Elias Rababi (1913–1999) was a Lebanese journalist and politician who served as the general secretary of the Kataeb Party. He was also Lebanese ambassador to Germany and Argentina. His other significant post was the editor-in-chief of the Kataeb Party's newspaper, Al Amal.
Elias Rababi | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Lebanon to Argentina | |
| In office 1962 – February 1966 | |
| Ambassador of Lebanon to Germany | |
| In office 9 October 1959 – 1 October 1962 | |
| Preceded by | Georges Hakim |
| Succeeded by | Naim Amyouni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1913 |
| Died | 1999 (aged 85–86) |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Political party | Kataeb Party |
Biography
editBorn in 1913 Rababi was a Maronite and a member of the Kataeb Party.[1] Following the establishment of the party in 1936 he was appointed its regional director and actively involved in the recruitment activities.[2] He was the candidate of the party in the by-election on 4 May 1945 in Mount Lebanon.[3] However, not Rababi but Philippe Takla won the seat.[3][4] The party's newspapers, Al Amal and Action, were also edited by him for a long time,[1] and Rababi headed the propaganda and press department of the party.[5] He also was a columnist for the An-Nahar newspaper in the 1980s.[6]
Rababi was one of the persons who developed early connections between the Israeli officials and the Kataeb Party in the period 1948–1951.[1][7] In the 1950 meeting they discussed the financial assistance of Israel to the party concerning the preparations for the next general elections.[7] Rababi also organized a meeting between Pierre Gemayel, Kataeb leader, and Yehoshua Palmon, an Israeli diplomat, in Switzerland in 1950.[8] These contacts were first uncovered by an Israeli journalist and historian, Benny Morris, who wrote for The Jerusalem Post in 1983.[9]
Rababi was the ambassador of Lebanon to Germany between 9 October 1959 and 1 October 1962.[10] Then he served as the ambassador of Lebanon to Argentina until February 1966.[11]
Rababi died in December 1999.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c Eyal Zisser (October 1995). "The Maronites, Lebanon and the State of Israel: Early Contacts". Middle Eastern Studies. 31 (4): 911. JSTOR 4283765.
- ^ Dylan Baun (2017). "Lebanon's Youth Clubs and the 1936 Summer Olympics: Mobilizing Sports, Challenging Imperialism and Launching a National Project". International Journal of the History of Sport. 34 (13): 1357. doi:10.1080/09523367.2017.1388230. S2CID 149273637.
- ^ a b John P. Entelis (October 1973). "Party Transformation in Lebanon: Al-Kata'ib as a Case Study". Middle Eastern Studies. 9 (3): 329. JSTOR 4282494.
- ^ Carl C. Yonker (2021). The Rise and Fall of Greater Syria: A Political History of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter. p. 102. ISBN 978-3-11-072914-6.
- ^ Richard Hans Laursen (1951). The Katàib: A Comprehensive Study of a Lebanese Political Party (MA thesis). American University of Beirut. p. 66. ProQuest 2320987156.
- ^ John Kifner (18 September 1984). "Lebanese leaders meet on disputes". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ a b Avi Shlaim (2015). "Israeli Interference in Internal Arab Politics: the Case of Lebanon". In Giacomo Luciani; Ghassan Salamé (eds.). The Politics of Arab Integration (2nd ed.). New York: Taylor & Francis. pp. 236–237. ISBN 978-1-317-41119-2.
- ^ Kirsten E. Schulze (2016). Israel's Covert Diplomacy in Lebanon. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-230-37247-4.
- ^ David K. Shipler (3 July 1983). "'48 Israeli Tie to Phalangists Revealed". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Lebanese Ambassadors who served in Germany". Lebanese Embassy in Berlin. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Remaniement Ministériel et Mouvement Diplomatique au Liban". Le Monde (in French). Beirut. Reuters; A.F.P. 2 February 1966. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Elie Meouchi (19 September 2019). "لنتذكّر عميد الكتائب الياس ربابي…آخر العمالقة في الخطابة والصحافة والأدب". Aleph Lam (in Arabic). Retrieved 25 January 2022.