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Beirut, Lebanon – 4 November 2024
1. Various of beach and promenade
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fadel Jaber, fashion designer:
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"I think that since the war escalated in a big way in Lebanon, I would prefer the one who wants to stop the war. The one who would lean towards diplomatic ways, not towards war."
3. Two people fishing
4. People walking on promenade
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Emad Shehadi, Lebanese-American plastic surgeon:
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"But I would hope that there would be a strong candidate that wins that would have strong leadership. And would be able to stand up on the international stage, whether he is liked or not by the international community, that is not the issue. The issue is that you need some leadership, which in the present administration does not exist."
6. Various of Emad Shehadi, Lebanese-American plastic surgeon
7. Wide of building of the American University of Beirut
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Malek Chaker, American University of Beirut employee:
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"To be honest, it doesn’t matter who becomes president. In the end in the U.S. there is a system that governs. And as a country (Lebanon) we have no impact on the big international issues. We are a testing field in the end. No one knows."
9. Various of posters of Lebanese students who were killed by Israeli airstrikes on wall of the American University of Beirut
STORYLINE:
A day ahead of the U.S. election, people in Lebanon were seeing the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris as an opportunity to put an end to the war in the Middle East.
"Maybe the war will calm a bit once a president is elected,” said local resident Mohammed Zaaiter.
The 13-month war between Israel and Hezbollah has killed more than 3,000 people in Lebanon, the country’s Health Ministry said on Monday, more than double the number of people killed since their last major war two decades ago.
"I think that since the war escalated in a big way in Lebanon, I would prefer the one who wants to stop the war. The one who would lean towards diplomatic ways, not towards war,” said Fadel Jaber, who works as fashion designer.
Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel the day after Hamas’ surprise attack into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 ignited the war in Gaza. Hezbollah and Hamas are both allied with Iran.
For nearly a year, the conflict was mostly contained to the areas along the border between Israel and Lebanon.
The conflict dramatically escalated on Sept. 23 with intense Israeli airstrikes on south and east Lebanon as well as Beirut’s southern suburbs, leaving hundreds dead and leading to the displacement of nearly 1.2 million people.
Israel began a ground invasion of south Lebanon on Oct. 1, causing wide destruction in border villages but making little advances on the ground inside Lebanon.
Israel says it is destroying Hezbollah weapons and command centers near the border, including an extensive tunnel system built by Hezbollah.
Emad Shehadi, a Lebanese-American plastic surgeon living in Beirut, said this year he and his wife have not received their absentee ballots to be able to cast their votes from abroad
And some point out that Trump has suggested that he would give Israel even more leeway to attack its rivals in the region.
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