i usually don't pay much attention to foreign events but i keep hearing about Eisbola. it has something to do with Israel who ever they are feuding with. Please explain.
2006-07-24 09:53:47 · 5 answers · asked by Jacks036 5 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
As has been mentioned it is spelt Hezbollah (Party of God in Arabic)
They are an organization with a political and militaristic side. They have been fighting against Israel since its creation and expansion after WW II, long story, I can give you more info on that if you want.
It has been designated a terrorist organization by the US and Israel because of its methodologies of using suicide bombers, kidnappings, etc.
It has 12 (out of 200 something) seats in the Lebonese Parliment, and more support in Syria and Iran.
2006-07-24 10:14:26 · answer #1 · answered by John J 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They are a terrorist group whos main objective is to kill Jews and take Israel off the map. They are funded mainly by Iran.
2006-07-24 10:02:51 · answer #2 · answered by Matt I 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my dear the hezb ollah means i think the party of holy god that means people wit no arms and just fighting w/empty hands with Israelis solders that are supported to the teethe by USA monetary support and us government. every day they are bombarded by the so called racist Zionist Jew and our people call these poor people as terrorists. since the media and the news are controlled by Jew and us poppets we really do NT see and hear the right news. there are allots of infants . kids and women are being killed because we are ignorant and not supporting the truth.
2006-07-24 10:04:34 · answer #3 · answered by ncegrad87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hezbollah..they are a terroist group who resides in lebanon.
Who israel is figthing. if you want more info go to msnbc.com they have everything you will need to know about them.
2006-07-24 09:56:19 · answer #4 · answered by skye_a_02 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hezbollah is Arabic Øزب "hezb" means party and اÙÙÙ "Allah" is the Arabic (not Muslim only) word for God. Therefore, Hezbollah means the Party of God. People in the organization are fighting in jihad/qitl fee sybil Allah (jihad/killing in the path of God.) In the Qur'an this type of jihad is mandatory for a Muslim.
Hezbollah is an umbrella organization of radical Shiites. The group was founded in early 1982 to combat Israeli, French and American troops in Lebanon. It is supported by Iran and Syria and located in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah are Shiite Muslims as are most Lebanese, Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians and some Yemenis, Pakistanis and Bahrainians. Diplomatic efforts are aimed at getting the Sunni Muslim countries to negotiate. This includes Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
Hezbollah is not the government of Lebanon
Its spiritual leader is Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, and its senior political leader is Hassan Nazrallah, who has held the title of secretary general since 1992. Its military arm is known as Islamic Resistance.
Hezbollah gained popular support by providing social services such as hospitals and schools for Lebanese Shiites. Hezbollah was able to step into the power breach created by Lebanon’s weak government. Hezbollah has pursued a political and religious agenda that centers on the destruction of Israel and opposition to the United States and has been carried out through terrorism against Israeli and Western targets. In 1983 Hezbollah killed 241 US marines in Beirut. Syria admits supporting Hezbollah, but denies arming the group.
Formerly, Syria had troops in Lebanon. When Syria withdrew its troops Hezbollah could operate freely.
Hezbollah’s official rhetoric calls for the destruction of Israel and its replacement with an Islamist Palestinian government. Initially, the group sought to replace Lebanon’s secular government with an Iranian-style Islamic government.
Hezbollah maximizes Israeli civilian casualties when they launch Syrian and Iranian designed antipersonnel missiles with ball-bearing shrapnel. Furthermore, in Lebanon, Hezbollah deliberately operates military wings out of densely populated areas to maximize Lebanese casualties. It seems that Hezbollah wants to maximize civilian casualties on BOTH sides.
On Beirut Al-Manar TV Lebanese President Emile Lahhud expressed his support for Hezbollah leader, Al-Sayyid [Hasan] Nasrallah. The Lebanese government could have chosen to expel Hezbollah.
The ground war in Lebanon began Friday, July 21st. Several Israeli brigades now appear to be operating between the Lebanese border and the Litani River. According to reports, Hezbollah forces are dispersed in multiple bunker complexes and are launching rockets from these and other locations. Hezbollah strategy is to draw Israeli troops as deeply into Lebanon as possible, forcing them to fight on extended supply lines. In order to destroy Hezbollah's infrastructure, Israeli troops must move into the Bekaa Valley and as far as the southern suburbs of Beirut. Simply occupying the border-Litani area will not achieve any of Israel's strategic goals.
The first point to bear in mind is that the crisis did not truly begin with the capture of two Israeli soldiers (Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev) by Hezbollah's Operation True Promise . The kidnappings presented a serious problem for Israel, but could not, by themselves, define the geopolitical issue. That definition came when Hezbollah rockets struck Haifa, Israel's third-largest city, on July 13. There were also claims coming from Hezbollah, and confirmed by Israeli officials, that Hezbollah had missiles available that could reach Tel Aviv. Israel's population is concentrated in the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem corridor and in the Tel Aviv-Haifa corridor. In effect, Hezbollah had attained the ability to strike at the Israeli heartland. Hezbollah has been hitting the northern part of this heartland, as well as pounding Israel's northern frontier.
Hezbollah has indicated that it will bombard Tel-Aviv, Israel with 500 missiles. So far, Hezbollah has used Kassam and Ketuysha rockets. It has not used the Zelzal or Fajr missiles, yet which have longer range. Israel is committed to ferreting out the missiles and destroying them. This will be costly to both sides in casualties.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said on MEMRI TV the volcano of rage of the people in the region is on the brink of eruption...it will not be limited to this region.
The ground war has begun. Israel first conducted massive air strikes and sent special forces troops into Lebanon to ferret out strongholds and weapons. Many of these are located in tunnels.
Early in the morning on July 21st, IDF ground forces were operating in the area of the Karni crossing in the northern Gaza Strip. In a military engagement just over the border of Lebanon Israeli soldiers of the Egoz regiment discovered one of the many fortified bunkers holding the large arsenal of missiles currently raining upon Israeli towns in the North. Several Israeli brigades now appear to be operating between the Lebanese border and the Litani River. According to reports, Hezbollah forces are dispersed in multiple bunker complexes and are launching rockets from these and other locations. Hezbollah has implemented its strategy by turning southern Lebanon into a military stronghold, consisting of well-designed bunkers that serve both as fire bases and launch facilities for rockets.
Hezbollah's strategy seems to be to draw Israeli troops as deeply into Lebanon as possible, forcing them to fight on extended supply lines. In order to destroy Hezbollah's infrastructure, Israeli troops must move into the Bekaa Valley and as far as the southern suburbs of Beirut. Israeli forces have pushed forward from the mountaintop village of Maroun er Ras captured Sunday to the fringes of Bint Jubeil, Hizballah’s south Lebanese capital.
Hizballah chief Hassan Nasrallah, who has an overall view, warned Israel in an interview to the Lebanese A Safir Monday, July 24, that its ground incursions in Lebanon would not stop Hizballah rocket fire against its cities.
The war began at Hezbollah's time and choosing. Military analysts say that the way the Israel-Hezbollah war has been prosecuted up until Monday, July 24, is more likely to bring Nassrallah closer to his war objectives than Olmert
The United Nations has called for a ceasefire and wishes to oversee the peace
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2006-07-24 10:20:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