Pro-Syrian Lebanese president Lahoud harbored Nasrallah during part of the Lebanon War – o (tags)
Pro-Syrian Lebanese president Lahoud harbored Nasrallah during part of the Lebanon War – on orders from Damascus
Middle EastHizballah, the Lebanese Shi‘i movement whose militia is fighting the Israeli army in south Lebanon, has been cast misleadingly in much media coverage of the ongoing war. Much more than a militia, the movement is also a political party that is a powerful actor in Lebanese politics and a provider of important social services. Not a creature of Iranian and Syrian sponsorship, Hizballah arose to battle Israel’s occupation of south Lebanon from 1982-2000 and, more broadly, to advocate for Lebanon’s historically disenfranchised Shi‘i Muslim community.
Operation "Save Israel's High Command" (tags)
"Israeli propaganda, except in the United States where there isn't any other kind, doesn't work its old magic."
Six Fallacies of the U.S. Hizballah Campaign (tags)
The idea that the region is going to fall in line behind a U.S.-Israeli campaign against Hizballah is ludicrous.
Information brief: History of Israeli-Arab Prisoner Exchanges (tags)
Israel's failure to release Palestinian political prisoners and its continued arbitrary arrest of Palestinian civilians serves only to highlight Israel's belief that it is above the law and that the Palestinians are beneath it.