Friday, May 1, 2020

Hezbollah classified as Terrorist Organization by Germany


On April 30, 2020, Germany classified the organization Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in its soil. According to an early morning operation conducted by the German police, more than 1,000 people in Germany belong to the Hezbollah extremist wing.

Hezbollah

  • The Hezbollah is a Shia Islamist political party that is based in Lebanon. 
  • The organization was founded by the Iranian effort in 1980s to aggregate Lebanese Shia groups. In the on-going Iran-Israel conflicts, Hezbollah acts as a proxy for Iran.

Foundation

  • In 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon and occupied a strip of south Lebanon. 
  • Hezbollah was then founded by the Muslim clerics in the region and was funded by Iran to harass Israeli occupation.

Iran-Israel proxy war

  • The conflict between Iran and Israel is a political struggle of Iran to dissolve the Jewish state, Israel. 
  • It emerged from Iran’s hostility towards Israel during Iranian Revolution in 1979. 
  • It then increased with Iranian support to Hezbollah during South Lebanon conflict.

Hezbollah manifesto

  • In 1985, Hezbollah created a manifesto that listed to expel the French, Americans and all their allies putting an end to the colonial rule.

United Nations

  • The United Nations Security Council operating for world peace, had disbanded and disarmed all the Lebanese militia. 
  • However, the organization has not yet made a decision over the Hezbollah group.

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