{"id":63872,"date":"2022-07-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/63872\/mps-propose-to-split-beirut-along-civil-war-boundaries"},"modified":"2022-07-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T00:00:00","slug":"mps-propose-to-split-beirut-along-civil-war-boundaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/63872\/mps-propose-to-split-beirut-along-civil-war-boundaries\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs Propose To Split Beirut Along Civil War Boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"Legislation to divide the municipality of Beirut into two separate entities has been submitted to parliament.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A group of FPM MPs has proposed a law that would split Beirut&#8217;s municipality in two, but some say to do so would divide the capital in a way reminiscent of the 1975-90 Civil War. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shijazi_tweets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shijazi_tweets<\/a> reports: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/39E6ano58W\">https:\/\/t.co\/39E6ano58W<\/a><\/p>\u2014 L&#8217;Orient Today (@lorienttoday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorienttoday\/status\/1549014648422383616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The bill, which was submitted by the FPM MPs Nicolas Sehnaoui, Edgar Traboulsi, and Caesar Abi Khalil, proposes to form two new municipalities along the historic war-era lines of East and West Beirut.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0648\u0623\u0643\u0631\u0631\u060c \u0644\u0646 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> \u0647 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w36suXrimB\">https:\/\/t.co\/w36suXrimB<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Waddah Sadek &#8211; \u0648\u0636\u0627\u062d \u0635\u0627\u062f\u0642 (@WaddahSadek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WaddahSadek\/status\/1549021675756261382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AD_%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kY5Saoct0w\">pic.twitter.com\/kY5Saoct0w<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ibrahim Mneimneh | (@Ibrahim_mneimne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ibrahim_mneimne\/status\/1548611365606236162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Presented as necessary for broad concepts of development and decentralization by its supporters, this move has been denounced by establishment and opposition figures as sectarian and a \u201creturn to the civil war era\u201d.<br \/>  <br \/>  To this day, we suffer the consequences of the Taif agreement and the sectarian divide it has created since the civil war. 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