The Cairo Agreement: Was It a Necessary Evil? (Part Two)

Nidaa Al Watan: Preparations for the 23 April 1969 demonstration. That demonstration would remain a pivotal moment in the history of modern Lebanon, and was one of the main reasons that led to the Cairo Agreement. What happened that day? With the arrival of spring that year, the voices of Christian leaders rose in rejection of what was happening, and Sheikh Pierre Gemayel’s voice was the loudest, so he issued…