- By removing Hezbollah from its terror list, the Arab League has sent a message to Iran and its terror proxies that they have a green light to pursue their terrorist attackers not only against Israel, but also against some of the Arab countries, especially the Gulf states.
- Many Lebanese citizens and politicians are convinced that Hezbollah, together with the mullahs in Iran, are determined to destroy Lebanon by dragging it into war with Israel
- Every child in Lebanon and the rest of the Middle East knows that the Lebanese army, along with UNIFIL forces, have failed to secure the border with Israel and combat terrorism.
- "... Americans don't know... that there was an agreement signed [for Lebanon's undersea gas fields] between international companies, including American companies, European companies, all this under the umbrella of the Iran Deal... All these capitalists and companies who want to make money... are pressuring everybody to respect a ceasefire but also a status quo [in Lebanon]. Now, who loses? The Israelis and the Lebanese. The Israelis, if you put pressure on them. [saying] don't do any action [against Hezbollah], Hezbollah will reinforce and reinforce and they will pull another October 7 from the north against Israel. And the Lebanese, once Hezbollah is protected from Israel... they'll go and finish off the... Christians, Druze, Sunnis who oppose Hezbollah." — Walid Phares, Middle East expert, X.com, July 2, 2024.
By removing Hezbollah from its terror list, the Arab League has sent a message to Iran and its terror proxies that they have a green light to pursue their terrorist attackers not only against Israel, but also against some of the Arab countries, especially the Gulf states. Pictured: Permanent Representatives of the Arab League member states at the organization's headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on April 3, 2024. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
In a surprise and controversial move, the Arab League, which has 22 member states, announced last month that it no longer classifies the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon as a terrorist organization. The announcement was made by Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League, Hossam Zaki, who recently visited the Lebanese capital of Beirut.
Zaki explained that previous decisions of the Arab League to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization "led to cutting off communication with it."
The Arab League, he argued, does not have official terrorist lists and its efforts do not include classifying entities as terrorist organizations. "The [Arab] member states of the League agreed that the label of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization should no longer be employed," Zaki said.
In 2016, the Arab League declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization – a week after a similar move by Arab Gulf states.
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