Yes the great famine of Lebanon lasted from 1915-18 and caused the death of 200,000 Lebanese.
The cause was because the allied forces were enforcing a blockade in the hopes that this would lead to the Lebanese people revolting against the Ottomans.
And the Ottomans fearing that the Maronite Christian’s would join the Allies, would blockade the land, and prioritize grain delivery to its army. With a locust attack in 1915. Causing the deaths.
Which actually shows the insane stupidity of putting a blockade of food on people hoping they will “revolt” against their government, which never happened,
Lesser known massacres during this time was against the Druz and Shia Muslims in Lebanon.
>“The Ottoman Empire should be cleaned up of the Armenians and the Lebanese. We have destroyed the former by the sword, we shall destroy the latter through starvation.” – a quote from Ismail Pasha
BobTheDestroyer5 on
Who thinks that?
Inside_Resolution526 on
There’s an undeniably strong closeness between Armenians and Lebanese (Christian) people.
approx500 on
There are some similarities between events in the Ottoman Empire and Soviet Russia.
Deportations, artificial famine, ethnic cleansing.
No wonder the Bolsheviks supported the Turks.
Bugsby49 on
There’s been this really asinine take that’s becoming more prevalent lately that all religions lived in harmony under ottoman rule. More than likely it has to do with the current situation in Gaza, and this belief that everything was all sunshine and rainbows just because there existed a Palestinian territory, and the Zionists came to destroy the peace. Everyone seems to gloss over all of the atrocities that were prevalent throughout the history of the ottoman empire, not just toward Christians but also other Muslims.
T-nash on
I didn’t know Gibran Khalil said this, he’s kind of huge in the Arab world. I think he has a statue here at one of the parks?
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Yes the great famine of Lebanon lasted from 1915-18 and caused the death of 200,000 Lebanese.
The cause was because the allied forces were enforcing a blockade in the hopes that this would lead to the Lebanese people revolting against the Ottomans.
And the Ottomans fearing that the Maronite Christian’s would join the Allies, would blockade the land, and prioritize grain delivery to its army. With a locust attack in 1915. Causing the deaths.
Which actually shows the insane stupidity of putting a blockade of food on people hoping they will “revolt” against their government, which never happened,
Lesser known massacres during this time was against the Druz and Shia Muslims in Lebanon.
>“The Ottoman Empire should be cleaned up of the Armenians and the Lebanese. We have destroyed the former by the sword, we shall destroy the latter through starvation.” – a quote from Ismail Pasha
Who thinks that?
There’s an undeniably strong closeness between Armenians and Lebanese (Christian) people.
There are some similarities between events in the Ottoman Empire and Soviet Russia.
Deportations, artificial famine, ethnic cleansing.
No wonder the Bolsheviks supported the Turks.
There’s been this really asinine take that’s becoming more prevalent lately that all religions lived in harmony under ottoman rule. More than likely it has to do with the current situation in Gaza, and this belief that everything was all sunshine and rainbows just because there existed a Palestinian territory, and the Zionists came to destroy the peace. Everyone seems to gloss over all of the atrocities that were prevalent throughout the history of the ottoman empire, not just toward Christians but also other Muslims.
I didn’t know Gibran Khalil said this, he’s kind of huge in the Arab world. I think he has a statue here at one of the parks?