Summer & War with Sarah Borgi (Ep.406)

The Beirut Banyan

Reflecting on the July 2006 War and UNSCR 1701 eighteen years later, during a time of escalation and regional war's expansion. Looking back on humanitarian assistance in times of emergency and crisis, the Lebanese government's negotiating role in helping shape UNSCR 1701, a return to border conflict and battlefield over armistice and deterrence and the lack of state agency bringing us closer to Hezbollah's interests. With Sarah Borgi - economist and independent consultant. The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations. Please help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyan Subscribe to our YouTube channel and your preferred audio platform. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @thebeirutbanyan And check out our website: www.beirutbanyan.com Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:11 First day 6:22 Anthony Bourdain 10:14 Samidoun 15:04 Guilt 19:39 Lebanon’s role 22:27 Opposition government 25:30 Free from Syrian hegemony 29:05 Leftist wing of March 14 34:47 Israeli attack on Hezbollah 38:03 Main points of UNSCR 1701 48:22 Warzone 51:02 Closer to the problem 54:47 Stature 57:12 Restraint 1:00:25 Legitimizing the battlefield 1:04:04 Drawn out 1:07:07 Deterrence 1:09:19 Armistice