Archbishop Hanna is demonstrating the classic dhimmi mentality. His people live among Muslims, and he knows they’ll be attacked if he says anything about jihad. He also knows that he can criticize Zionism and Israel all day long and he will not be in any danger for doing so, even as lives in Jerusalem. Police […]
Notes From Hassan Nasrallah’s Funeral
Elder of Ziyon has a series of observations on the funeral, with 50,000 participants, of Hassan Nasrallah, the late, and for the civilized world unlamented, leader of Hezbollah. The state of Lebanon was hardly in evidence at the funeral — no Lebanese flags, no mention of the country of Lebanon, no playing of the Lebanese […]
Syrian Army Enters Lebanon to Take On Hezbollah
A little history on intra-Arab and intra-Muslim conflicts in the recent past: The war in Yemen between the Royalists, backed by Saudi Arabia, and the Republicans, backed. by Egypt, took place between 1962 and 1970, with most of the fighting over by the mid-1960s. In this war, Egypt sent tens of thousands of troops to […]
Hizballah top dog and several of his family members killed in explosion of IED meant to be used against Israel
Why Allah would allow this is a question that is difficult to answer from the Qur’an. “Do you believe in part of the book and disbelieve in part of it? And what is the reward of those who do so, except disgrace in the life of the world, and on the Day of Resurrection they […]
Iran: Khamenei tabs Hizballah chief Naim Qassem as his Lebanon representative
In early October, Naim Qassem’s predecessor Hashem Safieddine went missing following an Israeli Air Force strike that targeted an underground bunker he was in. Less than two weeks later, Qassem, who was Hizballah’s deputy secretary general at the time, said that the group’s aim was to “inflict pain on Israel.” He recently made a speech […]
Can the Lebanese Army Be Trusted to Crack Down on Hezbollah?
The ceasefire between Hezbollah and the IDF that the Americans helped to broker was based on the belief that the Lebanese Army, if adequately funded by Washington, would be able to force Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon and made to pull back north of the Litani River. Then the Lebanese National Army would take control […]
Michigan: Imam says Hassan Nasrallah and others who were killed in Lebanon and Yemen are ‘real winners’
This is because they have gained a place in paradise. Elahi also thinks that history is on the side of the Shi’ite Muslims and their allies in the jihad against Israel as he says: “‘And the Party of Satan are the losers.’ They are not going to be remembered with honor. They will be remembered […]
In Lebanon, Voices Are Now Raised Against Hezbollah
The rapid and nearly bloodless overthrow of Assad in Syria has turned that country from being a firm ally of Hezbollah and Iran into an implacable enemy of both. And inside Lebanon, Hezbollah has been so battered by the IDF that it had to beg for a ceasefire that requires it to withdraw its forces […]
Trump Said to Warn Israel Not to Remain in Southern Lebanon Beyond 60-Day Ceasefire
In southern Lebanon, a 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is now in force. Both sides made certain solemn commitments. The Israelis said that they would remove their troops from Lebanon within 60 days, provided that Hezbollah honored its pledge to pull its own troops and weapons out of southern Lebanon and to redeploy them […]
Lebanon’s New President Reflects Hezbollah’s Weakness
Joseph Aoun is the new president of Lebanon, a country that has gone without a president for the past two years. As required by the Lebanese Constitution, he is a Christian. And unlike his namesake and predecessor as president, Michel Aoun, Joseph Aoun is determinedly opposed to Hezbollah, and hopes to constrain its power. More […]