Dream vacation spot in Lebanon at enemy’s gate FEATURE 04/20/2010

Dream vacation spot in Lebanon at enemy’s gate

FEATURE 04/20/2010 AL-WAZZANI — On a lush green hillside that dips into a river, dozens of laborers are busy building a dream vacation getaway deep in Lebanon’s south. The construction site in the tiny village of Al-Wazzani may look like any other except that in this case it sits right at the enemy’s gate — literally a stone’s throw from Israel. “Many told us we were crazy to build so close to the border with Israel,” said Khalil Abdallah, the man behind the three-million-dollar project located three meters (10 feet) from the UN-drawn border that separates Lebanon from Israel, two countries still technically at war.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100420com6.html

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