April 13, 1975 Revisited: Lebanon Between Two Fires. The Hardest Choice Between Civil Peace and Regional Peace Amid Deepening Divisions and a Vanishing Space to Choose

Lebanon stands at a critical crossroads where the choice between preserving civil peace and pursuing regional peace is becoming increasingly impossible. As internal divisions deepen and public discourse turns hostile, warnings from the ground, especially among youth, reveal a dangerous slide toward polarization. Echoing the early signs of the Lebanese Civil War that began on April 13, 1975, the country now faces a shrinking space for dialogue and a growing risk of sudden escalation, where the real danger may no longer be choosing wrongly—but losing the ability to choose at all.