Essay on Hezbollah: Lebanese Shiite Militia

Lebanese Army. Hezbollah receives military training, weapons, and financial support from Iran, and political support from Syria. This is another terrorist group that are well trained and ready to kill without any remorse. Do you think that some day we will be able to live without fear these

In 1958, Muslims and Christians were not getting along in Lebanon. Lebanon had tensions with Egypt because Christian President Camille Chamoun did not sever ties with the Western countries that attacked Egypt during the Suez Crisis. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser did not like this. These tensions were also increased more because the Lebanon President liked the Baghdad Pact. The Egyptian President did not like this pact because he thought it went against Arabian nationalism. Egypt and Syria decided to make the United Arabian Republic after this, and Lebanese Muslims pushed their government to join them.The Christians in Lebanon wanted to stay close to the Westerners who attacked during the Suez Crisis. Internal instability when Muslims

HAMAS, an Arabic acronym meaning “Islamic Resistance Movement”, is the name of the socio-political organization currently in power over the Gaza Strip. For decades Jews & Muslims and Israelis & Palestinians, often one in the same, have fought for control over the region. Each have killed thousands of the other, destroyed infrastructures and used underhanded tactics to gain an advantage. Nations such as Japan, the European Union, the United States and (of course) Israel classify the group as terrorists, while nations such as Turkey, Russia and Switzerland do not. (King, 2010) Many factors are taken into consideration before a Nation-State denounces an organization as a “terrorist group”. A profile of HAMAS may help make clear why it is

This hatred for Israel was compounded by Israel's occupation of part of Lebanon. The removal of foreigners from Lebanese soil was considered a just cause and this ideological mission earned Hezbollah the support of many of the citizens of Lebanon and the rest of the Arab world.

In this day and age, we find ourselves at odds with our “identity” as we find that not only are we representing ourselves, but we also have ties to religion, sect, tribe, and family (Angrist). This shows that despite the cohesiveness and threads that attach us, it has the power to pull people, families, and in some cases countries apart. This conflict comes to a head when religion and ethnicity are interwoven. Hence when divisions occur, this can lead to violent wars that destroy trust between individuals. This can ingrain a sense of uneasiness and distrust that plagues people’s ideas and leaves a country divided. This is particularly evident in Lebanon. Ethnic and religious division led to the festering of feelings of marginalization and discrimination, which boiled over into the Lebanese civil war, a war that claimed the lives of 150,000 people (Szekely). The anger and frustration birthed from this to chaos, and conflict has in turn increased the division between ethnic and religious factions and led to the crumbling of Lebanese nationalism. This essay is specifically aimed at assessing the relationships between ethnic and religious divisions in Lebanon and explores how it contributed to the civil war. This is done by identifying and analyzing the main actors and makes an explanation of the historical divisions stemming from the National Pact, branching out to include the consequences of the civil war on the political structures and the identities of the

Syria is currently all over the news regarding what many have to come to see as a civil war. A term like civil war needs to identify the players and the reasons for the war. In this case the players are being identified as pro government or antigovernment with a Sunni or Shia overtone. Sunni and Shia are the two major sects of Islam and both have a historical based conflict going back to the death of the Prophet Muhammad and how Muslims should be governed. This conflict has caused tensions and violence to flare up throughout Islamic history. This conflict has carried into modern times and has becoming a rallying point for Muslim people calling for change with their government and across the Middle Eastern region. The

Dr. Haytham Mouzahem a Middle Eastern writer describes the long historical journey of Lebanon 's Shia community. The Lebanese Shia 's attained global identity in the 1980s, 5 years after Hezbollah was founded in 1975, with military operations carried out opposing the Israeli occupation in Lebanon, and the beginning of Hezbollah 's relationship with Syria and the Islamic republic of Iran ever since. According to some historians and Shia scholars in Lebanon and the west, the actual occultation of 'Shi 'ism ' in Lebanon was incorporated by 'Abu-Dhar Al Ghaffari ', a companion of Prophet Muhammad and also the fifth person to accept the religion of Islam. Abu-Dhar moved to 'Jabal Amel ' in the south of Lebanon where he began spreading the religion of Shia Islam where he later died in 652 AD; and that is why the greater Shia population resides in the southern region of the country .

