Great society user: what is the importance of beirut to the middle east?
a. arabs and jews claim historical rights to this land.
c. it is the capital of lebanon.
b. israel won beirut from jordan in the 1967 war.
d. beirut is not in the middle east.

It is the capital of lebanon

lebanon formerly known as "switzerland of middle east" is very important part of the region, for centuries it was only country in the region where most of it's population was christian (today christian mark 45% of total population) to tht for decades it was the only arab majority which wanted to cooperate with israel

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