[rmlew]

The word "Phoenician" is a Hellenization of the tribal name. Canaanite/Northwester Semitic languages did not use vowels, only consonents. The Phoenecians were reffered to with the Phoenecian/Ancient Hebrew letter "Pay, Nun, Kapf". In english these would be "PNC"
The Israelites, Greeks, and Romans all reffer to them with words using these consonents.
The Syriac and Chaldean Christians of Lebanaon are of Phoenecian descent. http://phoenicia.org/index.shtml
They are not Arabs. The author is a Pan-Arab propogandist.

[Destro]

I get your point but the author did not say Phoenecians are Arabs only that the modern Lebonese people are Arabs more so then they are Phoenecians. No?