Hezbollah is a Shi’a Islamic terrorist organization. They had emerged in Lebanon in the early 1980’s as a consolidation of other Shi’a militias. Their early activities in the 1980’s had mainly focused on the Lebanese civil war acting against American and Israeli forces. This came about due to the Israeli’s occupying Lebanon for eighteen years up until 1990. Hezbollah waged an asymmetric war using guerrilla tactics such as suicide attacks against the Israeli Defense Forces. Hezbollah is regarded
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Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah Conflict in Lebanon Introduction The Republic of Lebanon is a small Middle Eastern nation on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It became an independent republic in 1943‚ but its history is thousands of years older. Historians have found evidence that people lived in the region in pre-historic times. Lebanon’s earliest known inhabitants‚ the Canaanites‚ settled the land in about 3000 B.C. The Canaanites were followed by the Phoenicians‚ who moved into the region
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Hezbollah are they a Terrorist Group or A Racial Social Group Contrary to popular belief‚ Terrorism has been a globalized reality long before the events of September 11. Indeed‚ only after the occurrence of the September 11 attacks did people‚ and to some extent countries‚ around the world consider terrorism as a threat to international peace and security. The destruction of the World Trade Center in New York became a lasting impression to Heads of State/Government around the world: an impression
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HEZBOLLAH (حزب الله) A LOOK INTO THE HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY OF A TERRORIST GROUP TURNED POLITICAL POWERHOUSE BY DEAN M. KEMP TERRORISM (ADJ 202) DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BACKGROUND Hezbollah is also known as: Islamic Jihad‚ Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine‚ Organization of the Oppressed on Earth‚ Party of God‚ Revolutionary Justice Organization‚ and The Islamic Resistance. The name “Hezbollah” is Arabic‚ which translates to‚ “Party of God‚” and whose name comes
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Eliza Chetlin Political Geography of the Middle East April 13‚ 2011 The 2006 Lebanon War The Lebanon War of 2006 began on July 12th‚ when Hezbollah launched a rocket attack on Israeli military positions stationed near the border between Lebanon and Israel. In the minutes during the ensuing chaos‚ Hezbollah militants crossed the border into Israel‚ and kidnapped two Israeli soldiers who they intended to use as collateral in a prisoner exchange with Israel. The war lasted until August 13‚
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politics‚ population and security. Many authors have written about the topic of the Syrian war and its effect on Lebanon. Hussein ibish in his article “Is Syria being ‘Lebanized’ or Lebanon being ‘syrianized’ ” talks about the intervention of Hezbollah in Syria and how this is affecting Lebanon’s safety. He mentions in his article how car bombings in Lebanon were the result of this intervention in addition to the political problems‚ some were against Hezbollah’s actions while others approved. “Lebanon
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Dallas-Feeney Christopher P. The US and the Levant: The Dilemma of Hezbollah—Restoring the Sovereignty of Lebanon and Enabling Peace in the Levant Falkenburg Luke Civil War Relapse?: Hezbollah & Sectarianism in Post-War Lebanon DEC 11 2012 Masters Jonathan ‚ Hezbollah (a.k.a. Hizbollah‚ Hizbu ’llah) . Counciil for Foreign Relations January 3‚ 2014 Meier Daniel The Effects of Arab Spring and Syrian Uprising on Lebanon May 2013 Ospina Mariano V. Syria‚ Iran‚ and Hizballah: A Strategic Alliance
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Short Paper: Week 6 Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Beach Kiosk Game The Prisoner’s Dilemma is a mathematical game theory that refers to a game in which the payoff from playing the dominant strategy is not the highest payoff possible and illustrates how self-interest can lead rational individuals and companies to pursue a course leading to mutual self-destruction‚ even when that destruction is foreseeable or in the case of companies certain decisions could have financial impact for better or worse
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Introduction Middle Eastern nation states came into existence not as a result of naturally-evolving and unique historical‚ social‚ or political processes reaching a nexus of cohesion‚ but rather‚ they emerged as a manifestation of the fragility of colonial power in the region (Zweiri a.o. 2008: 4). The history of statehood in the Middle East and its establishment by colonial powers has ensured that this remains a fragile and unstable region (Zweiri a.o. 2008: 4). After the collapse of the Ottoman
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more than any other country of the region. 2. In mid-July 2006 a month-long conflict broke out between Israel and the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon after the latter took two Israeli soldiers hostage during a cross-border raid. Israel responded with an intensive campaign of air-strikes and sent troops in Southern Lebanon‚ where strong resistance was encountered from Hezbollah. This Israel’s 34-days invasion of Lebanon from 12 July to 14 August 2006‚ known in Lebanon as the July War and in Israel
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