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| December 19, 2012
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U.S. St. Dept: ‘EU will soon designate Hezbollah as terrorist group’

U.S. St. Dept’s Daniel Benjamin reports that the US has shared intel with Europeans on Hezbollah’s increased activities in their countries.

 

WASHINGTON – The US State Department indicated Tuesday that it expected the EU to finally designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, following an intensive US lobbying campaign and suspected Hezbollah plots on European soil.

Hezbollah supporters in Beirut [file] - Photo: REUTERS

Hezbollah supporters in Beirut [file] – Photo: REUTERS


“We’ve been engaging with our partners in Europe and we are cautiously optimistic – at last – about the prospects for an EU designation of the group,” Daniel Benjamin, the State Department’s coordinator for counterterrorism, said during an address at the Brookings Institution. Continue Reading »

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| December 16, 2012
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Nasrallah says Assad can’t be defeated

Shi’ite militant leader of Hezbollah says those who think the Syrian rebels can win are “very very very mistaken.”

By REUTERS

 

BEIRUT – Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese Shi’ite militant movement Hezbollah, said on Sunday the rebels in Syria could not emerge victorious from the 21-month-long uprising against President Bashar Assad.

Flags of Hezbollah, Assad's Syria - Photo: REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Flags of Hezbollah, Assad’s Syria – Photo: REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Nasrallah, a staunch ally of Assad, said: “The situation in Syria is getting more complicated (but) anyone who thinks the armed opposition can settle the situation on the ground is very very very mistaken.” Syrian rebels accuse the Shi’ite Muslim group of sending fighters to neighboring Syria to help Assad overcome the largely Sunni Muslim revolt.

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| December 9, 2012
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Israeli Navy Prepared to Defend Mediterranean Gas Rigs

If Nasrallah carries out his threats to attack Israeli rig, Hezbollah will be met by a well prepared & equipped naval force.

By Gil Ronen

 

The Israeli Navy is prepared to neutralize threats targeting Israel’s Tamar natural gas rig, the IDF Website reported Saturday. The Navy will protect the reception facility – a vital infrastructural facility to pump gas from the rig – which is currently being built.

The IDF’s defensive model has been tested in three scenarios: routine, escalation, and emergency.

“The wisdom in the development of this kind of model is that it provides an excellent response for all three scenarios,” senior naval commander Rear Adm. Continue Reading »

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| December 8, 2012
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Nasrallah: Corruption in Lebanon more dangerous than Israel

Terror chief tells students Hezbollah will save Lebanon from slipping further into political turmoil and says his Shiite group has created ‘true balance of terror’ vis-à-vis the IDF

By Roi Kais

 

Hezbollah Chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Saturday that the political corruption plaguing Lebanon was “More dangerous than Israel.”

Hassan Nasrallah Photo: AFP

Hassan Nasrallah – Photo: AFP

The Lebanese news website al-Nashra reported that Nasrallah, speaking to a student gathering, said that “Any solution in Lebanon has to begin with solving the chronic economical issues and the problem of the public debt.”

Hezbollah, he said, cannot offer any “clear solution” to the economic crisis, which he said “Stems from the disintegration of the government and the growing corruption within it. Continue Reading »

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| November 26, 2012
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Report provides details into Gaza’s smuggling operation

Before Assassinated by Israel, Top Hezbollah terrorist, Imad Mughniyeh, headed efforts to arm Gaza terrorists with rockets & missiles according to Lebanese news website.

By Roi Kais

 

A feature by the Now Lebanon news website describes the evolution of the Arab-Iranian weapons smuggling network to the Gaza Strip in the backdrop of recent discussion on the source of the rockets used by Palestinian terrorists against Israel during Operation Pillar of Defense.

Imad Mughniyeh – Photo: AFP

The report was prepared by Lebanese journalist and Hezbollah sympathizer Kassem Kasir.

