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What is Hezbollah?

Updated: 12/12/2022
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Hezbollah (Arabic: حزب الله‎ Ḥizbu 'llāh, literally "Party of Allah" or "Party of God") is a Shiite

Islamic militant

group that operates primarily out of Lebanon. It also has numerous secondary wings such a political party and healthcare services. Its primary source of funding and ideology is the Islamic Republic of Iran. Due to its actions against civilians, most Western governments and some Arab governments have recognized Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. However, due to its strong showing against Israel in the 2006 Lebanon War, Hezbollah is seen favorably by Arabs for resisting Israel.


Hezbollah claims that its opposition to Israel is rooted in both political considerations and from their understanding of the requirements of Islamic Jihad. This dual prong makes it difficult for other Muslims to condemn them, since even if they disagree with Hezbollah's interpretation of Islam, they do not disagree with the political considerations (namely Lebanese and Palestinian independence).


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Hezbollah is a Shi'a Islamist political and paramilitary organisation based in Lebanon. The core of the Hezbollah organization (also spelled Hizballah, Hezbullah and other variants, meaning 'Party of God') in Lebanon comes from 'Iranian Revolutionary Guards' sent to Lebanon in 1982, at the time of Israel's invasion of Southern Lebanaon designed to oust the PLO. They went to assist in the establishment of a revolutionary Islamic movement whose members would participate in the 'Jihad', Holy War, against Israel from bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Inspired by the success of the Iranian Revolution and establishment of an Islamic Republic in Iran, Hezbollah also dreamt of transforming Lebanon's multi-religion state into an Iranian-style Islamic state. Its ideology, as expressed in declarations by its leadership, maintained that Israel had no legitimacy as a state, and that it must be fought until Jerusalem, meaning all of Israel, is liberated.
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