Tag Archives: Hezbollah

Around the news, briefly

Posted on 12/08/2010 by Meryl Yourish

So, how’s that Syrian outreach going for us? Not good at all. Nope. So, let’s see—the Obama administration outreach to Russia? Zilch. Syria? Zilch. Iran? Zilch. North Korea? Zilch. How’s about the Obama attitude towards Israel? Smart power not looking … Continue reading →

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The anti-Israel media double standard

Posted on 07/10/2010 by Meryl Yourish

A few days ago, Israel released formerly classified photos that detailed Hezbollah weapons caches and soldiers nestled deeply within southern Lebanese civilian villages and towns. The world media dutifully passed along the information just as eagerly as they passed along … Continue reading →

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Wednesday snarkers

Posted on 05/05/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Mad Mahmoud is laughing at Obama: He’s not just insulting him, he’s taunting him. Iran isn’t afraid of sanctions. (Probably because there aren’t any and won’t be anytime soon.) Wow, that outstretched hand did a lot. Smart power! Note to … Continue reading →

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Hezbollah’s next milestone?

Posted on 04/28/2010 by Soccerdad

Close to a year and a half ago, Meryl observed a news report that despite Security Council resolution 1701, Hezbollah was three times as strong as it had been during its war against Israel in 2006 leading her to snark: … Continue reading →

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When smuggling arms is political

Posted on 11/25/2009 by Soccerdad

There’s an interesting tidbit in a report of the indictment of Lebanese men for smuggling arms to Hezbollah. Harb, Moussa Ali Hamdan of Brooklyn and Hasan Antar Karaki of Beirut were also charged with seeking to funnel to Hezbollah counterfeit … Continue reading →

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Thursday SNB

Posted on 08/13/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Oh, so THAT’s why HRW released a report about Hamas: So they could accuse Israel of more war crimes. I was thinking it was more to do with being caught trying to bash Israel to the Saudis so they could … Continue reading →

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Iran plane crash cause: Exploding bomb parts

Posted on 08/02/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The plane that crashed in Iran two weeks ago that killed everyone on board crashed because it was carrying arms to Hezbollah. According to the sources, the aircraft was carrying a large number of modern fuses composed of 2 kilograms … Continue reading →

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The morning after the morning after three years later

Posted on 06/10/2009 by Soccerdad

Snoopy noted a Bradley Burston column in the wake of Israel’s war with Hezbollah in 2006 in which Burston wrote (the link to Ha’aretz has expired): When this war is over and Israel’s troops are gone from Lebanon, and when … Continue reading →

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Hezbollah loses (for now)

Posted on 06/08/2009 by Soccerdad

Tony Badran has a complete roundup of the results of the Lebanese election. It features of names that I’m unfamiliar with, but will be of interest with those who have a detailed knowledge of Lebanese politics. This is from his … Continue reading →

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Experts know best

Posted on 06/05/2009 by Soccerdad

Barry Rubin has some fun critiquing credulous reporting on the upcoming Lebanes elections. More seriously, Amir Taheri considers the possibility of a Hezbollah victory: If Lebanon comes under Iranian control it could become one arm of a pincer — the … Continue reading →

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Der Spiegel, Zionist tool

Posted on 05/27/2009 by Soccerdad

In case you’re wondering why Nasrallah’s response to the charge in Der Spiegel that Hezbollah was responsible for Rafiq Hariri’s murder, is that Der Spiegel is a Zionist tool, read Michael Totten’s take. “[I]f (the majority) uses the report against … Continue reading →

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Lebanese spy stories

Posted on 05/24/2009 by Soccerdad

I’ve previously been skeptical of the Lebanese claims that Israel has an extensive spy network in Lebanon. The NY Times today, has a more extensive report on the story. Mr. Homsi, 61, was the deputy mayor of Saadnayel, a town … Continue reading →

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Nasrallah blames Israel for all the ills of the region

Posted on 05/22/2009 by Meryl Yourish

These are the words of the man who, in the coming months, you can expect the EU, UN, and left-leaning US crowd to call for Israel to negotiate with. Because Hezbollah, they will say, is moderating. Or because Hezbollah is … Continue reading →

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Buffaloed by “wings”

Posted on 04/19/2009 by Soccerdad

Last week a number of bloggers noted an article about Hezbollah, in which one of the terror group’s leaders acknowledged that there’s no difference between its “political” and “military” wings. On one point, the United States agrees with Hezbollah’s No. … Continue reading →

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Madly for Mahdi

Posted on 11/21/2008 by Soccerdad

The NYT reports on the extent of Hezbollah’s influence in Lebanon in Generation Faithful. There is a network of schools– some of them run by Hezbollah, others affiliated with or controlled by it — largely shielded from outsiders. There is … Continue reading →

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The anti-Israel bias, cont’d.

Posted on 10/17/2008 by Meryl Yourish

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s report on Israel and Hezbullah illustrates perfectly what is wrong with the way that the world looks at any conflict that involves Israel. A report released Thursday by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described … Continue reading →

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This deal keeps getting worse and worse

Posted on 06/30/2008 by Soccerdad

The Israeli government has decided to swap a live terrorist for two dead soldiers. Former Chief of Staff Dan Halutz is in favor of the deal. And isn’t the price too high? According to Halutz, “Our nation is not like … Continue reading →

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Hezbollah in the west

Posted on 06/20/2008 by Soccerdad

Nice to see that even after prodding Israel to accept Hezbollah’s claim that Shebaa Farms is part of Lebanon, Sec. Rice acknowledges the nature of Hezbollah. Rice said also during the lightning visit that Washington still considers Hezbollah a terrorist … Continue reading →

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The whole shebaa-ng

Posted on 06/20/2008 by Soccerdad

Back in February, 2002, Thomas Friedman trumpeted the Saudi “peace plan” as proposed by then-Crown Prince (now King) Abdullah: Earlier this month, I wrote a column suggesting that the 22 members of the Arab League, at their summit in Beirut … Continue reading →

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Israel’s five major threats

Posted on 05/20/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Ha’aretz interviewed director of Military Intelligence Major General Amos Yadlin. Here are his thoughts on the threats Israel faces: According to Yadlin, Israel faces five threats: Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The intelligence picture that Israel has about … Continue reading →

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