Opinion piece by the head of the FPM, Deputy General Michel Aoun:

Source: nowlebanon.com, 11-07-2009

It is only natural for the Lebanese people to wonder about the reasons behind this cosmic war against Aounism, knowing we never waged war on anyone, were never behind acts of terrorism, did not found Al-Qaeda, are not the ones developing nuclear weapons, never destroyed the Twin Towers in New York or the Pentagon in Washington with suicidal operations and were never involved in the Madrid train and London subway explosions. We are part of a small population whose sole crime is its belief in international law and which is exercising the right to resist to liberate its land from a violating enemy in accordance with this law.
However, by doing so, it was tagged as a terrorist population.
Lebanon never sought conflict with anyone, but was bullied and became the object of ambitions to resolve a difficult crisis. This is how it is perceived by Israel, with the support of the United States and the European Union. In 1947, the United Nations approved a plan to divide Palestine. At the end of that year, a racial cleansing war was waged by the Zionist forces, which perpetrated massacres against Arab citizens, ousted them of their land and forced them to resort to neighboring Arab countries. Many came to Lebanon. Since then, the issue of the Palestinian refugees is still on the table and constitutes the main obstacle in the face of a just solution between the Arabs and Israel.
In addition to its rejection of the refugees' right of return to their land in accordance with UN resolution 194 issued in 1948, Israel has declared itself a Jewish state and is planning to deport the remaining Arab citizens on its land. By doing so, it will worsen the tragedy of the Palestinian people and increase the social and economic burdens of Lebanon. What does this new context that Israel is trying to impose in the region mean? It is certainly not a just solution to the ongoing problems, but rather a solution for Israel at the expense of the neighboring states, through the naturalization of the Palestinian refugees in their countries of residence as well as the possible increase of the number of these refugees with the newly deported. For our part, we are adopting the rightful character of the return.
It is the right of the people to have a land and an identity and what was done to the Palestinians in terms of massacres and terrorist operations entailing their fleeing, is a crime against humanity that will remain punishable by law for eternity. In this context, what will Lebanon's share of Israeli policy be, other than being burdened with the naturalization of around one and a half million Palestinians on an overpopulated territory whose land lacks natural and economic resources... Therefore, this naturalization that cannot be handled by Lebanon will firstly be reflected in the intensive emigration of the Christians due to their political, economic and social instability.
But who undermined the stability of the Christian community and how can it be taken back from the hands of those tampering with it? That is the problem.