According to the sources quoted in the article, Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon met with Syrian President Bashar Assad after 2006’s Second Lebanon War. Continue Reading »

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| November 25, 2012
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East Jerusalem resident charged with spying for Hezbollah

Azam Mash’hara is charged with informing Lebanese terrorist organization on major sites in the capital, including the Knesset & gov’t complexes.

By Gili Cohen

 

Israeli security forces arrested a resident of East Jerusalem over suspicions that he handed over intelligence concerning major sites in the capital to Hezbollah agents, a lifted gag order revealed on Sunday.

Abdullah Shama

Milad Khatib before the hearing at the Haifa District Court. – Photo: Abdullah Shama

According to newly revealed information, Azam Mash’hara, who resides in the village of Jabel Mukaber, passed on material concerning the Knesset, the Hebrew University campuses, Jerusalem’s government complex, as well as the capital’s hospitals. Continue Reading »

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| November 24, 2012
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Nasrallah to Israel: You lost with Hamas, so who can you defeat?

Nasrallah says Israel’s goal of ‘destroying Hamas’ leadership’ during IDF’s Operation Pillar of Defense was not achieved, and compares conflict to 2nd Lebanon War

By Ynet

 

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah congratulated the Palestinians in Gaza on their “first victory” over Israel’s armed forces.

In a televised address on Friday, the ninth day of the Shiite Muslim festival of Ashura, Nasrallah said, “The first victory of the resistance was that it prevented the enemy from achieving his goals, the greater victory was that it did not let the enemy impose his conditions, and the greatest victory was that it imposed its own conditions. Continue Reading »

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| November 23, 2012
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Spain: Burgas probe ‘essential’ for EU’s ban of Hezbollah

Spain’s deputy FM says the investigation’s findings into bombing of Israeli bus in Bulgaria are “essential“ for the EU process to list Hezbollah as a terror entity.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

The results of Bulgaria’s investigation into the possible role of Hezbollah in July’s suicide bombing there of an Israeli tour bus “will be essential“ for the EU process to list the Lebanese organization as a terrorist entity, Spain’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gonzalo de Benito said on Wednesday.

In a wide-ranging interview with The Jerusalem Post from Abuja, Nigeria, de Benito, whose title is secretary of state for foreign affairs, said of a proposed blacklisting of Hezbollah, “We want to take the decision with our European countries and are waiting for the report” from Bulgaria.

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| November 13, 2012
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No longer the ‘resistance’ party, Hezbollah is eating itself

Hezbollah’s reputation as an honest defender of the weak is being destroyed, ironically not by Israel but by the party itself. Many Lebanese started to slowly discover that Hezbollah in power doesn’t equal openness and transparency, but instead the same old corruption stories.

By Raghida Bahnam

 

It was once the symbol of resistance for many in the Middle East. Not anymore.

Hezbollah’s reputation as an honest defender of the weak is being destroyed, ironically not by Israel but by the party itself.

Afterman of Beirut car bombing (Photo: Reuters)

Aftermath of Beirut car bombing – Photo: Reuters

It is not just Hezbollah’s attitude towards the Syrian revolution and its unrelenting support to the murderous regime that is damaging the party’s reputation, but the whiff of corruption that keeps hanging about them.

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| November 13, 2012
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A EU ban on Hezbollah depends on Burgas bombing

Status change of Hezbollah’s military wing as a terrorist organization rests on outcome of Bulgaria suicide bombing inquiry.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

BERLIN – In deciding whether to list Hezbollah as a terrorist group, the EU will consider as a key factor the outcome of the Bulgarian inquiry into the July suicide bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver, French Ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

Lebanon's Hezbollah militants chant slogans

Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants chant slogans – Photo: REUTERS/Sharif Karim

“Our British friends would like to put Hezbollah’s military wing on the terror list,” said Bigot, adding that the “main element is what is the outcome of the inquiry in Bulgaria,” he said in a telephone interview with the Post.

