Global Initiative Bi-weekly Newsletter

                                                                         March 1st to March 19th, 2026 Lebanon Palestinian refugees face new displacement as Israel’s bombs hit Lebanon In 1948, Manal Matar’s grandparents fled Akka (Acre) in what was then northern Palestine and crossed into Lebanon. They thought they would soon return, but the borders closed, and the family ended up in Rashidieh camp, near Tyre, a coastal city in south Lebanon. They’ve lived there ever since. But in the early hours of March 2, Israeli forces began heavily attacking near their house, Manal said. “There was bombing all around us,” she said. Her family packed up and started heading north, with the violent sounds of explosions echoing around them. “The war was terrifying, and we were on the road for more than a day,” she reca...