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Trump Mideast Plan Hits Nerve in Lebanon, Stirs Old Fears

Reuters

   BEIRUT - U.S. President Donald Trump's vision for Mideast peace has hit
   a raw nerve in Lebanon, reviving fears of any plan that would
   permanently settle Palestinian refugees in the country and shift its
   Christian-Muslim sectarian balance.

   The first part of the White House plan for peace between Israel and the
   Palestinians focuses on encouraging $50 billion of investment in the
   Palestinian territories and three neighboring Arab states, one of them
   Lebanon.

   Lebanese of all sects are objecting to ideas that have surfaced so far,
   seeing $6 billion for Lebanon as an inducement to accept the settlement
   of Palestinians who have lived as refugees in the country since
   Israel's creation in 1948.

   Rejecting the naturalization of Palestinians has been a rare point of
   agreement among Lebanese through a troubled history including the
   1975-90 civil war in which Palestinian groups played a major role.

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