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| November 12, 2012
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Hezbollah chief hopes Gaza’s violence & social protests a test for ‘Arab Spring’

Nasrallah praises drone launch last month into Israeli air-space as proof of the Hezbollah’s deterrence capabilities.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Monday described the wave of violence in the Gaza Strip as a test for the “Arab Spring nations,” saying it will be a tough question for Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, Lebanese news site Naharnet reported.

Nasrallah addresses supporters on Al-Quds Day - Photo: REUTERS

Nasrallah addresses supporters on Al-Quds Day – Photo: REUTERS

Nasrallah also described Hezbollah’s unmanned aerial vehicle, shot down by Israel last month, as part of the group’s deterrence strategy. “We have reached a point where we forced the enemy (Israel) to acknowledge the deterrence force created by the Resistance (Hezbollah) in Lebanon,” according to the report.

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| November 7, 2012
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After Bahrain arrested bombing suspects, accused Hezbollah for attacks

Persian Gulf state says arrested 4 suspects after 2 killed in Manama bombing; claims Shiite militia’s fingerprints evident

By Reuters

Bahrain said it had arrested four suspects on Tuesday in the bombings that killed two people in the capital Manama and accused the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of being behind the attacks.

Bahrain’s capital Manama – Photo: Reuters

Public Security Chief Major-General Tariq Al Hassan said in a statement published by the official Bahrain News Agency (BNA) the suspects were detained after prosecutors issued arrest warrants and police were hunting for other killers.

The five home-made bombs on Monday bore the hallmarks of Hezbollah, the Shiite group allied with Iran, authorities said. Continue Reading »

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| November 4, 2012
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Hezbollah under fire, but its hold is solid

Despite Syria’s conflict & depleted funding, terror group unlikely to loose strangle-hold on Lebanon

By the Associated Press

A maze of military bunkers and tunnels carved into a mountain near the border with Israel hints at why the Shiite Hezbollah movement is unlikely to lose its grip in Lebanon despite the setbacks it has suffered because of the civil war in neighboring Syria.

Mleeta, a former staging ground for Hezbollah’s battles with Israel that has been turned into a sprawling tourist attraction, is emblematic of the base of its power: its arsenal and military prowess.

That base ultimately remains firm, even if Hezbollah has faced sharper criticism among Lebanese for its siding with Syria’s regime in the civil war and even if it has reportedly suffered some reduction in aid from its top patron, Iran, squeezed by Western sanctions. Continue Reading »

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| November 1, 2012
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Hezbollah utilizes advanced video surveillance along border with Israel

Cameras placed on tree trunks & branches provide live video coverage 24/7  to a Hezbollah command center in one of its nearby Shiite villages.

Senior IDF officer: Israel to greatly reduce use of cluster bombs in any future war with Hezbollah.

By Daniel Siryoti, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

Hezbollah’s intelligence unit has recently completed deploying an array of advanced surveillance cameras along the Israel-Lebanon border, the Lebanese daily Almustaqbal reported on Wednesday.

IDF soldiers at the Lebanese-Israeli border. – Photo: Reuters

The cameras, which were placed on tree trunks and branches, provide live video coverage 24 hours a day to an operations center in one of the nearby Shiite villages in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel.

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| October 30, 2012
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U.S. Lawmaker Warns of Link Between Mexican Cartels & Hizbullah

News Report: A U.S. lawmaker is warning that the federal gov’t is ignoring a growing Hizbullah presence in Mexico.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) is warning that the federal government is ignoring a growing Hizbullah presence in Mexico, with the Lebanese terror group increasingly joining forces with drug cartels, Fox News reported.

body of Zetas drug cartel founder Heriberto Lazcano at the site of his death in Sabinas

Body of Zetas drug cartel founder Heriberto Lazcano at the site of his death in Sabinas – Reuters

There are reportedly hundreds of thousands of Middle Easterners living in Mexico, many of whom may be radicals using routes established by drug networks to sneak into the United States. Continue Reading »

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