Ghajar Grocery a 'Multi-National Enterprise'

Voice of America visited Ghajar, the town that straddles the Israeli-Lebanese border. Read the story or watch the video.

The international border better known as the Blue Line runs straight through Mohsen al-Ahmed's grocery store with soft drinks on the Israeli side and cleaning supplies on the Lebanese side.

This delicate statement is as close as you'll get to hearing any villager state outright that they want to remain under Israeli rule. The shopkeeper says:

"It is true that I am an Arab and Lebanon is an Arab country," he said. "But handing my village over would be like having to grow up all over again, in a country that I do not know anything about. All we know is the security and economic situation there. I am concerned."

Related reading: The Village Claimed By 3 Countries

Posted at 03:26 PM