{"id":4597,"date":"2011-07-19T18:13:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T22:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4597"},"modified":"2011-07-19T18:13:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T22:13:58","slug":"christian-lebanese-patriot-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/07\/christian-lebanese-patriot-speaks-out.html","title":{"rendered":"Christian Lebanese Patriot Speaks Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by Joseph Puder \u2193 on Jul 19th, 2011<\/p>\n

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Joseph Hakim is a Lebanese native, and the leader of the International Christian Union based in the U.S., a group which serves as an umbrella for Middle Eastern Christians worldwide. Hakim, having just returned from a trip to Lebanon, was asked by this reporter how the Lebanese people feel about the Obama administration, and the general situation in the Land of the Cedars.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Christians in Lebanon, like Christians in Iraq and in Egypt, feel abandoned by the Obama administration\u201d Hakim said, adding that \u201cin the midst of ethnic cleansing of Christians in Iraq, and post-revolutionary violence against Christians in Egypt, and fear of the Muslim Brotherhood takeover in Syria, most Christians are left feeling fearful and hopeless.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Hakim, the Obama administration\u2019s policy in the Middle East has been . . .<\/p>\n

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