Politics and communication, lina khatib, dinar matar and atef alshaer offer a comprehensive analysis of the groups sophisticated political communication strategy since its inception in 1982. This is used by the lebanese scholar ahmad nizar hamzeh and in the english edition of hizbullah. Hizbullah is an extension of the islamic revolution within lebanese society. Hizbullah and the politics of remembrance by bashir saade. In december 2009, hizballah announced a change in its political platform to step away from creating an islamic state in lebanon, instead seeking to increase islamic fundamentalism within the democratic system. Hizbullah is not a national lebanese movement, as has been frequently claimed in the west. Armed groups as political parties and their role in. Its structure, decisionmaking, and relationship with iranian clergy and institutions, terrorism and political violence 63 1994 or ahmad nizar hamzeh, in the path of hizbullah syracuse, ny. Reviewer morgane colleau thinks this is a highly valuable contribution that sheds much needed light on a key causal dimension in the movements.
The source of personnel came from within the shi ite community in southern lebanon, which provided hezbollah with the means to achieve the organizations immediate ends of resistance to the occupation of israeli defense forces, and maintaining the resistance movement. Formed in 1982 in response to israels invasion of lebanon, hizbullah was instrumental in forcing israel to withdraw its. He was elected to the north eastern provincial council at the 1988 provincial council election. For an analysis of hizballahs internal organizational evolution, see. Lebanesebased shia resistance group hizbullah party of god is a prominent example of this type of organisation. Ranstorp, m 1998, the strategy and tactics of hizballahs current lebanonisation process, mediterranean politics, vol.
The syrian conflict and its impact on hezbollahs authority. Alaghas reliance on a robust empirical basis and his analysis also of the most recent events make this study a valuable addition to the literature on the subject. While the iranian hizbuuah was instrumental in building a state, the lebanese hizbullah cannot go beyond being a political party operating within. International journal of intelligence and counterintelligence. Formed in 1982 in response to israels invasion of lebanon, hizbullah was instrumental in forcing israel to withdraw its troops in 2000. Hizbullah contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the sri lanka muslim congress slmc candidates in batticaloa district. Azani, e 2012, hezbollahs strategy of walking on the edge. May 09, 2008 in a long and threatening speech he said that hizbullah s secure communications system was its most powerful tool in the 2006 war against israel. Simulating war with hezbollah, idf looks to avoid past mistakes after war games with mock terrorist killing sprees in israeli communities and a counterattack in southern lebanon, army. In 2006 hizbullah dragged both israel and lebanon into a war neither wanted. The network hezbollah helped build has changed conflicts across the region.
In the summer war of 2006, hizbullah proved to the world that it is much more than a political partyit is a force to be reckoned with. The authors of this book address how hizbullah uses image, language, and its charismatic leader, hassan nasrallah, to legitimize its political aims and ideology and appeal to different target groups. Pdf the shiite community in lebanon and the background for hezbollahs emergence. Tatanggap yang saup a pampulitika ampong pinansyal king iran ampong syria, at ing dake nang paramilitary.
Matthew levitt i the washington institute for near east. He was reelected at the 1994 parliamentary election. The decadent west doesnt understand what patience is. Naim qassem, as the deputy secretarygeneral of hezbollah, offers his unique perspective on the militant groups history, politics and aspirations. Sheikh naim qassem, deputy secretarygeneral of hizbullah, offers a unique insiders view to one of the middle easts major political forces. Hizbullah is a political party functioning within a nonislamic state and a multireligiousconfessionalsectarian state. He was elected to the north eastern provincial council at the 1988 provincial council election hizbullah contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the sri lanka muslim congress slmc candidates in batticaloa district. Two years later, hizbullah took over downtown beirut by force, leading to several deaths. Scholars differ as to when hezbollah came to be a distinct entity.
With in the path of hizbullah, ahmad nizar hamzeh has produced one of the most detailed and indepth accounts of what is quite possibly the most powerful force in lebanon today. Simulating war with hezbollah, idf looks to avoid past. From islamic revolution to parliamentary accommodation, third world quarterly 142 1993. Hamzeh forgoes the history surrounding hezbollahs formation and immediately dives into the mechanics of the group.
