Authoritarian Governance
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Civil Records for Hundreds of Thousands of Lebanese Could Be Wiped Out By Israel’s Total War
Summary
Mass destruction of civil records eliminates proof of identity and property ownership for 250,000 people, creating a dystopian scenario of administrative erasure and statelessness through weaponized infrastructure destruction.
With whole towns leveled by Israel, a quarter million Lebanese people may have lost the proof of who they are and what they own.
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Authoritarian Governance
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