Hezbollah

[Viktor]

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Their ideology is anti-semitic

 

[daveman]

No question.

And no wonder progressives think they're just dandy.

Interesting, isn't it? Leftists, terrorists, and skinheads all agree: Death to Jews!

 

[toastman]

Hezbollah is a hateful, warmongering Islamic terrorist organization, that's just who they are.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Was there any question they weren't anti-semitic?

 

[Kondor3]

Hezbollah has more in common with the SA and SS than they do freedom-fighters.

 

[RoccoR]

Viktor, et al,

While this may (or may not) be true, it is certainly NOT the central theme of The New Hezbollah Manifesto (November 2009); if you think of anti-semitism in terms of discrimination against, hostility towards, or prejudice against those of the Jewish faith. However you could say that "zionism" is a parallel theme that is of concern. The difference being the associated nationalism to the creation of a Jewish State.

So, it would be more proper to say that it is anti-Zionistic; opposition to the creation and support of the Jewish State [Part II, Section B, General Assembly Resolution 181(II)].

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Their ideology is anti-semitic

(COMMENT)

Now certainly, the governments of the US and Israel are prominently portrayed as enemies of the Lebanese and Islamic Resistance groups. Hezbollah sees the American-Western Hegemony as a critical element to negate if the neutralization of Zionism and the threat that they see the State of Israel poses to Lebanon.

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[abu afak]

Don't you mean "Most Naively" Rocco?

Shameless Islamist Doublespeak Rages On
Hezbollah's "New" Manifesto in Context
http://www.meforum.org/2535/islamist-doublespeak-hezbollah-manifesto
by Raymond Ibrahim
Pajamas Media
December 24, 2009

"...According to Reuters, the terrorist organization's newly revised manifesto "tones down Islamist rhetoric but maintains a tough line against Israel and the United States. The new manifesto drops reference to an Islamic republic in Lebanon, which has a substantial Christian population, confirming changes to Hezbollah thinking about the need to respect Lebanon's diversity."

In fact, this "new" manifesto has been hailed as a progressive step forward for the terrorist organization: an AFP headline tells us that "Hezbollah strikes softer tone in second manifesto: [according to] analysts," such as one Paul Salem, head of the Beirut-based Carnegie Middle East Center, who asserts that the "manifesto is reassuring as it shows Hezbollah's integration with Lebanese political life."

Meanwhile, back on earth, a Jerusalem Post report reveals that this "toning down" exists solely in the "for-infidels-only" English version of the manifesto: "It is correct that the new manifesto does not include the previous document's call for the establishment of an 'Islamic republic' in Lebanon. But here an interesting discrepancy emerges. The longer, Arabic version of the manifesto is steeped in religious rhetoric and Islamist terminology."

In fact, words and phrases that do not appear in the English version — "resistance in the way of jihad," the "jihadi way," "mujahidin" and "martyrs," even oblique praise for Sharia rule — appear in the Arabic version, demonstrating that Hezbollah does not "respect Lebanon's diversity" and is not "integrat[ing] with Lebanese [i.e., half-Christian] political life."

As the Jerusalem Post concludes, Hezbollah "considers it in its interest to tone down or remove the pro-Iranian and jihadi parts of its identity when presenting itself to the outside world. But the full document in its original form suggests that the movement has not strayed far from its original path."

(Ironic, too, that Hezbollah ignored the fact that the Arabic and English versions would inevitably be compared and exposed. Perhaps its Shia proclivities, including an instinctual reliance on taqiyya, that is, doctrinal deceit, blinded it to this fact — that and perhaps its more plausible expectations that, even if they were to find out, few Westerners would care anyway.)

Aside from the fact that Hezbollah perfectly mirrors al-Qaeda by saying one thing in English to infidels and another in Arabic to Muslims, so too does it employ the grievance-against-the-West paradigm. A CNN headline concerning this new manifesto summarizes by saying, "Hezbollah blames U.S. for all terrorism." In fact, the manifesto's first section, entitled "Domination and Hegemony," is dedicated to portraying the U.S. as the "root of all terror" and a "danger that threatens the whole world," including by trying to dominate the Muslim world "politically, culturally, economically, and through all aspects."

There is one final irony worth noting: Though duping infidels has a long pedigree, that the current deception revolves around Muslims portraying themselves as weak victims who need to rely on the goodwill of the despised infidels; that the lie reduces Muslims to evoking, of all things, "humanitarianism" — otherwise a maudlin Western abomination that directly contravenes Islamic law — surely this must sting Muslim pride. For it is incongruous to believe, as Islamists certainly do, that might not only makes right, but is a sign of divine approval; that Islam must proudly spread its hegemony, including by the sword, brooking no infidel nonsense, no talk of "equality," "freedom," "tolerance," etc. — I say, it is incongruous to believe all this and then turn around and play the role of poor victim, evoke lofty, liberal standards, implore the international (that is, infidel) community for aid, and whine about that big meanie, the U.S. and its supposed quest for "domination and hegemony" — precisely what all Islamists most desire.

Yet so long as (naive or arrogant) Westerners continue believing their ideals are universally shared, irrespective of all evidence otherwise — from the antithetic dictates of Islamic law to al-Qaeda's, Fatah's, Hamas', and Hezbollah's open advocacy for it (in Arabic at least) — the indignity of assuming an effete and, from an Arab point of view, emasculated role is a small and, quite possibly, temporary price to pay.

 

[skye]

Hezbollah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Their ideology is anti-semitic

What is your point of stating the obvious???