In their political history, the Lebanese did not agree on a single national reading on various and various issues related to their country or even its external relations, according to observers who see it as a situation rooted in Lebanese political life and not the result of the hour or the immediate stage.
The vertical division in the Lebanese society, which comes from the composition of the political system and its sectarian and sectarian parties and their external extensions, almost led the country to the abyss as a result of the division over political, social and economic addresses, according to political researcher Nidal Khaled.
Khaled adds to Al Jazeera Net that Lebanon almost slipped into civil strife following the limited confrontations last Saturday in Beirut between youth groups that support partisan forces, political figures and businessmen, differing among themselves on issues and political and economic addresses, and their own accounts within their parties, currents and regional presence.
Curbing tensions
The political contacts that took place at various levels between party leaders and currents, and between clerics from different sects, have succeeded in curbing the deterioration and providing political support to the security forces to stop the "skirmishes".
These skirmishes erupted between supporters of members of the Sunni community and others supporting Hezbollah and the Amal movement, and tensions and exchanges of stone-throwing occurred between supporters of the movement and the party and other supporters of the Kataeb and Lebanese forces.
Groups loyal to Lebanese parties, political forces and personalities had participated in protest rallies last Saturday in central Beirut calling for the disarmament of Hezbollah, which raised tension and limited confrontations with groups that support the party, and others with groups of the popular movement were also gathering in the center of the capital demanding early parliamentary elections and trial Corrupt and recover stolen money.
The broadcast of video tapes and audio recordings on social media platforms that deal with Islamic holy sites, and others that touch Christian religious symbols, and three that gained political and religious Shiite symbols and figures, stirred tension in more than one area within Beirut neighborhoods. And secure the political cover of the security forces to intervene and control the security situation.
Chronic accumulations
In this context, the researcher Nidal Khaled says that what happened in Beirut last Saturday "is not the result of his hour, but rather the result of political and sectarian accumulations and mobilization that comes from a political discourse that all the powers in the country bear."
In his interview with Al-Jazeera Net, Khaled adds that what he described as "the day of strife" in the capital, Beirut, is behind him, local and external parties who have an interest in fueling the dispute between the Lebanese divided mainly even on "the most trivial things in the smallest alley in a remote Lebanese village."
The speaker put what happened in the field of exchanging messages between local powers according to the agenda of its local and regional political calculations, and using its surplus power in the street to warn of dire consequences unless it gets its goal, or if it is affected by what it possesses in terms of various goals.
The concerns of the communities
For his part, political scientist Michel Abu Najm believes that there is a fertile soil in the country to allow some investment in sectarian concerns.
He tells Al Jazeera Net that what happened last Saturday in Beirut showed concerns about the Sunni environment that rejects the government of Hassan Diab and its political structure, and clearly demonstrated the Shiite environment's concerns about international pressure and the demand to disarm Hezbollah.
Abu Najm adds that what happened does not justify the violence, noting that there are political forces on the banks of the popular movement that want to invest in this movement to improve their political positions.
He continues that the security services "dismantled" groups that wanted to cause violence in the country, and "possibly with directions from international and regional parties to stoke the Lebanese situation."
Abu Najm considered that Lebanon is heading towards more costly challenges, calling on the "conscious forces" to activate its presence to protect the country and remove it from the bullying of one sect against another.