Da Sykes-Picot all'operazione Pace in Galilea. L'evoluzione della frontiera meridionale libanese

Abstract

The creation of the border which separated Lebanon from Palestine (Israel today) in the early 1920s marked the beginning of a slow but relentless transformation that affected both the borderland and its population. All the main actors involved in the regional geopolitics have repeatedly caused the borderline to fluctuate, reshaping every time the frontier region and its dynamics. This article seeks to illustrate the evolution underwent by the Lebanese Southern borderland until the Israeli invasion in 1982, focusing on some relevant categories theorized in the broader framework of border studies.