Putting on full display the puppet state they have become, in the hands of Hizballah and its Syrian and Iranian backers. “Lebanon prevents UN condemnation of terror attack,” by Yitzhak Benhorin for YNet News, August 20: WASHINGTON — Murder of Israelis permitted? Lebanon, which is currently a member of the United Nations Security Council, prevented […]
U.N. tribunal that indicted Hizballah members in Hariri murder says attack linked to other assassinations
One of the judges ordered Lebanon to hand over information about the other attacks. With the current Lebanese government dominated by Hizballah, good luck with that. An update on this story. “Lebanon tribunal orders probe of 3 more attacks,” from the Jerusalem Post, August 19: AMSTERDAM – The UN-backed Lebanon tribunal said on Friday it […]
U.N. tribunal publishes full indictment of Hizballah members in Hariri assassination, nothing happens
The developments in this case from the U.N. increasingly have an air of “Hi, we’re with the United Nations. Remember when we indicted these people for homicide? Anybody?” Hizballah’s parasitic pseudo-state has succeeded for the moment in partially devouring its host. In a Hizballah-dominated government, the political will to challenge a band of thugs who […]
Whoops: Jihadists escape Lebanese prison by climbing down bedsheets
Fatah al-Islam was the group that engaged in a protracted battle with the Lebanese army while holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp. For all the trouble required to stop them, one would think they would be subject to higher security. One would think. “Prisoners use bedsheets to escape Lebanese jail,” from Reuters, August 13: […]
Hizballah preventing police from investigating an explosion at its headquarters
Vintage Hizballah on display in two areas: challenging state power with near impunity, and positioning military assets in civilian areas to take as many unwitting human shields with them as possible if they are ever challenged. “‘Hezbollah preventing police from probing Beirut blast’,” from the Jerusalem Post, July 30 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): Hezbollah security […]
Lebanon: Armed Shi’ite Muslims prevent land survey that could resolve dispute over chapel site in favor of Christians
The Shi’ites occupying the site claim it was previously the site of a mosque. If they get their way, the chapel will thus most likely become a trophy-mosque, like so many other churches, including the Hagia Sophia and the former Church of St. John the Baptist in Damascus. “In Lebanon, Shiites take possession of a […]
Interpol issues “red notice” for four Hizballah suspects in Hariri assassination
What remains to be seen is whether there is any political will to hold the four accountable in Lebanon, which is now under a Hizballah-dominated government. Left unchallenged for far too long, Hizballah’s parallel state has become a sort of suicide vest wrapped around Lebanon, and an instrument of blackmail whereby Hizballah can threaten to […]
Hizballah’s head honcho Nasrallah: Arrests of members indicted in Hariri assassination will never happen
Unfortunately, for as long as Hizballah’s country-within-a-country with its own standing army has gone unchallenged in Lebanon and allowed to become ever more entrenched in society and government, there may indeed not be the political will in Lebanon to hold the group accountable. An update on this story. “Hezbollah leader rejects Hariri court indictments,” by […]
U.N. tribunal indicts four Hizballah members in Hariri assassination
Hizballah knew this was coming, and knew it would be damaging. They have been maneuvering all along to shield themselves, trying to create a diversion by triggering the collapse of the Lebanese government in February. Now entrenched in the new government dominated by the group and its allies, they can resort to a wide array […]
Lebanon’s highest Sunni Muslim authority misunderstands Islam, says law against wife-beating and marital rape would “have a negative impact on Muslim children”
“Good women are obedient….As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34 “If a husband calls his wife to his bed [i.e. to have sexual relation] and she refuses and causes him to sleep in anger, the angels will curse her till […]