Middle Eastern Christian State

Maybe in 80s, with Israeli military support Christians can secede from Libanon and make a separate state in the south...


looking at the map It seems the South of Lebanon is Muslim Majority, a Christian nation might be able to be made during the Civil War, but it'd be in the middle of Lebanon, maybe a Christian/Druze nation from Tripoli to Saida
 

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220px-Civil_war_Lebanon_map_1983a.gif

Lebanon in 1983

Israel controlled area- blue and yellow ( blue is UN administred zone actually )
Christian controlled area- purple
 
Maybe in 80s, with Israeli military support Christians can secede from Libanon and make a separate state in the south...

The thing that makes me think this is unlikely is that given the political climate of the area, any state created with Israeli military support is going to be a pariah in the region isn't it?
 
The thing that makes me think this is unlikely is that given the political climate of the area, any state created with Israeli military support is going to be a pariah in the region isn't it?

True, but they'd find a natural ally in Israel. And likely support from the west in much the same way as Israel receives. They'd never be sitting comfortably, but if such a state were created it could last.
 

abc123

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True, but they'd find a natural ally in Israel. And likely support from the west in much the same way as Israel receives. They'd never be sitting comfortably, but if such a state were created it could last.

I agree. After all, if pariah status between Arab states is the price of freedom, then no problem for me...
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220px-Civil_war_Lebanon_map_1983a.gif

Lebanon in 1983

Israel controlled area- blue and yellow ( blue is UN administred zone actually )
Christian controlled area- purple


well there are pockets of Christians on the border but all of the UN zero and about half of the Israeli Zero are Muslim areas no way to form a Christian state there (or any Israel friend state) with out a full army of occupation there at all times, I can see the middle of Lebanon being turned in a pro-Israel Christian state and Israel occupying the South, maybe turning it into a West Bank like area, the North might get Annexed to Syria, but more likely becoming a Syrian puppet rump-state
 
There were considerable population transfers in the mid-east with the formation of Israel and subsequent wars, and the borders of Lebanon were drawn up by the French to create a Christian state. Perhaps subtle PoDs are the way to create a Christian state, slightly different borders and different population tansfers could see Lebanon become more christian over time instead of less so.
 
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