0:00 Intro
1:44 Personal journey
11:19 Buildup to 1975
20:01 Disarmament of the last militia
25:40 Third component
35:54 Tarek Bitar
40:57 Local issues
50:19 Inertia
57:32 The end
1:03:24 All three
We're with Elias Hankach for Episode 302 of The Beirut Banyan.
Click to watch:
https://youtu.be/5WU2JD1C_jA
We discuss his personal journey into politics, memories of the civil war and Syrian occupation, and reemergence of Kataeb's role in post-2005 politics.
Our conversation includes three components needed to address Lebanon's lost sovereignty, local pressure points through parliament, and the fallout from communal distance & boycotting.
Elias Hankach is a resigned Kataeb member of parliament and a candidate in upcoming elections.
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Music by Marc Codsi. Animation & illustration by Sana Chaaban.
