Hezbollah

Hezbollah (Arabic ‮حزب الله‬, meaning Party of God, for other designations or alternative spellings, see 'name 'part of this article) is a political and military party in Lebanon founded in 1982 to fight Israel in southern Lebanon. It is regarded by many in the Arab and Muslim world as a legitimate militant Shia political party in Lebanon and by many in the Western world, by various non-Arab governments, and by the Israeli government as an Islamist terrorist or Islamic fundamentalist organization. In addition to its military wing, Hezbollah maintains a civilian arm, which runs hospitals, various news services, and eductional facilities.

External links, resources, and references

Official site

• Hizbollah (an English version is also available)
• Al-Manar TV Network
• Al-Nour radio

UN Resolutions regarding Lebanon

• UN Press Release SC/8181 UN, September 2, 2004
• Lebanon: Close Security Council vote backs free elections, urges foreign troop pullout UN, September 2, 2004
• UN vote due on Syria resolution BBC, September 2, 2004
• US draft resolution at UN demands respect for Lebanon's sovereignty AFP, September 2, 2004

See also: History of Lebanon

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United States Department of State

see also: United States Department of State

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• This article incorporates text from the United States Department of State, "Background Information on Foreign Terrorist Organizations," released by the Office of Counterterrorism, October 8, 1999.
• This article also in incorporates text from the United States Department of State, "Foreign Terrorist Organizations," Secretary of State, October 8, 1999.

Information

• Hizbullah in Lebanon, entry from the Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World.
• Hizbollah.org identity and goals
• Hizbullah: Politics and Religion by Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, (Pluto Press Ltd, 2001), ISBN 0745317936
• What is Hezbollah BBC, March 2005
• Open Directory Project - Hizballah directory category
• Yahoo - Hezbollah directory category
• Hezbollah: Lebanon, Islamists, Council on Foreign Relations
• Hezbollah in Profile, Parliament of Australia (PDF version)
• Abridged translation of "Nass al-Risala al-Maftuha allati wajahaha Hizballah ila-l-Mustad'afin fi Lubnan wa-l-Alam" (Hizballah Program), February 16, 1985 in al-Safir (Beirut).
• CNN transcripts
• Rotten.com article on Hezbollah

Articles

• The Moral Logic of Hizbullah by Martin Kramer.
• Hizbullah: The Calculus of Jihad by Martin Kramer.
• Palestinians Say Hizbollah Trying to Wreck Truce Diala Saadeh, Reuters, February 9, 2005
• Hezbollah May Be Threat to Mideast Truce Mohammed Daraghmeh, Associated Press, February 9, 2005
• Iranian arrested photographing Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan Amos Harel and Yossi Melman, Haaretz, September 20, 2004
• Hizballah and Syria's "Lebanese Card" Nicholas Blanford, Middle East Online Report, September 14, 2004
• UNIFIL keeps constant watch in South Lebanon The Daily Star, August 13, 2004
• Sticking to the rules in South Lebanon The Daily Star, July 23, 2004
• In Search of Hezbollah, by Adam Shatz New York Review of Books, April 29, 2004
• Nasrallah to Hamas: We are under your command The Daily Star, March 29, 2004
• Hezbollah in the Firing Line. Middle East Report, April 28, 2003
• Zisser, Eyal, "The Return of Hizbullah". Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2003.
• Westcott, Kathryn, "Who are Hezbollah?", BBC News Online
• MEIB Hezbollah: Between Tehran and Damascus by Gary C. Gambill and Ziad K. Abdelnour
• "Liberals, Labor, ABC unite against Hezbollah but are they telling the truth?"
• 'Arms from Iraq caused blast at Hezbollah base'
• MEIB Hezbollah is Recruiting Europeans for Terrorist Attacks against Israel
• Hizbollah: Rebel without a cause?.Middle East Briefing N°7 by the International Crisis Group, 30 July 2003