At the end of the week the headlines screamed about a general blackout in Lebanon. It was quite a bluff. Even on normal days, the state of Lebanon provides two hours of electricity a day and most of the economy relies mainly on generators.
What actually happened? Officials in Lebanon claim that this is an "artificial crisis" created by the country's authorities as a sort of SOS call addressed to the Arab world, against the background of the winds of war between Israel and Hezbollah.
The call to "save" Lebanon did not interest the Arab world. No rich Gulf state has offered to help Lebanon in its plight.
The only one that responded was Algeria, which sent 30,000 tons of fuel. If you think that Algeria is doing this out of Arab solidarity, you are wrong.