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1- @NationDuLiban wrote that on this day some 100 years ago the honorable #PatriarchEliasPeterHoyek was busy at work consolidating international support for the establishment of Greater Lebanon. #Hoyek's efforts throughout the 1914-1918 Great War, which devastated Lebanon,
2- and the international support networks that he activated in the run up to the #ParisPeaceConference1919, during the conference itself, and in its aftermath, culminated in the establishment of #GreaterLebanon on September 1, 1920.
3- @NationDuLiban draws a valid parallel here between #Hoyek’s work and the ongoing efforts that #PatriarchRaï is engaging to insure international support for Lebanon’s neutrality. Although the parallels are tempting, and indeed I argue valid, it may be too early to tell whether
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