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| August 16, 2013
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Sunni Group Warns ‘Pig Nasrallah’ He’ll Pay for Being Agent of Israel

A Sunni group takes responsibility for 2nd bomb attack in a Hezbollah stronghold, issuing stern warning to the terrorist group’s chief.

Warnings & claims of responsibility ignored as Lebanese Shiites prefer blaming Israel.

By Elad Benari

 

A Sunni Islamist group took credit on Thursday for the car bombing in a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut which killed at least 20 people.

Scene of explosion in Beirut – Reuters

Shortly after news of the attack broke, an online video surfaced showing three masked men, two of them holding rifles, in front of a white flag inscribed with the Islamic profession of faith, reported AFP. Continue Reading »

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| August 16, 2013
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Bomb in Center of Hezbollah Neighborhood Leaves at Least 20 Dead

Car bomb kills 20 & wounds 212 people in the Rwais neighborhood, a stronghold of Hezbollah.

The Lebanese president was quick to blame Israel. “This is a criminal act that bears the fingerprints of terrorism and Israel,”

By Gil Ronen

 

At least 20 people have been killed by a large explosion in a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut, with at least 212 reported wounded.

Scene of explosion in Beirut – Reuters

Lebanon’s Daily Star reported that the blast took place on the main road between Rwais and Bir al-Abed. The neighborhood is a stronghold of Hezbollah.

Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel confirmed that the blast was the result of car bomb. Continue Reading »

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| August 15, 2013
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Syrian Palestinians are Being Displaced at best, or Slaughtered

Where are the Palestinian leaders? Where are the Palestinian representatives? Where are the  ‘pro-Palestinians advocates?

Where’s Abbas, Barghouti, Ashrawi, Haniya, Zoabi, Zahar, Erekat, Mashaal, or Ashrawi?

Thousands of Palestinians are suffering or butchered and the world is silent. No ‘flotillas’ of aid or rescue are on the drawing-board. No one cares only because they can’t demonize,  delegitimize or blame Israel.

By Khaled Abu Toameh

 

 

As Israeli authorities issued permits last week to hundreds of thousands of West Bank Palestinians to visit Israel, the Lebanese government decided to ban Palestinian refugees fleeing the war in Syria from entering Lebanon.

The Wavel refugee camp for Palestinians, near Baalbek in Lebanon.

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| August 11, 2013
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Is Hezbollah waging terror campaign against UNIFIL over EU blacklist?

EU’s blacklisting of Hezbollah casts a new light on the friction between the UNIFIL and Nasrallah’s armed Shi’ite movement.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
 

 

The European Union’s designation of Hezbollah’s military wing as a terrorist organization has cast a new light on the tussles between the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the armed Shi’ite movement.

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

Supporters of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah – Photo: Reuters

A Hezbollah official told the Financial Times last week, “People are not going to accept you living among them and calling them terrorists.”

Gerald Steinberg, a professor of political studies at Bar-Ilan University and the head of the Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor, told The Jerusalem Post on Saturday, “The reports of increased friction in southern Lebanon are not surprising after the European Union belatedly added Hezbollah to the list of terror organizations.”

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| August 9, 2013
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Lebanese Daily: IDF ‘Blundered into Hizbullah Ambush’

Lebanese newspaper with connections to Hizbullah boasts “Only Hizbullah can make bombs that blow up Israelis.”

By Arutz Sheva

 

Two blasts that wounded four Israeli soldiers on the border with Lebanon were in fact an “ambush” set by Hizbullah, the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar reported on Thursday.

IDF Training – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Office

The explosions hit the patrol on Wednesday when the troops crossed the border into southern Lebanon, parts of which are controlled by the Shiite movement.

“The enemy blundered when they violated the border with Lebanon, and fell into a trap that only the resistance could set,” said the newspaper, which has links to Hizbullah. Continue Reading »

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| August 6, 2013
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Caught Hezbollah terrorists in Nigeria tell court Mossad agents interrogated them

Two Lebanese nationals charged in Nigerian court for plotting attacks against Israeli targets in western African countries say their interrogators were Mossad agents who used sleep deprivation & other harsh techniques in questioning.

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Two Lebanese nationals charged with plotting terror attacks in western Africa told a court in Nigeria on Monday they were interrogated by Mossad agents, AFP reported.

Cache of weapons.

Cache of weapons discovered at home of suspected Hezbollah operatives in Kona, – Nigeria. Photo:AFP

Mustapha Fawaz, Abdallah Thahini and Talal Ahmad Roda, allegedly Hezbollah members, were arrested in May after Nigerian police discovered they had amassed a secret weapons stock. Continue Reading »

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| August 5, 2013
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Lebanese Christian Leader: Hizbullah Fired Rockets on Presidential Palace

Lebanese leader Samir Geagea, blamed Hizbullah for firing two rockets on the presidential palace compound Thursday, saying the terror organization had declared a de facto war on Lebanon.

By Gil Ronen

 

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea hinted on Sunday that Hizbullah is behind two rocket attacks on the Baabda presidential palace area last Thursday. He accused the movement of “declaring war on the state of Lebanon, its people and institutions,” Ya Libnan reported.

Hizbullah supporters in Lebanon (illustrative) – Photo: AFP/Mahmoud Zayyat

One of the rockets struck within the security perimeter of the Presidential Palace, and the other exploded within the security perimeter of the Army headquarters. Continue Reading »

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| July 28, 2013
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EU ban on Hezbollah a nice start, but impact will be minimal

NEWS ANALYSIS: The new regulations are declaratory and will likely have very little effect on the ground. Hezbollah will just say, “Don’t worry, these men are from the political arm.”

