Greeks also deported to the Levant during World War 1

Noscoper

GuildedAgeNostalgia said:
The Diaspora are estimated to be between 4-14 million, and the majority of them are Christian.
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And?
GuildedAgeNostalgia said:
A significantly larger Christian population means Christians get more representation in the government.
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That not how the Lebanese government worked. As I pointed out many times the Christian Community of Lebanon is divided into various sects, who are not political united and are opposed to each.

GuildedAgeNostalgia said:
This means no Lebanese participation in the 1948 Israel-Arab War
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That enflames various religious communities and political parities
GuildedAgeNostalgia said:
most likely means a more pro Israel government that blocks Palestinian refugees from entering the country
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There was no pro-Israeli factions in Lebanon before the Civil War nor does Lebanon have the strength to stop the flow of refugees.
 
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SealTheRealDeal

SealTheRealDeal

GuildedAgeNostalgia said:
A significantly larger Christian population means Christians get more representation in the government. Without the rise of the PLO in Lebanon in the 70s, violence never breaks out.
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They already had a guaranteed majority in Parliament under the National Pact. Further, it's not like they voted as a block, there were leftist and rightist parties for all the sects, and convoluted alliances between them.

This means no Lebanese participation in the 1948 Israel-Arab War and most likely means a more pro Israel government
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What makes you think they'd have any affection for the state that illegally occupied their holy sites, has driven their co-religious from their homes, and flooded them with unwanted refugees? Not all Christians get their perspective on foreign affairs from American news channels...

that blocks Palestinian refugees from entering the country. Without the rise of the PLO in Lebanon in the 70s, violence never breaks out.
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Picking a fight with the rest of the Arab world would be suicide. That's why the Christian dominated government acquiesced to the refugees and presence of the PLO, and a hundred thousand Greeks won't change that.
 
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Noscoper

Would it be likely for the Greeks to be assimilated into the pre-existing Arab orthodox communities or remain there own separate community?
 

Gannt the chartist

Why would the Ottomans be so daft as to deport a population ethnically related to a potential or actual enemy to a place where they can easily be supplied by the Royal Navy?
 
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