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The holiday also falls on the Vernal Equinox . May 6. Martyrs' Day. عيد الشهداء. Jour des martyrs. Syrian and Lebanese national holiday commemorating the Syrian and Lebanese nationalists executed in Damascus and Beirut on May 6, 1916 by Jamal Pasha. November 1. All Saints' Day. عيد جميع القديسين.
Resistance and Liberation Day ( Arabic :عيد المقاومة والتحرير, Yawm al-Muqawamat Waltahrir) is a Lebanese holiday celebrated on May 25. [1] On May 25, 2000, the Israeli army withdrew from territory in Southern Lebanon, marking the end of the South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000). The withdrawal came after the continued attack ...
The 2008 Lebanon conflict (or the 7 May 2008 clashes; Arabic: أحداث 7 أيار) was a brief intrastate military conflict in May 2008 in Lebanon between opposition militias (mainly Shiite Hezbollah) and pro-government Sunnis, after the 18-month-long political crisis spiralled out of control, when the government's decision to dismantle Hezbollah's telecommunication system, which led to ...
Lebanese Independence Day ( Arabic: عيد الإستقلال اللبناني, romanized : Eid Al-Istiqlal, lit. 'Festival of the Independence'; French: Indépendance du Liban) is the national day of Lebanon, celebrated on 22 November in commemoration of the end of the French Control over Lebanon in 1943, after 23 years of Mandate rule.
MELANIE LIDMAN and BASSEM MROUE. August 5, 2024 at 1:11 PM. TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In Beirut, shops are open and traffic is as snarled as ever. In Tel Aviv, cafes hum with patrons and umbrellas ...
Lebanon was the only Arab country whose Jewish population increased after the declaration of the State of Israel in 1948, reaching around 10,000 people. [19] However, after the Lebanon Crisis of 1958, many Lebanese Jews left the country, especially for Israel, France, United States, Canada and Latin America (mostly to Brazil).
First Intifada (1987–1993) – First large-scale Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Second Intifada (2000–2005) – Second Palestinian uprising, a period of intensified violence, which began in late September 2000. 2006 Lebanon War (summer 2006) – Began as a military operation in response to the ...
The State of Israel has adopted most traditional religious Jewish holidays as part of its national calendar, while also having established new modern holiday observances since its founding in 1948. Additionally, Christians , [ 1 ] Muslims , [ 2 ] and Druze [ 3 ] have the right to Holiday leave on the holidays of their own religions.