Hizbullah and the politics of remembrance ebook by bashir. The deadly threats of hizbullah and iran tom gross. After all, we have been weaving carpets for thousands of years. Alaghas reliance on a robust empirical basis and his analysis also of the most recent events make this study a valuable addition to. The story from within by naim qassem naim qassem offers an insiders view of the workings of the party from its inception until now, providing a comprehensive guide to the mandate of one of the middle easts major political forces. During the second lebanon war, the egyptian muslim brotherhood gave full public backing to hizbullah, even while saudi arabias wahhabi clerics condemned the shiite group. The counterprotest was the work of hizbullah, the terrorist group that has become a potent voice in lebanese politics. Jan 01, 2008 hizbullah is an extension of the islamic revolution within lebanese society. The story from within, by hizbullahs deputy leader naim qassem. Its lebanese proxy, hizbullah, reached out to sudans hasan turabi in the 1990s. The reality is that today within lebanon, hizbullah is an army of the people, by the people, and for the people. Hezbollahs influence in lebanon counter extremism project. The deadly threats of hizbullah and iran w e have the patience needed to destroy the jews and spread islam throughout the world, one iranian islamic fundamentalist said recently. These take the form of either a military victory against a formidable foe, such as in the case of hizbullah against israel in its 2000 withdrawal and 2006 war, or a sweeping electoral score, as with egypts muslim brotherhood.
Currently the group seeks to spread shiite islam, destroy the state of israel, liberate palestine, and restore palestinian rights. In the course of islamic organisations history, elements of surprise are consistent. Hezbollah has also created its own parallel institutions within lebanons educational, social, and economic sectors. Hezbollahs paramilitary wing is the jihad council, and its political wing is the loyalty to the resistance bloc party in the lebanese parliament. These people are doctors, teachers, accountants, taxi drivers, shopkeepers, manual labourers and all other professions, but their common denominator is their love of their homeland. Since 2000, the popularity of the organization has continued to grow throughout southern lebanon and beirut since the evacuation of israeli troops. Hezbollah is a shia islamic organization in lebanon. Hezbollahrun schools indoctrinate shiite youth while its network of social services provide shiite citizens with health care, utilities, groceries, and construction services. In its 2011 country reports on terrorism, the state department noted that ideological. Hizbullahs electronic and print media has a remit to transmit political messaging, ideological propaganda, and militant incitement.
Dalia khalil a religious shiite party with ties to iran, hizbullah after many years as a guerilla movement is now involved in mainstream parliamentary politics. The story from within until now with regards to the ebook weve got hizbullah hezbollah. Armed groups as political parties and their role in electoral. The struggle for political survival, 200012 lina khatib. Extreme voices within the lebanese sunni community, including jihadists tied to. Armed groups as political parties and their role in electoral politics. Various sources list the official formation of the group as early as 1982 whereas diaz and newman maintain that hezbollah remained an amalgamation of various violent shia extremists until as late as 1985. Born out of the israeli occupation of the south of lebanon, the political armed group hizbullah is a powerful player within both lebanon and the wider middle east. Formed in 1982 in response to israels invasion of lebanon, hizbullah was instrumental in forcing israel to withdraw its troops in. The future role of hezbollah in syria remains to be seen.
Hizbullahs leader, hassan nasrallah, and his men are not loyal to the president of lebanon or to the government of lebanon, but rather to iranian leader ayatollah khamenei. In syria, the militias have played a major role in propping up president bashar alassad, an important iranian ally. May 23, 2010 hizbullah is not a national lebanese movement, as has been frequently claimed in the west. Although they offer no startling insights into the groups sociopolitical aims and approaches within. Sheikh naim qassem, its deputy secretarygeneral, provides an insiders view of this shiite resistance group turned political party, from its inception to the present day. The story from within, naim qassem asserted that hezbollah should be seen as legitimate and as primarily an islamic political party and further, as a moderate social movement in lebanon, rather than a terrorist organization. Hizballah lebanon, national liberation movements, political parties publisher london. Matthew levitt i the washington institute for near east policy.
These people are doctors, teachers, accountants, taxi drivers, shopkeepers, manual labourers and all other professions, but their common. Articles and books that discuss the status of hezbollah as a terrorist group include nazir hamzeh, lebanons hizbullah. In a long and threatening speech he said that hizbullahs secure communications system was its most powerful tool in the 2006 war against israel. Understanding how hizbullah has, since the 1980s, developed its own reading of the nature of the lebanese state, national identity and historical narrative is central to grasping the. Hizbullahs identity construction is an intelligent contribution to the academic debate on the dynamics of change in the political identity of islamist movements.
While the later is the most commonly used term, i employ the second most common transliteration. Hizbullah party of god is one of the middle easts major political forces. This updated paperback includes a new introduction covering the 2006 war and the spring 2008 events in beirut. Delimiting the boundaries of nonviolent resistance. Statement from family of hejaaz hizbullah, attorney at law we have been greatly disturbed by a vile and viampaign being carried out against our husband and brother hejaaz hizbullah with the intention of prejudicing publ. From radicalism to pragmatism, middle east policy 45 january 1998. Between political game and political violence, studies in. Hizbullah was a member of kattankudy divisional council.