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Originally Posted by stevo
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stevo, there is overwhelming evidence that Mr. Mephisto is entirely correct in his point that the Israeli government created "the monster", hezbollah.
You cited a "piece" from an ADL web page as the sole support for your challenge of Mr. Mephisto's point. You didn't actually challenge Mr. Mephisto's point....you "twisted it".....in your post's parting comment. Mr. Mephisto did not say that the latest round of violence in Lebanon was because of Israel's former occupation of portions of that country.
The documentation that I post here, is a catalyst for asking the obvious question; would hezbollah exist today, to forcefully oppose Israel, if not for Israel's history....since 1978, of IDF operations inside Lebanon?
Would it be an offense to your sensibilities if the sole support for my challenge of your "point", was propaganda from an <a href="http://www.adc.org/">ADC</a> sponsored web page? Do you think that you "raise the bar" here, by posting something from the ADL, with no other support for your "challenge"?
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http://www.military.com/Resources/Re...ah-History.htm
The history of Hezbollah begins with the 1982 occupation of Beirut and southern Lebanon by Israel. Israel had re-invaded the country in an effort to control members of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) who had settled there and were carrying out attacks on Israel. In response Shi'ite Muslims with the assistance of Iranian Revolutionary Guards formed Hezbollah to combat the Israeli presence, and ultimately to assist the Palestinians in their fight for statehood.
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http://www.jewishtoronto.net/content...ticleID=188361
A brief history of Hezbollah
By Gil Sedan
JTA
July 13, 2006
Despite Hezbollah's evolution, opposition to Israel remains constant.
JERUSALEM, July 13 (JTA) -- Hezbollah's evolution from its creation after Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon to its current role in provoking a major military confrontation underscores how far the group has come and how it continues to be a force with which Israel must contend.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1908671.stm
Thursday, 4 April, 2002, 11:04 GMT 12:04 UK
Who are Hezbollah?
.....Hezbollah was conceived in 1982 by a group of clerics after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It was formed primarily to offer resistance to the Israeli occupation........
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...101653_pf.html
History Revisited in Lebanon Fighting
Pattern of Engagement the Same, but Enemy May Be Tougher Than in '78 and '82
By Edward Cody and Scott Wilson
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, July 22, 2006; A10
BEIRUT, July 21 -- In this achingly beautiful but often tortured country, history is repeating itself, logging another chapter tragically similar to ones before it.
As they did during Operation Litani in 1978, Israeli jets are raining bombs and missiles on what the government in Jerusalem describes as terrorist infrastructure planted among Lebanese civilians. As they did again in 1982, Israeli leaders talk of dismantling a terrorist organization to remove a threat to northern Israel.
Panicked Lebanese again are fleeing north. And the United States, true to its role in the earlier confrontations, is urging restraint but also backing Israel's demand that the Lebanese army rid the border region of terrorists by enforcing state authority.
Yet a look back over the past three decades suggests that the foe Israel is taking on today -- the Lebanese-based Hezbollah militia -- may be far harder to expel than the transplanted Palestinians it fought in southern Lebanon in the 1970s and '80s.
<h3>The history also suggests that Israel's previous military campaigns and occupations of Lebanon played a decisive role in creating this new enemy.....</h3>
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