Israeli Aggression

The Association’s Activities in Protecting Traditional Buildings and Cultural Sites During the Israeli Aggression

During periods of Israeli aggression on southern Lebanon, the Green South Association played a prominent role in defending traditional buildings and cultural sites, which form part of the region’s heritage and architectural identity. The association documented damage to heritage houses caused by direct shelling and structural cracks and launched social media campaigns to highlight Israeli violations against these sites and draw attention to the threats they face.

In this context, the association prepared official reports accompanied by supporting documents and submitted them to UNESCO (Beirut Office and Headquarters in Paris), calling for urgent intervention to protect cultural heritage sites subjected to military attacks. The reports also addressed Lebanese sites listed as World Heritage in Tyre and Baalbek, which were affected due to attacks on nearby locations.

The association emphasized in these reports the necessity of requiring any project or intervention around these sites to conduct environmental and archaeological impact assessments, in accordance with national laws such as Environmental Protection Law No. 444/2002 and Law No. 37/2008 for the protection of heritage buildings, as well as international treaties to which Lebanon is a party, including:

The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954)
The World Heritage Convention (UNESCO, 1972)
The Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
The Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea (1976)
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)