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| March 22, 2013
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Hezbollah steams over Obama for terrorist designation in Jerusalem speech

In Obama’s speech to Jewish & Arab students in Jerusalem on Thursday, the President said: “Every country that values justice should call Hezbollah what it truly is – a terrorist organization.”

By Reuters

 

Lebanon‘s Hezbollah condemned on Friday a call by U.S. President Barack Obama for the militant Shi’ite group to be designated a terrorist organization following a bomb attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year.

Hassan Nasrallah on Lebanese TV

An image grab taken from Lebanon’s Hezbollah-run Manar TV shows Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivering a televised speech from an undisclosed location in Lebanon on February 27, 2013.- Photo by AFP

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| March 22, 2013
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IDF’s new Depth Corps looks at Lebanon

 

Lebanon War III scenario: Hezbollah wakes up to find elite IDF troops have taken over the Beirut airport & that IDF forces are in control of all major bridges & highways connecting Lebanon to Syria.

Hard to believe? An exclusive glimpse into  IDF’s new Depth Corps.

By Yoav Limor

It was August 2, 2006. Deep in the throes of the Second Lebanon War, Operation “Short and Sweet” was underway. A joint force consisting of the elite Sayeret Matkal (General Staff Reconnaissance Unit) and the IAF crack commando outfit Shaldag was ferried by helicopter into Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, where it raided a number of Hezbollah strongholds in the Baalbek region. Continue Reading »

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| March 20, 2013
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IDF admits 2 more wounded Syrians into Israeli hospital

IDF treats 4 Syrians wounded in their civil war strife at the border.

Syria fires 5 shells into Lebanon.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS

 

The IDF provided medical care to four wounded Syrians who approached the border fence with Israel on Wednesday, evacuating two of them to Israeli hospitals for further treatment, the IDF Spokesman’s Office stated.

Netanyahu looks at Syrian patient IDF field hospital. – Photo: KOBI GIDEON/GPO

The treatment was provided for humanitarian reasons and was approved by IDf Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz.

The IDF emphasized that the incident did not constitute a change in Israel’s policy regarding the acceptance of refugees from Syria.

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| March 20, 2013
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Past Hezbollah member heads opposition movement within terror group

Hezbollah’s Shiite policies & its involvement in Syrian rebellion draws protests in Lebanon.

A new movement from within the group’s stronghold presents popular national alternative.

By Roi Kais

 

Hezbollah and its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, once the undisputed stars of the Arab world, are rattled by surprise opposition from within their own ranks.

Nasrallah supporter - Photo AP

Nasrallah supporter – Photo: AP

The Lebanon NOW news website reported Tuesday that a new political movement is gathering followers right in the Hezbollah stronghold of Beirut‘s southern suburb.

The Movement for the Lebanese Citizen (MLC), led by former Hezbollah operative Imad Kamiche, is attempting to present an alternative to the rigidly Shiite framework represented by Hezbollah and Amal, and place the Lebanese citizen at the forefront regardless of ethnicity. Continue Reading »

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| March 15, 2013
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Syrian Regime Threatens to Strike at Rebels Inside Lebanon

Syria’s FM tells Lebanon’s FM that a ‘large number’ of rebels have left Lebanon & entered the Syrian town of Tel Kalakh over the past 2 days.
Friday is the 2nd anniversary of uprising against Bashar Assad.

By Reuters and DPA

 

Syria has warned it may strike at rebels hiding in neighboring Lebanon if the Lebanese army does not act, as its patience “is not unlimited,” the state news agency SANA said on Friday, as the country marked two years since the start of the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Syrian rebels make victory signs near the border with Turkey last year.

Syrian rebels make victory signs as they patrol a street in the town of Tal Abyad near the border with Turkey, last year.

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| March 11, 2013
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If hostilities resume, it would be better to be Israeli than Lebanese

IDF chief of staff says Israel may be facing multi-arena instability with Syrian unrest, but, the IDF is ready to meet all new challenges, including Syria & the Hezbollah.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN
 

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is holding steady seven years after the Second Lebanon War ended, but should hostilities resume, it would be better to be an Israeli citizen than a Lebanese citizen, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. told the Herzliya Conference on Monday evening.
Benny Gantz at military forum, January 7, 2013 - Photo IDF Spokesperson

Benny Gantz at military forum, January 7, 2013 – Photo: IDF Spokesperson

During a speech that opened the annual gathering, Gantz said Israeli deterrence against Hezbollah remained “authentic.”

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| March 8, 2013
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Report: IDF ready for possible conflict with Hezbollah

IDF drills reservists amid worries of possible spillover from Syrian conflict as well as the threats of retaliation from Hezbollah should Israel strikes Iran.

By REUTERS

 

REVIVIM – Wary of a spillover from the conflict in Syria, Israel is preparing to take on the Hezbollah militia that it suspects is getting advanced weapons from a distracted Damascus.

IDF reserve soldiers drill, March 7, 2013.

IDF reserve soldiers drill, March 7, 2013. – Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Israel believes the Lebanese Shi’ite guerrillas also stand ready to retaliate if it carries out long-threatened strikes on the nuclear sites of Iran, another Hezbollah patron.

Hezbollah fought Israel’s far more advanced forces to a standstill when they last came to blows, in 2006, and rained more than 4,000 rockets on northern Israel.

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| February 28, 2013
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Gen. Mordechai: Lebanon will have many casualties in next war

IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai attributes Nasrallah’s strategic positioning in heavy populated civilian areas & Hezbollah’s upgraded rocket & missile arsenal, major factors to the increased risk of Lebanese non-combatants in any future conflict.

