Can Hezbollah and Hamas Be Democratic?
Hezbollah and Hamas plan to launch a joint rocket
attack on Israel eventually.
Both Iran and Hezbollah support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
and are enemies of Israel.
The UN Security Council resolution seeking to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Since its creation, Hezbollah has received military, financial and political support
from Iran and Syria.
Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the rare strike in Beirut,
and said it will retaliate.
She said she knew that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nastallah would avenge his father's death.
Hezbollah operative Husain Ali Hazzima is
the chief of the Beirut-based terrorist group's intelligence unit.
Earlier,
Israeli forces would strike weapons locations or convoys in Syria intended for strengthening Hezbollah.
N. peacekeepers in Lebanon have done virtually nothing to prevent Hezbollah's recent campaign of violence.
Qatib Hezbollah is a section of the Iraqi army that is
believed to be close to Iran.
Strategist Gal Luft thus correctly notes that Hezbollah"has the capability to drag Israel into a regional war.".
He was no hero to
average Iranians who chanted against the country's support for Hezbollah and Hamas 1/.
Shift attention to Syria from Lebanon and put Damascus on notice that it is responsible for Hezbollah violence.
Today, Hezbollah's military wing is more powerful than Lebanon's own
army and has become a major regional paramilitary force.
Israel considers Iran to be its greatest enemy, and Iran-backed Hezbollah to be its most immediate military threat.
Harb has commanded and supervised Hezbollah military operations in the Palestinian territories and several countries throughout the Middle East.
In February 2013, al-Tufayli berated Hezbollah for fighting on behalf of the Syrian government in the Syrian civil war.
His war spilled over
Iran's borders into Lebanon when he helped Hezbollah wage asymmetric warfare against occupying Israeli troops-
which eventually withdrew.
This is not the first time when Tel Aviv has accused Indian troops
stationed in south Lebanon of having helped Hezbollah.
He also has been accused by former Venezuelan spy chiefs who defected
recently to have ties with the Iranian-backed movement Hezbollah.
(1) In 2006, when Hezbollah fought the Israel Defense Forces,
several Arab states publicly condemned Hezbollah for its"unexpected, inappropriate and irresponsible acts.".
He also accused the group of using Beirut's residents as human shields,
stressing that Israel would"not let[Hezbollah] get away with" their behaviour.
Since then, Hezbollah has become one of the main supporting
actors in the war in Syria and tensions with Israel have remained high.
Thanks to Iranian subsidies, the average Lebanese Hezbollah fighter earns two or three times
per month what a fireman in Tehran brings home.
This was the primary reason why Iran and its client, the Hezbollah terrorists, quickly
and decisively went all-in to support the Assad regime.
Hezbollah is politically dominant in Lebanon,
but its ties to Iran and its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have angered some Lebanese.
Many of the pictures you're seeing are of children killed by Assad, who is supported by Iran,
which also funds Hezbollah and Hamas.
He also accused the group of using Beirut's residents as human shields and
emphasized that Israel would‘not let[Hezbollah] get away with' their behavior.
Back then, Americans and others did not regard Hezbollah as their enemy, and this remains the case today, notwithstanding the war on terror;