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Hezbollah - Origins. Hezbollah was formed from numerous other Lebanese Shia groups shortly after Israel's 1982 invasion, largely fought in mainly Shia southern Lebanon. The group was conceived by Iran, or at least was aided in its inception by the arrival in Lebanon of 1,500 Islamic revolutionary guards from Iran, three years after that country's own Islamic Revolution in 1979. Iran, as an Islamic republic — a Shia one — remains a close ally, financial backer, arms supplier and model for Hezbollah. Syria back ...

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The S-13 is based upon the Naval Brigade of the Jewish pre-military Haganah. Only in the 1970's it was professionalized as a naval SF unit and elite CT force. During the following decades the S-13 based its reputation as the second best elite SF in the IDF. The S-13 took part in Operation Spring of Youth of 1973 in which Israeli special forces raided Beirut secretly overnight and killed some of the members of Black September, which had carried out the Munich Massacre of Israeli athletes in the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics. Beside its great successes, t ...

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Hezbollah - Origins. Hezbollah was formed from numerous other Lebanese Shia groups shortly after Israel's 1982 invasion, largely fought in mainly Shia southern Lebanon. The group was conceived by Iran, or at least was aided in its inception by the arrival in Lebanon of 1,500 Islamic revolutionary guards from Iran, three years after that country's own Islamic Revolution in 1979. Iran, as an Islamic republic — a Shia one — remains a close ally, financial backer, arms supplier and model for Hezbollah. Syria back ...

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Hezbollah, Hezbollah - Alternative spellings and names, Hezbollah - Designations, Hezbollah - History, Hezbollah - Origins, Hezbollah - Hezbollah during the Lebanese war 1982-1990, Hezbollah - The South Lebanon period 1990-2000, Hezbollah - Hezbollah after the Israeli withdrawal, Hezbollah - Post-Lebanese election, Hezbollah - Political activities, Hezbollah - Foreign relations, Hezbollah - Ideology, Hezbollah - Media operations

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Hezbollah has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States [2] the United Kingdom [3], the Netherlands[4], Canada [5][6] and Australia [7]; the U.S. Department of State notes that Hezbollah has killed more than 300 American citizens (over 200 of whom were U.S Marines in Lebanon - though accountability for the Marine barracks bombing has never been thoroughly established). Russia has only recently begun to draw up a list of organizations it classifies as terrorist, which may reflect that of the EU [8]. The European Union has designated Hezbollah's External Security Organiza ...

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Hezbollah claims that it forbids its fighters entry into Iraq for any reason, and that no Hezbollah units or individual fighters have entered Iraq to support any Iraqi faction fighting America. However, on April 2, 2004, Muqtada al-Sadr announced his intention to form chapters of Hezbollah and Hamas in Iraq [47]. He is not known to have consulted Hezbollah or Hamas before making this statement. Hezbollah has been accused of having links to Al-Qaida. Though Hezbollah has a Shi'ite ideology, this does not exclude it from co-operation wi ...

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The organization views an Islamic republic, on the Iranian model, as the ideal and eventual form of state. However, as their conception of an Islamic republic requires the consent of the people, and Lebanon remains a religiously and ideologically heterogeneous society, their political platform revolves around more mundane issues. According to their published political platform in 2003, Hezbollah claims to favor the introduction of an Islamic government in Lebanon by peaceful democratic means. According to the United States Department of Stat ...

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Hezbollah operates a satellite television station from Lebanon, Al-Manar TV ("the Lighthouse") as well as a radio station, al-Nour ("the light"). Qubth Ut Alla ("The Fist of God") is the monthly magazine of Hezbollah's paramilitary wing. Al Manar broadcasts news in Arabic, English, French and Hebrew and is widely watched both in Lebanon and in other Arab countries. Its transmission in France (even via satellite, not by any station based on French territory) is controversial. It has been accused of promoting religi ...

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The name ‮حزب الله‬ is transliterated from the Arabic in a number of ways. A scientific transliteration would be hizbu' llah. Hezbollah is used by CNN and BBC. It is also written as Hizbullah, Hizballah, Hizbollah, Hezbullah, and the literal Arabic version Hizb Allah, which is used by Al Jazeera. "Hizb" (party) is the Modern Standard Arabic pronunciation, and "Hezb" is closer to Persian and to Lebanese dialect. The 'h' is pharyngeal in Arabic, but a normal 'h' sound in Persian. The "-llah" ending, originally "Allah", means "(the) God". The name is derived ...

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Hezbollah, Hezbollah - Alternative spellings and names, Hezbollah - Designations, Hezbollah - History, Hezbollah - Origins, Hezbollah - Hezbollah during the Lebanese war 1982-1990, Hezbollah - The South Lebanon period 1990-2000, Hezbollah - Hezbollah after the Israeli withdrawal, Hezbollah - Post-Lebanese election, Hezbollah - Political activities, Hezbollah - Foreign relations, Hezbollah - Ideology, Hezbollah - Media operations, Hezbollah - Notes, Hezbollah - Literature

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During the al-Aqsa Intifada, the S-13 soldiers decided not to limit themselves to naval operations and took part in ground counter terror operations deep within the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The S-13 has performed hundreds of operations, including the arrest and/or killing of many militants of the Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, considered worldwide as terrorists due to their involvement in suicide bombings. S-13 still performs naval operations. It earned high acclaim due to the capture of three Palestinian ...

