Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that in a future war with Israel, Hezbollah would attack Ben Gurion airport if Israel strikes the main airport in Beirut.
Categories: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Security, Terrorism |
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The recent escalation in rhetoric on both sides of the Israeli-Syrian border has, once again, raised the profile of the relationship between the two countries. Defence Minister Ehud Barak told a gathering of senior IDF officers last week that, in the absence of a peace deal, Israel could find itself at war with Syria. Syrian [...]
Categories: Arab World, Avigdor Lieberman, Ehud Barak, Golan Heights, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Peace Process, Syria, Turkey |
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The U.S. is concerned that the continued flow of arms to the Hezbollah militant organization could prompt a war between Israel and Lebanon
Categories: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Operation Cast Lead, Palestinians, Terrorism |
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The past week has contained a number of announcements which are significant to politics in the Middle East. While these events were all reported in the international press, they seem to have been downplayed for reasons that are not easy to explain. Perhaps the Copenhagen summit was stealing all the main headlines, or maybe the [...]
Categories: Hamas, Hezbollah, Peace Process, Syria |
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The Israeli Navy boarded a German ship based in Cyprus headed to Syria from Iran that contained 500 tons of weapons. The weapons, likely destined to Hezbollah officials, filled 40 of the 300 shipping containers on the Francop, flying the Antigua flag.
Categories: Hezbollah, Iran, Security, Syria, Terrorism |
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A Hezbollah leader’s home exploded in Tayr Filsi in Southern Lebanon killing five, including the terrorist leader and his son. This is further evidence that Hezbollah is re-stocking weapons in civilian areas around Lebanon. These are the people Jimmy Carter calls partners for peace.
President Shimon Peres spoke about the event, stating that Hezbollah is more of [...]
Categories: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Security, Shimon Peres, Terrorism |
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he does not consider Lebanon a current enemy, but will hold any future government coalition that includes Hezbolah accountable for any attack from Lebanese soil.
If you ask me, rightfully so. Just like any attack from Gaza is the responsibility of Hamas and any attack from Ramallah or [...]
Categories: Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Hezbollah, Lebanon |
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The IDF has officially given a green light for a missile system designed to stop anti-tank missiles. The technology has been in rapid development since the end of the 2006 Lebanon war.
During the Lebanon war, Hezbollah demonstrated a new ability to fire two consecutive rockets at a tank with the needed accuracy and power [...]
Categories: Hezbollah, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) |
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A building in a civilian area of Southern Lebanon caught on fire and produced an unexpected result. The building exploded, apparently due to the large number of rockets being stored inside.
The world gets mad at Israel for not following anti-Semitic UN resolutions to the letter, but no one seems to care that Hezbollah is [...]
Categories: Hezbollah, Lebanon, United Nations |
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Moderate party leader and Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has announced that Lebanon will not be given veto power in the Lebanese Parliament. Barry Rubin suggests that Hezbollah will resort to violence in response.
Hezbollah, like Hamas, has little regard for life and will violently react when they see their power slipping. I hope the Lebanese [...]
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