Hezbollah on Facebook?
Social media is great — but be careful who you connect with:
Comments (16) »Terrorists are hitting the social networks to fight Israel and Western countries, says Haifa University Professor Gabriel Weimann.
A statement originating from Lebanon has reported that Hizbullah is searching for material on the Israeli army’s Facebook activity. “Facebook has become a great place to obtain intelligence. Many users don’t even bother finding out who they are confirming as ‘Friend’ and to whom they are providing access to a large amount of information on their personal life,” according to Prof. Weimann. “The terrorists themselves, in parallel, are able to create false profiles that enable them to get into highly visible groups,” he says.
Monday, January 9th, 2012 at 4:03 PM | Stand for Israel
Hezbollah, champion of Lebanese Shiites. And drug dealer.
Hezbollah members
Sure, Israel’s critics often say, Hezbollah engages in some questionable activities. But look at all the humanitarian assistance they provide to Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim community! We’re not sure, however, that this falls under the category of “humanitarian assistance”:
If the Times is correct, Hezbollah — the champion of Shia Muslims, the perennial underdog in the everlasting fight against the West, the savior as it claims of so many poor Lebanese, ostensibly a devoutly religious organization with an enormous social welfare program, to say nothing of course of leading the noble cause of resistance to the “Zionist entity” to its south — is nothing more than an international criminal and terrorist organization with its dirty fingers in the global trade in weapons, drugs, conflict minerals, and illegal diamonds. Ill-gotten money is often spent in Lebanon for the good of Lebanon’s Shiite community and supporters, yet this money also fills the pockets of the cartels in South America, cocaine dealers in Africa, weapons smugglers, illegal diamond dealers — the scum of the earth, in every way.
In his post, Walter Russell Mead concludes:
People puzzled by widespread American popular support for Israel need to take a long hard look at Hezbollah. Over and over again, the most vitriolic enemies of Israel turn out to be hypocritical slimeballs: think of Butcher Assad, Hezbollah’s close ally and patron next door. At the same time, there are reports that Iranian and Venezuelan diplomats plotted cyberattacks against US targets including nuclear power plants. Israel’s enemies are determined, unscrupulous enemies of the United States as well, and as long as this is so, public opinion is going to see Israel as an embattled ally worthy of support.
Indeed. Most Americans — except for deluded souls who act as apologists for terrorism — know a good guy from a bad guy. Hezbollah falls in the latter category.
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 10:03 AM | Stand for Israel
Lebanon violates cease-fire with Israel
A Lebanese soldier opened fire on IDF troops across the border on Monday, prompting Israel to issue a strong warning against such provocations which, if not contained, could lead the two countries to war. Israel sent a letter of complaint to the U.N. stating that such actions could destabilize the region. This was the second cross-border shooting from Lebanon over the past two weeks. Thankfully, no one was injured in either incident.
In the summer of 2007, Israel fought a month-long war against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The war was instigated by a cross-border kidnapping, carried out by Hezbollah, of three Israeli soldiers. When the war ended with a cease-fire, there was a public outcry to bring the kidnapped soldiers back home. Not knowing if the soldiers were dead or alive at the time, the Israeli government agreed to release terrorists with blood on their hands in return for the kidnapped soldiers, whose corpses were returned in boxes.
Since the end of the war, the U.N.-brokered ceasefire agreement has routinely been breached by Hezbollah, in plain view of the UNIFIL forces who are stationed in Lebanon. Hezbollah continues to expand its deadly cache of weapons in blatant violation of Security Council resolution 1701 that called for the group’s disarmament. Most of the weapons originate in Iran and are smuggled into Lebanon via Syria. Israel has repeatedly protested Hezbollah’s weapon smuggling in the U.N. to no avail, and has warned that Hezbollah is stockpiling weapons as a prelude to a future conflict.
Israel is urging the Lebanese army to investigate the cross-border shootings and to put an end to these incidences. If the shooter had been successful in killing or injuring Israeli troops, the IDF might be well into Lebanese territory by this time.
Comments (3) »Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 3:10 PM | Amichai Farkas
Guns or prosperity — guess what Hezbollah chooses?
The Hezbollah terrorist group again shows its true colors:
”Billions of dollars have been offered to us to rebuild the deprived south Lebanon and in return to surrender our arms and stop the work of the resistance,” [Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General] Naim Qassem said Monday.
“But we told them we’re not in need [of their money] and the resistance will go on regardless of the consequences,” he added.
So basically, you had an opportunity to do good for your people but you decided that you’d rather focus your energies on killing Israelis. That’s quite a business plan you’ve got there.
Comments (5) »Monday, August 1st, 2011 at 1:41 PM | David Kuner
Rabbi Eckstein reflects on the Second Lebanon War
As part of the 5th anniversary of the Second Lebanon War, the Walla Website (a very popular Israeli website), has created a project to highlight eight well known Israeli personalities to share their personal recollections of this period of time. Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein was asked to share his thoughts as President of The Fellowship, which was known to be instrumental in helping needy citizens in northern Israel during this difficult time as well as providing funds to help secure the area for the citizens living there:
I have mixed feelings when I reflect on the Second Lebanon War – both some positive memories as well as negative ones. On the one hand, as an Israeli citizen, I remember the sense of concern about the ineffectiveness of the authorities in handling civilians who were stranded in shelters for weeks and cried out for help. Israel’s welfare system did not know how to adequately provide for the hundreds of needy citizens whose situation was even more acute during this emergency period. However, I remember my sense of pride and excitement in seeing hundreds of NGOs and volunteers working in the field and serving all of those people in distress, often putting their own lives at risk.
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During the war we assisted in providing thousands of hot meals, diapers, milk for babies and basic consumer goods and other necessary equipment. We provided for our reserve soldiers, we purchased bulletproof vests and helmets for employees of local authorities in the North, we purchased hundreds of toy boxes filled with activities for children to help pass the time for those children living in shelters. We made sure their were air conditioners, fans and basic equipment for the shelters and extensive individual assistance to hundreds of people and families in distress. All the aid that we provided could not have been accomplished without the help of hundreds of organizations, volunteers and social workers operating in the area.
Another thing that I’m proud of and excited by each time I encounter…
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 at 1:12 PM | David Kuner
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