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Fast Forward Hezbollah On ‘Alert’ In Fear Of Israeli Strike
(JTA) — An Arabic-language newspaper based in London reported that Hezbollah has declared a state of emergency, fearing an Israeli attack. The report Thursday in A-Rai al-Yum said that the Shi’ite militia has been on alert since Tuesday at least in southern Lebanon in anticipation of an Israeli strike on its forces or facilities. Citing…
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Fast Forward Hezbollah Calls Downing Of Israeli F-16 “New Strategic Phase” In Syria
(JTA) — Hezbollah called the downing of an Israeli F-16 fighter plane the start of a “new strategic phase” in which Israel would no longer operate freely in Syrian airspace. In a statement Saturday, the Shi’ite terrorist group praised the “alertness of the Syrian army, which downed the plane,” saying this marks the “end the…
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Israel News Why Israel Is Preparing For War With Hezbollah In Lebanon
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a simple, straightforward message this week when he toured Israel’s border with Syria and Lebanon with top security officials. “Our face is turned toward peace, we are ready for any eventuality, and I don’t suggest anyone test us,” he said Tuesday in a video message he…
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Fast Forward Hezbollah Criticizes Lebanon For Not Banning Spielberg Film
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah criticized the Lebanese government on Friday for allowing cinemas to screen Steven Spielberg’s film “The Post” despite calls for a ban because of the director’s links to Israel. The movie premiered in Beirut this week after Lebanon’s interior minister ruled against any ban. Activists in Lebanon had campaigned against the film…
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Fast Forward Justice Dept. Reopens Hezbollah Drug Smuggling Probes
WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is setting up a special task force on Hezbollah’s drug trade activities to revive investigations that languished during the Obama administration. “The Justice Department will leave no stone unturned in order to eliminate threats to our citizens from terrorist organizations and to stem the tide of the…
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Fast Forward Did The Iran Deal Lead Obama To Stop Fighting Hezbollah Cocaine Trafficking?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Several Obama administration-era security officials are claiming that the administration’s pursuit of the Iran nuclear deal frustrated their pursuit of what they described as Hezbollah’s expanding drug-dealing empire. In a long article published over the weekend, Politico quoted three officials who ran Operation Cassandra, a task force principally run by the Drug…
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Fast Forward Obama Killed Investigation Into Hezbollah’s Drug Trafficking To Save Iran Deal
The Obama administration derailed a major investigation into Hezbollah’s globe-spanning drug trafficking ring in order to save the Iran deal, a Politico report found. Beginning in 2008, the Drug Enforcement Agency ran a classified investigation into Hezbollah’s trading techniques, amassing evidence on how the terrorist group launders money and moves cocaine in North America. It…
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Fast Forward Is Hezbollah Seeking To Drag Israel Into Syria War?
Israel accused Hezbollah on Monday of orchestrating shelling across the Golan Heights frontier in order to stoke Israeli-Syrian fighting, and called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his big-power ally Russia to curb the Lebanese guerrillas. Twice last week, mortar rounds or rockets launched from Syria hit areas of the Golan that Israel has held…
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