Hezbollah appreciation thread

[Kouros]

Hezbollah defending Lebanon against Israeli aggression


Addressing an election campaign ceremony via a televised speech broadcast live from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Saturday evening, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah described the city, located about 80 kilometers south of the capital Beirut, as one of the basic strongholds of the anti-Israel resistance front.

He added that the Israeli military launched the 1996 aggression against Lebanon by striking the military command of Hezbollah.

“The Zionist air raid at the time failed to target late Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Badreddine,” Nasrallah pointed out.

The Hezbollah chief further noted that Israel’s aggressive policies towards Lebanon started just a year after its creation in the occupied Palestinian territories in 1948, dismissing allegations that Tel Aviv’s hostilities began after the formation of Palestinian resistance movements.

“In 1960s, [prominent Shia cleric] Imam Musa al-Sadr used to ask the Lebanese government to defend southern cities and towns against Israeli aggressions. His pleas, however, went unanswered as authorities did not take any actions,” Nasrallah underlined.

He added, “Because of the government’s apathy, Imam Musa al-Sadr established a popular resistance movement in southern Lebanon to confront the Zionist enemy.”

Nasrallah went on to say that the Beirut government failed to support southern Lebanese cities following the withdrawal of Israeli military forces in 2000, hailing Hezbollah’s capabilities in securing southern Lebanon against Israel’s barbarism.

He also urged his supporters to vote for Hezbollah and Amal Movement candidates in Lebanon's parliamentary elections, which are slated for May 6.

He then called on the Future Movement party, led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri, to enumerate its achievements concerning Lebanon’s economy.

The Hezbollah head emphasized that Lebanese public institutions were plagued with corruption, demanding that a vigorous campaign confront the menace.

“All national sectors in Lebanon suffer from sectarianism. Some Lebanese leaders have resorted to sectarians as a way to attain their political goals irrespective of the country’s national interests,” Nasrallah concluded.

[Kouros]

https://www.ict.org.il/Article.aspx?ID=294

According to "The Hizballah Program" the principles of its ideology are:

• To expel Americans, the French and their allies definitely from Lebanon, putting an end to any colonialist entity on our land.
• To submit the phalanges to a just power and bring them all to justice for the crimes they have perpetrated against Muslims and Christians.
• To permit all the sons of our people to determine their future and to choose in all the liberty the form of government their desire. We call upon all of them to pick the option of Islamic government which, alone, is capable of guaranteeing justice and liberty for all. Only an Islamic regime can stop any future tentative attempts of imperialistic infiltration onto our country.

[happycow]

"We call upon all of them to pick the option of Islamic government which, alone, is capable of guaranteeing justice and liberty for all. Only an Islamic regime can stop any future tentative attempts of imperialistic infiltration onto our country."

lol right........ the middle east is hopeless.

[Kouros]

"We call upon all of them to pick the option of Islamic government which, alone, is capable of guaranteeing justice and liberty for all. Only an Islamic regime can stop any future tentative attempts of imperialistic infiltration onto our country."

lol right........ the middle east is hopeless.

It doesn't have to be Islamic but they work with what they have

[happycow]

It doesn't have to be Islamic but they work with what they have

It will likely be Islamic and seems like thats what the middle east wants anyways. More Islamic governments to cater to Israel's needs. The only Islamic government that isn't playing nice is Iran. But Israel and the west will take care of that.

[Haider]

"We call upon all of them to pick the option of Islamic government which, alone, is capable of guaranteeing justice and liberty for all. Only an Islamic regime can stop any future tentative attempts of imperialistic infiltration onto our country."

lol right........ the middle east is hopeless.

That's part of their outdated manifesto back in the 80s at the peak of the war, since the 90s they no longer aim to establish an 'Islamic regime' or whatever that means, I mean they're the most powerful para-military group in the world, if they really wanted it they would've by now.

"In the early 1990s, Hezbollah underwent what a number of observers have called a process of "Lebanonization", which is reflected in acceptance of a multi-confessional Lebanon, rapprochement with a variety of non-Islamist forces, participation in electoral politics, and an emphasis on providing for the social welfare of its Shi'a Lebanese constituency. This tendency was expressed in religious as well as strategic terms:

"Christians and Jews differ with Muslims concerning the interpretation of the unity of God and the personality of God. Despite that, the Qur'an commands: Turn to the principle of unity—the unity of God and the unity of mankind. We interpret this to mean that we can meet with Marxists on the common ground of standing up to the forces of international arrogance; we can meet nationalists, even secular nationalists, on the common ground of Arab causes, which are also Islamic causes. Islam recognizes the Other.... So Islam does not negate the Other; it invites the Other to dialogue."

Since then, Hizbullah published a new manifesto on 1 December 2009, which shifts its direction to better stay coherent with the current situation in their community. This new manifesto contains language that downplays the Islamic rhetoric and focuses more on integration into their community. Furthermore, the new manifesto calls for the elimination of the sectarian system in place right now in Lebanon and calls for replacement of this system by a secular modern system. "

[Kouros]

It will likely be Islamic and seems like thats what the middle east wants anyways. More Islamic governments to cater to Israel's needs. The only Islamic government that isn't playing nice is Iran. But Israel and the west will take care of that.

I don't get what you're trying to say? How will an anti-Zionist government cater to Israel? Hezbollah was formed to take care of Israel, not the reverse.

[Kouros]

The New Hezbollah Manifesto
http://www.lebanonrenaissance.org/as...esto-Nov09.pdf

[happycow]

I don't get what you're trying to say? How will an anti-Zionist government cater to Israel? Hezbollah was formed to take care of Israel, not the reverse.

Islam is not anti zionist. Muslim hatred for Jews is an absolute farce. The quran itself promises the land for the Jews and you will have plenty of imams chastising muslims and palestinians for attacking Jews and Israel. An islamic government is absolutely no threat to the state of Israel. That's why the west takes out secular governments.

[Kouros]

Islam is not anti zionist.

I'm not talking about Islam, I'm talking about Hezbollah. Hezbollah doesn't want to protect 'Muslims' they want to protect Lebanese, Christians and Muslims alike. They always condemn attacks against any MENA Christian population.

"Christians and Jews differ with Muslims concerning the interpretation of the unity of God and the personality of God. Despite that, the Qur'an commands: Turn to the principle of unity—the unity of God and the unity of mankind. We interpret this to mean that we can meet with Marxists on the common ground of standing up to the forces of international arrogance; we can meet nationalists, even secular nationalists, on the common ground of Arab causes, which are also Islamic causes. Islam recognizes the Other.... So Islam does not negate the Other; it invites the Other to dialogue."

https://www.telesurtv.net/english/ne...0411-0024.html

“These continuous and escalating killings carried out by criminal gangs in the name of religion is one of the greatest catastrophes our Ummah (nation) has been witnessing”