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It was founded in 1982 during the Lebanese civil war. 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]].

It was founded in 1982 during the Lebanese civil war. 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]].

=Founding=

==History==

Author explains that the "Impetus for the founding of the Lebanese Hezbollah came from the Hezbollah Party formed in Iran in 1978 by Hadi Ghaffary, a cleric with close ties to Ayatollah," and that "Khomeini decided to export his Islamic revolution and to form a Hezbollah group among the Shi'ites of Lebanon."<ref>Stephen E. Atkins, "Encyclopedia of modern worldwide extremists and extremist groups," p. 130. (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004) 404 pp. http://books.google.com/books?id=b8k4rEPvq_8C&pg=PA130</ref>

Author Stephen E. Atkins explains that the "Impetus for the founding of the Lebanese Hezbollah came from the Hezbollah Party formed in Iran in 1978 by Hadi Ghaffary, a cleric with close ties to Ayatollah," and that "Khomeini decided to export his Islamic revolution and to form a Hezbollah group among the Shi'ites of Lebanon."<ref>Stephen E. Atkins, "Encyclopedia of modern worldwide extremists and extremist groups," p. 130. (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004) 404 pp. http://books.google.com/books?id=b8k4rEPvq_8C&pg=PA130</ref>

Huzbollah is a radical Shi’a Muslim organization fighting against Israel and "western imperialism" in Lebanon, and has advocated since its beginning (1982) for an Islamic State, Tehran style<ref>http://www.analyst-network.com/article.php?art_id=2082</ref>. The group does not recognize the legitimacy of the State of Israel. Hezbollah refers to itself with multiple titles including the "Organization of the Oppressed on Earth" and the "Revolutionary Justice Organization." Its main goal is the establishment of an Islamic government across the Arab world that will "liberate" Jerusalem and the entire area of the present-day State of Israel.  

Huzbollah is a radical Shi’a Muslim organization fighting against Israel and "western imperialism" in Lebanon, and has advocated since its beginning (1982) for an Islamic State, Tehran style<ref>http://www.analyst-network.com/article.php?art_id=2082</ref>. The group does not recognize the legitimacy of the State of Israel. Hezbollah refers to itself with multiple titles including the "Organization of the Oppressed on Earth" and the "Revolutionary Justice Organization." Its main goal is the establishment of an Islamic government across the Arab world that will "liberate" Jerusalem and the entire area of the present-day State of Israel.