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Shayetet 13, Shayetet 13 - History, Shayetet 13 - Training, Shayetet 13 - List of famous S-13 operations, Shayetet 13 - Current Status

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The organization views an Islamic republic, on the Iranian model, as the ideal and eventual form of state. However, as their conception of an Islamic republic requires the consent of the people, and Lebanon remains a religiously and ideologically heterogeneous society, their political platform revolves around more mundane issues. According to their published political platform in 2003, Hezbollah claims to favor the introduction of an Islamic government in Lebanon by peaceful democratic means. According to the United States Department of Stat ...

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Hezbollah, Hezbollah - Alternative spellings and names, Hezbollah - Designations, Hezbollah - History, Hezbollah - Origins, Hezbollah - Hezbollah during the Lebanese war 1982-1990, Hezbollah - The South Lebanon period 1990-2000, Hezbollah - Hezbollah after the Israeli withdrawal, Hezbollah - Post-Lebanese election, Hezbollah - Political activities, Hezbollah - Foreign relations, Hezbollah - Ideology, Hezbollah - Media operations

Read more here: » Hezbollah: Encyclopedia II - Hezbollah - Ideology

Hezbollah operates a satellite television station from Lebanon, Al-Manar TV ("the Lighthouse") as well as a radio station, al-Nour ("the light"). Qubth Ut Alla ("The Fist of God") is the monthly magazine of Hezbollah's paramilitary wing. Al Manar broadcasts news in Arabic, English, French and Hebrew and is widely watched both in Lebanon and in other Arab countries. Its transmission in France (even via satellite, not by any station based on French territory) is controversial. It has been accused of promoting religi ...

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Hezbollah, Hezbollah - Alternative spellings and names, Hezbollah - Designations, Hezbollah - History, Hezbollah - Origins, Hezbollah - Hezbollah during the Lebanese war 1982-1990, Hezbollah - The South Lebanon period 1990-2000, Hezbollah - Hezbollah after the Israeli withdrawal, Hezbollah - Post-Lebanese election, Hezbollah - Political activities, Hezbollah - Foreign relations, Hezbollah - Ideology, Hezbollah - Media operations

Read more here: » Hezbollah: Encyclopedia II - Hezbollah - Media operations

The name ‮حزب الله‬ is transliterated from the Arabic in a number of ways. A scientific transliteration would be hizbu' llah. Hezbollah is used by CNN and BBC. It is also written as Hizbullah, Hizballah, Hizbollah, Hezbullah, and the literal Arabic version Hizb Allah, which is used by Al Jazeera. "Hizb" (party) is the Modern Standard Arabic pronunciation, and "Hezb" is closer to Persian and to Lebanese dialect. The 'h' is pharyngeal in Arabic, but a normal 'h' sound in Persian. The "-llah" ending, originally "Allah", means "(the) God". The name is derived ...

See also:

Hezbollah, Hezbollah - Alternative spellings and names, Hezbollah - Designations, Hezbollah - History, Hezbollah - Origins, Hezbollah - Hezbollah during the Lebanese war 1982-1990, Hezbollah - The South Lebanon period 1990-2000, Hezbollah - Hezbollah after the Israeli withdrawal, Hezbollah - Post-Lebanese election, Hezbollah - Political activities, Hezbollah - Foreign relations, Hezbollah - Ideology, Hezbollah - Media operations

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Hezbollah has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States [2] the United Kingdom [3], the Netherlands[4], Canada [5][6] and Australia [7]; the U.S. Department of State notes that Hezbollah has killed more than 300 American citizens (over 200 of whom were U.S Marines in Lebanon.) Russia has only recently begun to draw up a list of organizations it classifies as terrorist, which may reflect that of the EU [8]. The European Union has designated Hezbollah's External Security Organiza ...

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Hezbollah, Hezbollah - Alternative spellings and names, Hezbollah - Designations, Hezbollah - History, Hezbollah - Origins, Hezbollah - Hezbollah during the Lebanese war 1982-1990, Hezbollah - The South Lebanon period 1990-2000, Hezbollah - Hezbollah after the Israeli withdrawal, Hezbollah - Post-Lebanese election, Hezbollah - Political activities, Hezbollah - Foreign relations, Hezbollah - Ideology, Hezbollah - Media operations

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Hezbollah claims that it forbids its fighters entry into Iraq for any reason, and that no Hezbollah units or individual fighters have entered Iraq to support any Iraqi faction fighting America. However, on April 2, 2004, Muqtada al-Sadr announced his intention to form chapters of Hezbollah and Hamas in Iraq [45]. He is not known to have consulted Hezbollah or Hamas before making this statement. Hezbollah has been accused of having links to Al-Qaida. Though Hezbollah has a Shi'ite ideology, this does not exclude it from co-operation wi ...

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Hezbollah, Hezbollah - Alternative spellings and names, Hezbollah - Designations, Hezbollah - History, Hezbollah - Origins, Hezbollah - Hezbollah during the Lebanese war 1982-1990, Hezbollah - The South Lebanon period 1990-2000, Hezbollah - Hezbollah after the Israeli withdrawal, Hezbollah - Post-Lebanese election, Hezbollah - Political activities, Hezbollah - Foreign relations, Hezbollah - Ideology, Hezbollah - Media operations

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