By Lilach Shoval, The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

“If a war breaks out with Hezbollah, a large number of non-combatants could be hurt because the group is deployed in civilian population centers,” Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai said Wednesday.

IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai. – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Speaking at the Beersheba Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night, Mordechai also noted that during Operation Pillar of Defense in November, when the IDF unleashed an aerial bombardment campaign on Hamas to put a stop to rocket fire on southern Israel, the IDF received messages of support from citizens in Arab countries. Continue Reading »

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| February 18, 2013
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Israeli Submarines Spotted Off Coast of Lebanon

Israeli subs have allegedly been spotted cruising off of Lebanon’s coast between Sidon & Nakura.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

Israeli submarines have allegedly been spotted cruising off the coast of Lebanon between Sidon and Nakura, according to a report in Lebanese media.

The Dolphin-class submarine first entered service in 2000. – Photo- IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

French tracking installations informed the United Nations that the subs had been detected, according to the report, published in the Al-Dayar daily newspaper.

Israel Air Force jets regularly patrol the skies of Lebanon for a number of reasons, deterrence against weapons transports from Syria to the Hizbullah terrorist organization among them. Continue Reading »

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| February 14, 2013
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Iranian General killed in Lebanon

Iranian news website reports the death of a General of the Revolutionary Guard, by ‘mercenaries of the Zionist regime’

By the Associated Press

 

An Iranian independent news website is reporting that a senior commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard has been killed in Lebanon.

Revolutionary GuardsThe website, mashreghnews.ir, says General Hassan Shateri was killed by “mercenaries of the Zionist regime,” but provided no details about his death.

Shateri led Guard forces in Lebanon and oversaw Iranian-financed reconstruction projects there.

Iran is a close ally of Syria and the militant group called Hezbollah, which is a powerful player in Lebanon. Tehran provides political and military support to both. Continue Reading »

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| February 11, 2013
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Hezbollah moves into villages of Southern Lebanon

Analysis: The Hezbollah terror group is storing rocket cashes in private homes it sold to poor Shiite families at rock-bottom prices

 

Part one of analysis by Ron Ben-Yishai

 

During a cold winter’s day in late January on the Biranit mountain range, which overlooks south Lebanon, I noticed that dozens, if not hundreds of new buildings had been built in Bint Jbeil, Maroun al-Ras, Aita al-Shaab and Barmish. There is almost no remnant of the devastation the region sustained during the Second Lebanon War, and even without binoculars it was evident that the Shiite communities have expanded significantly compared with the few Christian-Maronite villages in the area, which remained the same size, more or less. Continue Reading »

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| February 8, 2013
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Syria denies Israel targeted missile convoy on way to Lebanon

In a letter sent to UN Security Council, Syria rejected statements made by U.S. officials, claiming Israel had struck a research center and not a convoy carrying anti-aircraft missiles to Hezbollah.

 

Syria‘s UN ambassador says there is “no truth” to reports that an Israeli airstrike last week, which seriously damaged a scientific research center, had targeted a convoy heading to neighboring Lebanon.

Israeli F-15 jets

Israeli F-15 jet – Photo by AP

International media reported on July 31 that Israel launched an overnight air strike on Syria-Lebanon border.

Syrian state television said the attack targeted a research center near the capital Damascus, and later aired video footage purporting to show the site of the alleged Israeli strike. Continue Reading »

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| February 5, 2013
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A Lebanese Writes: Hezbollah’s Inflated Ego And the Cancerous Entity

The Lebanese people alone are unable to free their country from the savage Hizbullah occupation. They commit all kinds of horrible acts of mayhem and chaos; they manufacture, grow, distribute and export illicit drugs, launder money, sell weapons, steal, kill, infringe on all the laws of the land, challenge human rights, invade regions and homes inside Lebanon, and assassinate, intimidate, and humiliate anyone who opposes them – and kidnap and exercise every Mafioso-like atrocity.

By Elias Bejjani

 

The frightening Hizbullah’s devastating cancerous ailment is hitting Lebanon hard and without mercy and the Lebanese people on all levels and in all domains are the victims. Continue Reading »

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| February 4, 2013
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Lebanese FM, enough ‘talk’ calls for boycott of Israel

FM Adnan Mansour says Israel ‘deserves tough response’ & not ‘calls, statements and condemnation’ for Syria airstrike.

Meanwhile, Arab media reports that IAF bombed a Hezbollah facility in  Tyre, but group denies strike.

By Roi Kais

 

Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said Sunday that last week’s airstrike in Syria “is aggression against Lebanon.” He further added, “Israel deserves harsh responses and a tough boycott on the economic, political and diplomatic levels.”

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Speaking before traveling to Cairo to attend a conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Mansour said, “Israeli jets continue to invade Lebanon’s airspace every day. We must stand up against the Israeli attacks but not just with calls, statements and condemnation.” Continue Reading »

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| February 2, 2013
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Arabs…Learn from Israel!

Lebanese journalist explains how Israel’s ‘melting pot policy’ made it strongest country in the Mideast

By Talal Salman

 

BEIRUT – I assume many people throughout the Arab world were glued to their television sets as the results of the Israeli elections were being reported and analyzed the “democratic process” that unfolded. In my opinion, the event underscored the dismal situation of the Arab nations compared to the “Jewish ethnic groups” that gathered from all over the world to establish a Jewish state on Palestinian land.

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True, Israel is an enemy state to us. It is also true that it is racist – in its path, principles and political structure. Continue Reading »

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