Lebanese Church Damage & Viral Soldier Photo Prompt Calls For Pope’s Intervention

Since invading Lebanon in early March, Israeli officials have tried to frame the war as primarily targeting Lebanon’s Shi’ite population – as a result of attacks by Hezbollah on northern Israel. From early on, the war was about destroying Shi’ite villages, displacing Shi’ite locals, and at times threatening to annihilate the Lebanese Shi’ite community outright. And certainly, the Shi’ites have…