2023-11-19 11:58:47
Since October 7, as a sign of “solidarity with Hamas“, Hezbollah bombards Israeli positions daily on the border between Lebanon and the Jewish state. He is an ally of Hamas, a protégé of Iran which arms and finances it.
Hezbollah is born”of a ramifications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”, explains Elena Aoun. In 1977, Israel occupied South Lebanon, to create a buffer zone to protect itself from attacks by Yasser Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), whose headquarters were in Beirut. In 1982, the Israeli army carried out the operation “Peace in Galilee“: it invades Lebanon once more, but this time, it pushes as far as Beirut. A group of Shiites opposing this invasion then takes up arms to fight Israel. Iran will finance and train them. Hezbollah, literally”part of God”was born.
In his 1985 manifesto, “[il] promises to expel Western powers from Lebanon, calls for the destruction of the Israeli state and pledges allegiance to Iran’s supreme leader. He also advocates an Islamist regime inspired by Iran, while emphasizing that the Lebanese people must have the freedom to self-determine.summarizes it Council on Foreign relations (CFR).
Il promises to expel Western powers from Lebanon, calls for the destruction of the Israeli state and pledges allegiance to Iran’s supreme leader.
Council on Foreign relations (CFR)
Lebanon is then in full swing civil war. “The creation of Hezbollah also corresponds to awakening of Shiite political activism Lebanese, whose goal is to take a place in the State, to stop being left behind in Lebanon”, says Elena Aoun.
Hezbollah is also a party, who now participates in Lebanese political life, takes part in elections and in power. It has established its popularity through numerous social services (schools, hospitals, etc.). However, he is regularly accused of paralyzing Lebanon, constantly instability. Lately, he has come under a lot of criticism for his business management.
on armed component is however still powerful. It has been recognized as a terrorist organization by the European Union (while the United States considers Hezbollah as a whole to be terrorist). In particular, she has carried out numerous suicide attacks.
Clashes with Israel have been regular and bloody. Israel eventually withdrew from South Lebanon in 2000. This did not prevent other conflicts between these two actors (as in 2006). Hezbollah also fought alongside the army Bashar al-Assad during the war in Syria.
The militia today has a considerable arsenal, much larger than that of Hamas, and tens of thousands of fighters, as Didier Leroy (ERM/ULB) pointed out in the program Déclic sur La Première.
Hezbollah, and Iran, are said to have helped Hamas prepare its attack on October 7, 2023. The question now is how far it will go in its support, beyond the current bombings.
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