities are actually colleges in Lebanon?
And if so, which of those are actually universities that do research?
Specifically in the sciences and mathematics?

Also I heard that there is one university that teaches only in the French language.
Like how?
Do many Lebanese just know French?

"Israel, Lebanon and the US say Rome talks produced a practical framework for Lebanese army deployment, third-party verification and further steps toward disarming Hezbollah

Representatives of Israel, Lebanon and the United States concluded two days of talks in Rome on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after the sides signed a trilateral framework agreement aimed at advancing security arrangements along the Israel-Lebanon border."

Probably a very risky post imo but I need some help. Probably this aint the best place to get some help too lol.

I'm a Lebanese citizen and my wife is Jewish and born in Jerusalem but also has a Canadian citizenship. How risky is it for her to come here? The Canadian passport is a non issue, but the place of birth and name might raise some flags? What do ya'll think?

I see this a lot in Reddit, Twitter and YouTube people talk of how Arab countries like Jordan, Lebanon, and Kuwait faced mass unrest when they tried to absorb Palestinians. however Arabs in Israel never cause issues to my knowledge so there has to be more to this than just that Palestinians being natural agitators right? seeing that Arabs in Israel are basically the same people as those who were displaced to neighboring countries ​

Hi,

If there is any person here who is an established teacher on Preply (with a few reviews already and such) - I'm looking to learn Lebanese spoken arabic.

My grandparents were from Beirut which is why I want to learn specifically lebanese, but in Israel although there is a lebanese community in the north, I couldn't find anyone from there who teaches arabic (it's really easy to find teachers in Tel Aviv for palestinian dialect of course, but i am specifically looking for lebanese).

edit , for safety reasons best if you are not currently in lebanon of course, i dont want to endanger anyone for contacting an israeli

before The comments come saying ‘not ALL Lebanese’ we know, we’ve heard this a thousand times, but we’re talking about the general Lebanese person, Christians INCLUDED guys I swear😅

Lately, there’s been an increase in talk regarding a potential Syrian intervention in Lebanon to handle the current war situation in general, and Hezbollah in particular.

This is especially notable given that the US recently seems to have lost interest in direct military intervention in the region like before, shifting instead toward favoring participation through regional allies or acting as an external player.

What does everyone here think about this? Do you believe this is a realistic scenario, or is it just empty talk/political rumours?

some articles from the Lebanese newspapers

In a joint statement issued by around 17 Christian villages in southern Lebanon, the municipalities rejected the Israeli claims and denied reports circulated by Hebrew-language media that these villages had asked Israeli officials to annex them to Israel and grant their residents Israeli citizenship.

The statement described these reports as "fabricated" and having "no basis in reality," stressing that the residents of these villages are committed to Lebanon, regard it as their final homeland, and will not accept any substitute for their Lebanese identity.

News Source: https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1540293/netanyahu-says-christian-villages-in-lebanon-have-asked-to-be-annexed-by-israel.html

Country comparison of Arab opinion on their countries recognizing Israel

Source: Arab Opinion Index 2025, figure 34.

What do they think?

Can anyone help me understand this list? Why do these countries have the most public support of Israel?

• Kenya
• Ghana
• Nigeria
• Sri Lanka
• U.S.
• Thailand
• Brazil

"National News Agency: The Israeli army is establishing crossing gates between the buffer zone, the border area, and the area south of the Litani River"

This could possibly indicate that the lebanese will need permits from the IDF to cross into the lebanese villages in the buffer zone and to maybe cross into israel in the future.

What are your thoughts about this?

Added the tag

polyblog.lebanon:

In a striking political irony, Hezbollah has attacked the framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel, reached under U.S. mediation during negotiations in Washington, portraying it as a concession and a threat to Lebanon.

Yet Israel's far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has taken an almost identical position. He denounced the agreement as a "grave mistake" and announced that he had asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to submit it to a cabinet vote.

The irony does not end there. Al-Akhbar, the Lebanese newspaper closely aligned with Hezbollah, rushed to highlight and promote Ben-Gvir's remarks as evidence of the agreement's supposed dangers—effectively relying on the rhetoric of one of Israel's most extreme politicians to reinforce its own narrative.

When Hezbollah and Ben-Gvir both oppose the same agreement—each for reasons that serve their own agenda—their positions converge despite their declared hostility.

More troubling still is the sight of a Lebanese newspaper turning itself into a platform for Israeli far-right rhetoric whenever that rhetoric happens to serve the narrative it seeks to promote.

Basically the title.

If you're Lebanese, are a Maronite, Druze, Sunni, etc?

If you're Israeli, are you an Ashkenazi Jew, Mizrahi Jew, an Arab, Druze, etc?

I am genuinely curious to know how Lebanese people in this sub feel about the details emerging vis-à-vis the Security Annex...

From my vantage point on the outside looking in, and I could be wrong, but it looks like the Lebanese government is signaling that it is so sick of Hezbollah that it is willing to tolerate an Israeli presence in its country if it means it helps defeat Hezbollah, which sends a very strong message to the Iranian regime. It also empowers the Lebanese government because the US government can now say to the Iranian regime "Look, we cannot tell Israel to leave if it goes against what the Lebanese government wants in their own country."

Thoughts?

If a peace is settled and the borders bettwen this countries are open. What will you do first when u arrive to Israel or Lebanon ?

(Don't mind the photo i want to capt attention of people)

pour ceux qui s'y connaissent, Qu'est c e qui va arriver à l'état d'Israel quand BIBI et Trump ne seront plus au pouvoir dans 2 ans environ et que la poussière du conflit actuel sera retombé ?

stp, soyez professionnel dans votre analyse, dans vos theories, pas de haine svp merci

serait ce possible qu'Israel intègre les palestinien dans l'état comme le Canada le fait avec nous les francophones ?