Le Liban face à Israël: déchirures passées, présent tragique, avenir incertain

Controversy - Lebanon and Israel: Past Divisions, Tragic Present, Uncertain Future April 15, 2026 Interview with: Karim-Emile Bitar, Professor of International Relations and former Director of the Institute of Political Science at Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ, Lebanon). He is a Research Associate at the Institute for International and Strategic Relations (IRIS), an Associate Fellow at the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP), and a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute (MEI) in Washington, D.C. He is Vice-President of the Circle of Arab Economists, co-founder and President of Kulluna Irada, a civic organization for political reform in Lebanon. He co-edited "Lebanon: Polycrisis and Existential Threats" (L’Harmattan, 2023). Jean-Paul Chagnollaud, Professor Emeritus, Honorary President of iReMMO, and Director of the journal Confluences Méditerranée. Author of numerous books and articles on international relations, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, including "The Missed Opportunity of Peoples: From the Failure of Popular Revolutions to Populist Drift" (Autrement, 2022). He has just published "Forget or Punish? International Criminal Justice and Politics" (Le Cavalier Bleu, 2026). Dima de Clerck, historian, lecturer at the American University of Beirut and Saint Joseph University, and associate researcher at the French Institute for the Near East (Ifpo), co-author with Stéphane Malsagne of "Lebanon at War from 1975 to the Present Day" (Folio histoire, 2025). She edited the Confluences Méditerranée issue "Lebanon: Beyond the War" (L’Harmattan, 2025). https://iremmo.org 00:00:00: Introduction 00:03:19: The Stages of the War Since October 8 00:22:11: Reflection and Historical Parallels 00:44:56: International Law 01:10:15: Questions iReMMO thanks you for your continued support and reminds you that all videos are freely accessible. To help us continue providing you with free content, you can support the channel: https://www.helloasso.com/association... Follow our events on social media: Facebook:   / institutiremmo   Twitter:   / iiremmo   Instagram:   / institutiremmo   LinkedIn:   / iremmo   Spotify: iReMMO Support our channel: Lilo: https://www.lilo.org/fr/iremmo/ HelloAsso: https://www.helloasso.com/association...