Hezbollah leadership split amid fears of fresh IDF attack
Fearing repeat of mistakes made in 2006, top militants slam civilian leaders, Lebanon media report.
By Jack Khoury Tags: Israel newsThe commanders of Hezbollah's military wing have leveled blistering criticism at the Shi'ite militant organization's civilian leadership, amid fears of Israel launching a fresh offensive in Lebanon, Lebanese news outlets have reported.
During a conference the group held in recent weeks, a number of bitter disputes broke out over a series of different subjects, ranging from the causes of the Second Lebanon War to more contemporary issues, according to the Lebanese Web site Lebanon Now.
The military wing's commanders accused the group's civilian leaders of not distributing the necessary aid to thousands of refugees displaced during the 2006 conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, Lebanon Now reported.
The criticism reportedly stemmed from a desire in the military wing to avoid such a situation in the event of a new war with Israel.
It was hinted that part of the group's leadership is corrupt, and uses the notion of opposition to Israel to hide its corruption.
According to reports, the commanders requested that officials in the Iran-backed group launch a comprehensive internal investigation, amid fears that a number of areas under Hezbollah's control in southern Lebanon are riven with administrative disorder.
Following the meetings, Hezbollah announced that the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, would hold a press conference on Monday, in which he will unveil the organization's new political platform.
Nasrallah is expected to touch upon the militant group's participation in the Lebanese government and state institutions, and possibly the contentious issue of the group's right to arms, Lebanese media reported.
The announcement came after calls in Lebanon for the disarmament of Hezbollah following the Second Lebanon War, which Israel launched in response to a cross-border raid by Hezbollah guerillas in which two Israeli soldiers were kidnapped.
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. |
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If you believe this crap from Mossad then I have a bridge you might be interested in buying.
Wally my fellow occupier of Aboriginal land. Perhaps in your righteousness you might leave our lucky country you me and all the other boat people who took this land over the last 230 years or so.By the way did you say sorry? As for Israel you obviously only know middle east narrative through the media and general misinformation you find from authors who have little or no knowledge of the subject other then peddling their left wing intellectually dishonest mantra. So Matey if you seek the truth perhaps read the views of international lawyers who understand. Perhaps try our own Aussie Julius Stone {who the akbah is that you ask} well there you are matey your on the road to enlightenment...oh and please don?t come back and say "yea right he was Jewish" so was our Rabbi Joshua........psss [known to you as JC} follow the strings to various opinions by non Jews too and......Before you can say ...football meat pies Kangaroo and Holden cars, you too will be in the know good luck cobber.
Smash Hezbollah & Hamas to smithereens to be a dire warning to Iran. In a cold calculated strategy,it's better to sacrifice two troublesome terrorist entites,than to confront Iran head on,which might very well sound the sirens of WW 3.! The idea behind it is: that Israel will never,but never relinquish any part of her territory,no matter what. Iran with her proxies might be goaded into a final adventure. But if Israel smashes,bothh Hezdollah & Hamas in such a way,Iran,which will not want to perish for the sake of her clients,will prefer life to total destruction ! One thing the world will have to take into consideration: Israel will use her Nukes on Iran if the danger to Israel's existence is on the balance !
I read such conflicting stuff from the Catholic Franciscans (who are not indigenous but own and run most Christian sites in Israel. I'd like your opinion.
Its about time, the Lebanese and Hezbollah look at their own conduct and flaws during the war!
dear danny, dont forget last war IDF cruhed almost all lebanon If in the next war Hezbollah dare to send missels to major cities I think all lebanon will be zxpedite to the middel age
Danny boy oh Danny boy the pipes are calling for the eradication of Nasrallah,Haniyeh,Meshal and others ,the 20-000 pounder bunker busters are primed and wsaiting ,inshallah.
It sounds to me as if the fascist Hezbollah leadership is facing up to reality once and for all ,the total eradication of Islamofascism from southern Lebanon ,soon ,very soon,inshallah.
Jack Choury, if you don't mind, is a Christian-Arab journalist. It says it all about you foreigners' understanding our area.
It's nice you agree with your former countryman. Living in the Western world din't change you at all.
Don't you notice Danny is not a real American, but an immigrant from the Middle Eastt?
Who stole what? I think you stole your name which is a Jewish name.
how can white europeans speaking english on aboriginal land have more rights to be where they are than jews ie a semitic tribe speaking hebrew in the m.east ? my understanding of history is that judaism, the name israel, m.eastern history goes back uniterrupted for 5000 years (all of which btw is older than islam and arabic)...so surely you are the white occupying settler invaders who have committed physical and cultural genocide on the aboriginals many of whom still live in apartheid reservations.
There is a dispute between Hizbollah's militants and it's politicians. It does concern the consequences of Hisbollah politicians to not distribute rapidly the money promised to refugees of the Second Lebanon war. It is not, however, motivated by Israeli threats of another Lebanon War. Rather it is motivated by the fact that Hizbollah and Amal are unable to control the crime wave caused by poverty in Beirut's southern suburbs. The militia have been forced to call upon the Lebanese Police and Security Services to control crime. This was all reported in the Lebanese press last week. I wish I knew who fed Jack Khoury the story he has run with. A most curious example of ethnocentric spin.
"Israel has historical and legal right to occupy this land." What history, what legal right,are you referring to my aussie mate? I am surprised you did not mention biblical or God in the same sentence. The only thing you got right in that sentence is the word occupy.
I'm asking because Hezbollah was not just defeated,but also outsmarted by the Jews in 2006 war so the question is if the new weapons alone will be enough to satisfy your lust for Jewish blood?
Self deceiving israel can either wake up or face its isolation within the international community.
Funny if you think Hezbollah actually "won" anything. I will give them credit for hitting Palestinians within Israel. Perhaps you and you family should leave cowboy country and resettle in Hezbollah south or Iran. Israel isn't giving back anything and it can level both Hezbollah and their masters in Tehran. Israel the only mostly secular democracy in the middle east will continue to flourish! There is a reason that the US and Europe continue to support them. That isn't changing despite your confusion.
I know, I know, Hezbollah defeated Israel all the way up to the Litani River, right? The only thing that's stronger than ever is their mouths -- and yours.
Why don't you give back the land you stole from the Mexicans you blubbering hypocrite. Israel has historical and legal right to occupy this land.how many people have you executed this week with your well known fair trials Danny Boy.
it's been the IDF's wish since their last defeat in 2006 to see Hizbollah somehow break up over itself; but as I said, it's only a wish. i hate to report to you that they are stronger than ever in all aspects, political, arms, support, quality, and quantity. darn, they even own the Governmet and nothing will pass without their approval. I sure would hate to see the next war, from what I hear, they have enough power this time to level all of Israel to the ground. you need to get over your wishful thinking and start thinking more strategically by giving up their land, which you have stolen from them, believe me they wont quit till they get it back or see you destroyed; make a choice and make sure you make the right one this time; don't act stupid and start a war, this time might be your end. be careful sissies....
The defended the land, they can do it again and again and beat the most "powerful" army in the Middle East. Strange huh, the west seems to call all their wars defensive when they're invading other nations.