 

By Cnaan Liphshiz
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (JTA) — The effectiveness of the European Union’s decision to blacklist only Hezbollah’s military wing might be debatable, but one thing about the move seems certain: It did not come easy.

The decision Monday by Europe’s 28 foreign ministers to put Hezbollah’s military wing on the EU list of terrorist organizations followed months of jostling by member states in the wake of last summer’s killing of five Israelis and a Bulgarian in a bus bombing near the Black Sea resort of Burgas.

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| July 24, 2013
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Generals report: Hamas & Hezbollah rocket threat outpacing Israel’s defensive capabilities

Brig. Gen. reports in a war that could last a month, as many as 1,500 short- to mid-range rockets might be launched at the north alone each day.

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The Israeli response to the rocket threat still lags behind progress being made by Hezbollah, Hamas and other groups, according to a report published this week by Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies.

Iron Dome anti-missile system in Haifa

The Iron Dome anti-missile system in Haifa deployed in January. – Photo: Rami Shlush

Brig. Gen. (res.) Meir Elran, head of the institute’s Homeland Security Program, told Haaretz that Israel hasn’t closed the gaps. Continue Reading »

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| July 20, 2013
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Lebanese official tells EU not to declare Hezbollah terrorist organization

Germany now leads European efforts to place Hezbollah’s military wing on EU terror blacklist following new evidence on the 2012 suicide bombing that killed 5 Israelis in Bulgaria.

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The European Union is reassessing whether to declare Hezbollah’s military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long avoided despite U.S. pressure.

Reenactment of the Burgas bus bombing.


Reenactment of the Burgas bus bombing.- Photo by AP

The move was bolstered by Germany’s policy change after long resisting calls to list Hezbollah for fear it could destabilize Lebanon.

Germany said it was pushed toward declaring Hezbollah a terror group by the 2012 attack in the Black Sea resort of Burgas in Bulgaria. Continue Reading »

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| July 14, 2013
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Lebanese politician, “Our Country is Occupied by Hezbullah”

Lebanese politician criticizes Nasrallah’s terror group in TV interview, comparing Hezbullah to Nazism: “The resistance to the [Israeli] occupation is a lie” and also said “Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini all had victories. Force is not a criterion for justice or patriotism”

By Ari Soffer

 

In yet another sign of the simmering tension in Lebanon, a veteran opposition activist and politician, Saleh el-Machnouk, declared that his country was “under occupation” – not by Israel, but by Hezbullah.

Hezbullah flag – Reuters

In the televised interview – translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) – el-Machnouk referred the Iranian-backed group’s control over the Lebanese state apparatus, claiming that “It [Hezbullah] controls the state [and] the security agencies…” in the manner of an occupying power. Continue Reading »

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| July 8, 2013
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Lebanese Minister: Israel very capable of stealing our gas

Lebanese energy minister calls for urgent parliamentary session and urged the gov’t to take every step necessary to mark Lebanon’s maritime border with Cyprus & Israel.

By Doron Peskin

 

 

 

Lebanese Energy Minister Gebran Bassil called for an urgent parliamentary session over the weekend to discuss the Israeli “threat” on his country’s natural gas reserves.

Karish 1

Bassil was referring to reports in Israel about the discovery of the Karish (“Shark”) gas field off the shores of the northern city of Nahariya.

The minister presented reporters with a map and stated that Israel could “theoretically” place a gas pipe and pull the gas “located 4 kilometers (2.5 miles)” from Lebanon‘s natural gas wells, thanks to its advanced technological abilities. Continue Reading »

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| June 11, 2013
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4 Lebanese citizens receive U.S. sanctions for helping Hezbollah in West Africa

Hezbollah representatives penalized for recruiting & fundraising on behalf of militant terrorist group.

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The United States imposed sanctions on four Lebanese citizens on Tuesday, accusing them of fundraising and recruiting for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in West Africa.

Hezbollah members holding Hezbollah and Lebanese flags during a rally in Lebanon

Hezbollah members holding Hezbollah and Lebanese flags during a rally in Lebanon. – Photo: Haaretz Archive

The U.S. Treasury Department said the four men were sanctioned for effectively acting as “ambassadors” for Hezbollah, which Washington considers a terrorist group. They were acting in Sierra Leone, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire and the Gambia, it said.

The sanctions mean the men are effectively cut off from the U.S. Continue Reading »

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| June 5, 2013
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UK’s push to blacklist Hezbollah encounters EU opposition

A few European countries are concerned the blacklisting would increase instability in the Middle East.

By Reuters

A British request to blacklist the armed wing of Hezbollah ran into opposition in the European Union on Tuesday, with several governments expressing concern that such a move would increase instability in the Middle East.

Nasrallah speaking in Beirut

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses supporters during a Jerusalem Day rally in Beirut, August 17, 2012. – Photo: Reuters

Britain has argued that the militant Shi’ite Muslim group should face European sanctions because of evidence that it was behind a bus bombing in Bulgaria last July that killed five Israelis and their driver. Continue Reading »

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| June 2, 2013
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Lebanon pissed-off: Israeli warplanes flying over Beirut

Lebanese official confirmed the IAF overflights on Sunday & said they presence were among the most intense recently.

Israel has no comment.

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Lebanese security officials and the state-run news agency reported Sunday that low-flying Israeli warplanes were violating its air space, overlying territory including the capital Beirut.

IAF planes – Photo EPA

The warplanes flew over southern Lebanon, Beirut, the eastern Bekaa Valley and the city of Baalbek, the National News Agency said.

Israeli warplanes regularly enter Lebanese airspace. A Lebanese security official confirmed the Sunday overflights and said they were among the most intense recently. Continue Reading »

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