| − | The Radical Shia group is <i>dedicated to creation of Iranian-style Islamic republic in Lebanon and removal of all non-Islamic influences from the area. Strongly anti-West and anti-Israel.</i><ref>[[U.S. Department of State]], ''Background Information on Foreign Terrorist Organizations,'' Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, October 8, 1999 http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rpt/fto/2801.htm</ref> | + | The Radical Shia group was founded with the intention of creating an Islamic republic in Lebanon. Strongly anti-West and anti-Israel.</i><ref>[[U.S. Department of State]], ''Background Information on Foreign Terrorist Organizations,'' Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, October 8, 1999 http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rpt/fto/2801.htm</ref> |
| − | Founded in 1982, its primary goal is the elimination of the state of Israel. Its current Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, has publicly stated a clear genocidal goal: "''if Jews all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.''"<ref>''The Daily Star'' (Beirut) October 23, 2002, http://web.archive.org/web/20021024133755/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/23_10_02/art5.asp, http://tenc.net/a/graduation.htm, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/774649/posts</ref><ref>"The Enemy Within," Elena Lappin, the New York Times, May 23, 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/books/the-enemy-within.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm</ref><ref>HuffingtonPost, Alan Dershowitz: Hezbollah's Goal: "Going After [the Jews] Worldwide," Aug 10, 2006 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/hezbollahs-goal-going-aft_b_26983.html</ref><ref>''CAMERA: Hassan Nasrallah: In His Own Words,'' Jul 26, 2006 http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=7&x_issue=11&x_article=1158</ref><ref>Joseph Telushkin, ''Jewish Literacy Revised Ed: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History,'' HarperCollins (2008), p. 376, "On one noted occasion, Nasrallah had even encouraged Jews throughout the world to move to Israel on the grounds that 'If [Jews] all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.' " http://books.google.com/books?id=bIHtJzYCkqEC&pg=PA376</ref><ref>Arthur Ledeen, ''Accomplice to evil: Iran and the war against the West,'' Macmillan (2009), p. 108 http://books.google.com/books?id=LOmDsgYzS7gC&pg=PA108</ref><ref>Robert S. Wistrich, ''A lethal obsession: anti-semitism from antiquity to the global Jihad,'' Random House Digital, Inc. (2010) http://books.google.com/books?id=Lzs48d3tudsC&pg=PT989</ref> The organization's privately controlled TV broadcast station ''Al-Manar'' was banned in [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Spain]] and the [[US]]<ref>"Hezbollah TV comes to Australia," Barney Zwartz, The Age, August 1, 2009. http://www.theage.com.au/national/hezbollah-tv-comes-to-australia-20090731-e4ja.html</ref> for inciting racial hatred and [[Holocaust denial]]. | + | Founded in 1982 during the Lebanese civil war, its primary goal is the protection of Lebanon from further Israeli aggression. Its current Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, has publicly stated a clear genocidal goal: "''if Jews all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.''"<ref>''The Daily Star'' (Beirut) October 23, 2002, http://web.archive.org/web/20021024133755/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/23_10_02/art5.asp, http://tenc.net/a/graduation.htm, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/774649/posts</ref><ref>"The Enemy Within," Elena Lappin, the New York Times, May 23, 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/books/the-enemy-within.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm</ref><ref>HuffingtonPost, Alan Dershowitz: Hezbollah's Goal: "Going After [the Jews] Worldwide," Aug 10, 2006 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/hezbollahs-goal-going-aft_b_26983.html</ref><ref>''CAMERA: Hassan Nasrallah: In His Own Words,'' Jul 26, 2006 http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=7&x_issue=11&x_article=1158</ref><ref>Joseph Telushkin, ''Jewish Literacy Revised Ed: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History,'' HarperCollins (2008), p. 376, "On one noted occasion, Nasrallah had even encouraged Jews throughout the world to move to Israel on the grounds that 'If [Jews] all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.' " http://books.google.com/books?id=bIHtJzYCkqEC&pg=PA376</ref><ref>Arthur Ledeen, ''Accomplice to evil: Iran and the war against the West,'' Macmillan (2009), p. 108 http://books.google.com/books?id=LOmDsgYzS7gC&pg=PA108</ref><ref>Robert S. Wistrich, ''A lethal obsession: anti-semitism from antiquity to the global Jihad,'' Random House Digital, Inc. (2010) http://books.google.com/books?id=Lzs48d3tudsC&pg=PT989</ref> The organization's privately controlled TV broadcast station ''Al-Manar'' was banned in [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Spain]] and the [[US]]<ref>"Hezbollah TV comes to Australia," Barney Zwartz, The Age, August 1, 2009. http://www.theage.com.au/national/hezbollah-tv-comes-to-australia-20090731-e4ja.html</ref> for inciting racial hatred and [[Holocaust denial]]. |