Hezbollah, a Lebanese-based political organization, has tried to increase its influence in the country of Lebanon, but they have continued military and terrorist operations against Israel and the West. It is estimated by the United States government "estimates that Hezbollah's weapons arsenal includes 40,000 to 80,000 short and long range rockets, as well as anti-aircraft, anti-tank, and anti-ship weapons" (CFR.org Staff, 2010). The fact that a supposed political organization has access to this

on March 2, 2016, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) posted on its official website a scathing condemnation of the Lebanese Islamist movement the Party of God (Hezbollah), accusing it of carrying out "hostile acts" in the six GCC member-states and engaging in campaigns of "terror and incitement" in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

When translated, Hezbollah means “The Party of God.” However, as we examine the history, demographics, agenda, methodology and target choices and affiliation assignments and contributions of Hezbollah, we discover that this organization was established with perhaps one goal in mind and that is to strike fear into the hearts of those that oppose an Islamic state in Lebanon. Therefore, as the self-proclaimed “Party of God,” based on the history of their activities and actions, they appear to be something entirely different.

The civil war of 1975-96 had the Lebanese front against the Lebanese’s national movement, which were a reformist coalition and the Palestinian allies. The heart of the issue in this war was the change in political circumstances in Lebanon. The political aspect and the economy were run by French mandates. The government split each section’s part of Lebanese seats and service positions. A Maronite Christian would hold the presidency seat. A Sunni Muslim would hold the premiership and a Shi’a Muslim would hold the speakership. By diving the positions up to the power families it gives deep roots to Lebanon’s religious groups. The agreement to share the power was formally called the National Pact in 1943. These transformations disputed the dynamics of power between the older ruling families and undercut the authority of the state. An uprising in Sunni Muslim social forces brought an increased labor movement and a deprived Shi’a peasantry, which stood up against the ruling families.

Hezbollah, meaning “Party of God”, was created out of a volatile time in Lebanon. Lebanon in the 1970s was a collection of warring factions within the country. Palestinian guerrillas, Shiite Muslims, right-wing Christian Phalangists and leftist Sunni Muslims fought alongside as well as against each other for control of Lebanon's destiny. Syria moved in troops to aid the Christian Phalangists against the Shite Muslims. Israel was

July 2006 an unforgettable date for all the Lebanese and Israeli citizens, 12 July was the beginning of the visible war between these two parties and which was semi-finished in 14 august or in other words after a month from its beginning.one of the main reasons behind letting the volcano between these two parties to explode is the reply of Hezbollah by firing rockets at Israeli borders towns and this was a because of a clear alteration of an anti-tank missile attack on two protected Humvees patrolling the Israeli side of border town. And this act resulted in death of some Israeli soldiers as well as adduction of some others and they were taken by Hezbollah, and Hezbollah refused to release any of them except if an exchange of Lebanese prisoners is done with Israel. Israel refused to do so and by that Israel didn’t hesitate to start a war with Hezbollah and decided to continue what she have begun with and started to fire rocket to Lebanese towns with no fear that she is harming citizens with no fault other that they are Lebanese. Hezbollah here didn’t also hesitate to calm down the problems but replied to the Israeli by firing more rockets on their towns and by that both Lebanese and Israeli towns were on fire. This war resulted in death of thousands of Lebanese citizens and hundreds of Israelis, since both of the two parties have used weapons which cause

That satrapy is Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant organization sending fighters to Syria to support Iran-backed Shi 'ite militias battling Saudi-backed Sunni rebel groups that oppose Syrian President Bashar Assad. One of Hezbollah 's staunchest allies is the right-wing Christian Free Patriotic Movement, headed by Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil.

Due to civil war, Lebanon’s economy was highly affected, for instance central government institutions disintegrated. Therefore the estate was handicapped, and accumulated several debts, for example by 2001 Lebanon had reached $28 billion, or nearly 150% of GDP.