‘A nightmare’: Lebanese Americans anxious, angry as Israel attacks homeland

A vigil is held for the victims of Israel's attacks in Lebanon on September 20 at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, the United States [File: Rebecca Cook/Reuters]

Ali Dabaja says Lebanese Americans have been struggling for the past 12 months with “work-life-genocide” balance as tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.

But now, with the Israeli military unleashing its firepower on Lebanon over the past week, the community is at a “boiling point”.