E holo nui ana ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i Lebanona i kēia kauwela

BEIRUT - ʻOiai he mau makahiki o ka paʻa ʻole o ka politika, nā kaua a me nā haunaele o ka home, ke holo nei ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i Lebanona i kēia kauwela no ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he makahiki nui no ka ʻāina liʻiliʻi Mediterranean.

"Ke manaʻo nei mākou he ʻelua miliona mau ʻArabia - ʻaʻole me Suria - a me nā lāhui ʻē aʻe ma ka hopena o 2009," i haʻi aku ai ka luna o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi ʻo Nada Sardouk i ka AFP. "He moʻolelo kēia ma ka mōʻaukala o Lebanona."

ʻOiai ʻo Lebanona, nona ka heluna kanaka ma kahi o ʻehā miliona, ua hoʻokipa i ka huina o 1.3 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i ke kauwela i hala - ʻo ia ka manawa maikaʻi loa mai ka hopena o ke kaua kīwila 1975-1990 - ʻo nā hōkele i kēia makahiki ua aneane piha loa.

"Ua hōʻea ka helu o ka noho hōkele ma Beirut i ka 85 pakeneka," wahi a Pierre Achkar, ke poʻo o ka hui hale hōkele o Lebanona.

ʻO nā kahakai pōhaku o ke kūkulu ʻākau a me nā kahakai one ma ka hema e hauʻoli nei me nā mea hoʻomaha kūloko a me nā ʻāina ʻē, a ʻo nā hale ʻaina ma ka puʻuwai hoʻoponopono hou ʻia o Beirut ua piha i ka hapa nui o nā pō o ka pule.

Ua lanakila ʻo Beirut i ka papa inoa o ka New York Times o nā wahi hoʻomaha maikaʻi loa ma Ianuali a ua helu ʻia ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale 10 kiʻekiʻe no 2009 e ka Lonely Planet no kona nani a me ka ikaika.

"Ua mākaukau ʻo Lebanona e kiʻi hou i kona inoa ʻo 'Paris of the Middle East'," i kākau ai ka New York Times.

Ua hoʻoluliluli ʻia ʻo Lebanona e kekahi ʻano pepehi kanaka politika ma hope o ka pepehi ʻia ʻana o ka ex-premier Rafiq Hariri i ka makahiki 2005 a ua hoʻomanawanui i kahi kaua weliweli ma 2006 ma waena o ʻIseraʻela a me Hezbollah i haʻalele ai i ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina.

I ka makahiki 2007, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka pūʻali koa i kahi kaua ikaika he 15 mau pule me kahi hui Islamist Al-Qaeda i hoʻokumu ʻia ma kahi kahua hoʻokele Palestinian a i ka makahiki i hala, ua lawe nā pūʻali koa alakaʻi ʻo Hezbollah i nā ʻāpana o ke kapikala i nā hakakā alanui i waiho ai ma mua o 100. kanaka make.

Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka makaʻu o ka hana ʻino hou aʻe ma mua o ke koho balota koʻikoʻi i Iune, akā ua hala ka balota me ka maluhia a ʻo ka poʻe Arab a me Lebanese expatriates i kēia lā ke hōʻea nui nei.

Ke lilo nei ʻo Lebanona i wahi kaulana loa no ka poʻe hoʻomaha maʻamau a me nā poʻe kaulana, me ka hoʻoilina ʻAmelika a me ke kaikamahine pāʻina ʻo Paris Hilton e hoʻokipa ana i kahi bash ma ke kapikala ʻo Beirut i ka hopena pule.

ʻO nā mele kauwela a me nā ʻahaʻaina hula, i hoʻopau ʻia i nā makahiki i hala ma muli o ke kaua a i ʻole ka haunaele politika, ua hoʻi hou i ka kalena leʻaleʻa i kēia makahiki, e huki ana i nā tausani o nā malihini.

Ke hoʻokipa nei ʻo Lebanona i ʻekolu mau ʻahaʻaina hanohano i ke kauwela, me nā moʻolelo pōhaku ʻo Deep Purple a me nā mea hou mai ʻo Keane i waena o ka poʻe i hoʻonohonoho i ke kahua.

ʻOiai ka hakakā hou ʻana ma Beirut i ka mahina i hala ma waena o nā mea kākoʻo o ke aupuni kākoʻo o ke Komohana Sunni a me kahi hoʻomoana i alakaʻi ʻia e Hezbollah i waiho ai i kahi wahine i make, ua manaʻo nā alakaʻi ʻoihana a me nā luna.

"Aia ka piʻi ʻana o 16 pakeneka ma mua o ka makahiki i hala e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana," wahi a Nizar Khoury, ka luna hoʻokele kālepa o Lebanona mokuahi Middle East Airlines (MEA).

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka nui o nā huakaʻi hele a mai Lebanona ma waena o Ianuali a me Mei ua piʻi i ka 29 pakeneka ma ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala.

"E hoʻomau mākou me he mea lā ʻaʻole i kū ka hakakā politika," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Sardouk.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Guy Bertaud, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka hōkele Vendome-Intercontinental hōkū ʻelima, ʻo ka detente i kēia manawa "e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i nā malihini a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka."

Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he wahi ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻo Lebanona no ka mea ʻaʻole ia i ka pono kūpono no ka mākaʻikaʻi lehulehu a ʻo ka palekana ka mea nui e hopohopo nei.

"ʻAʻole kēia ʻāina i kahi huakaʻi ʻEulopa. I ka maka o nā haole, he ʻāina paʻakikī loa ia a hōʻike ʻia ma ka Pūnaewele. ʻAʻole kūʻai aku nā hui huakaʻi iā ia, "wahi a Achkar.

Ke aʻo aku nei ka US Department of State i nā kamaʻāina o ʻAmelika e kūʻē i ka huakaʻi i Lebanona no ka mea "e mau ana ke kūlana a hiki ke hoʻomau ʻia ka hana ʻino sporadic."

Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Achkar, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe huakaʻi huakaʻi ma Lebanona e waiho ana ma hope o kekahi o nā ʻāina e pili ana kahi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ai ka mākaʻikaʻi, e like me ʻAigupita, ke piʻi nei ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā hōkele.

"ʻElua piliona kālā i hoʻokomoʻia ma kahi o 10 mau hōkele e kūkuluʻia ana a iʻole i nā hana ma Beirut," wahi a Achkar. "E hāʻawi kēia i 2,000 mau lumi hou aʻe a hana i 6,000 mau manawa hana."