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Mar Elias (Arabic: مار الياس) is a Palestinian refugee camp in the southwestern part of Beirut, Lebanon.
Largely autonomous, it was originally a Christian Palestinian refugee camp founded in 1952 by the Congregation of St. Elias (Prophet Elijah) to host Palestinian refugees who arrived from the Galilee region after the start of the Nakba in 1948. Many Syrian refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war have also settled in the camp.[1] UNRWA claims that Christians have since become a minority in Mar Elias,[1] while other sources claim they are still the majority.[2][3]
During the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), the Palestinian National Salvation Front (PNSF), a Syrian proxy which opposed the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), had its headquarters in Mar Elias camp.[4]
During the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, a local representative from Mar Elias said he believes that the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon could be Israel's secondary targets, besides Hezbollah.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Mar Elias Camp". UNRWA. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ admin (2022-04-01). "In Beirut's Mar Elias Camp, Palestinian Cause is Not Losing Relevance". Palestine Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ "Lebanon's Christian Palestinian refugee camp balances complex identities". The Times of Israel. 23 December 2022.
- ^ Middle East International No 292, 23 January 1987; Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; ‘a correspondent’ pp.12-13; No 289, 5 December 1986; Jim Muir pp.10-11
- ^ Nashed, Mat. "Palestinians in Lebanon, refugees living in fear of Israeli air strikes". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
Further reading
- Dalrymple, William (1997): From the Holy Mountain, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-255509-3 p. 266-75, 287, 362 (Dalrymple interviewed Sarah Daou from Kafr Bir'im)
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