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<blockquote>If we searched the entire world for a person more cowardly, despicable, weak and feeble in psyche, mind, ideology and religion, we would not find anyone like the Jew. Notice, I do not say the Israeli. (New Yorker, Oct. 14, 2002)<ref>''Nuclear logics: contrasting paths in East Asia and the Middle East'' by Etel Solingen, Princeton University Press, 2007 [http://books.google.com/books?id=dZc3udnvlbIC&pg=PA335]</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>If we searched the entire world for a person more cowardly, despicable, weak and feeble in psyche, mind, ideology and religion, we would not find anyone like the Jew. Notice, I do not say the Israeli. (New Yorker, Oct. 14, 2002)<ref>''Nuclear logics: contrasting paths in East Asia and the Middle East'' by Etel Solingen, Princeton University Press, 2007 [http://books.google.com/books?id=dZc3udnvlbIC&pg=PA335]</ref></blockquote>

Nasrallah also incoroporates anti-Semitic rhetoric in speeches. For example, he has characterized Jews as the "grandsons of apes and pigs" and "Allah's most cowardly and greedy creatures." (MEMRI: Al- Manar, Feb. 3, 2006)  

Nasrallah also incorporates anti-Semitic rhetoric in speeches. For example, he has characterized Jews as the "grandsons of apes and pigs" and "Allah's most cowardly and greedy creatures." (MEMRI: Al- Manar, Feb. 3, 2006)  

<ref>http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=7&x_issue=11&x_article=1158</ref><ref>http://www.jcpa.org/text/ahmadinejad2-words.pdf</ref>

<ref>http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=7&x_issue=11&x_article=1158</ref><ref>http://www.jcpa.org/text/ahmadinejad2-words.pdf</ref>

Hezbollah's founding quickly resulted in a spate of kidnappings, torture.

Hezbollah's founding quickly resulted in a spate of kidnappings, torture.

<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/300511/negotiate-with-iran/andrew-c-mccarthy</ref>

<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/300511/negotiate-with-iran/andrew-c-mccarthy</ref>

Westerners, including French, German and Americans were target of Hezbollah's kidnapping.<ref>Christopher C. Harmon, Andrew N. Pratt, Sebastian Gorka, ''Toward a Grand Strategy Against Terrorism,'' McGraw Hill Professional, (2010), [http://books.google.com/books?id=fYp2NlDbrb0C&pg=PA46 p. 46]</ref><ref>Tom Diaz, Barbara Newman, ''Lightning Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil,'' Random House Digital, Inc. (2006), [http://books.google.com/books?id=KXa6qOt86OwC&pg=PA64 p. 64]</ref><ref>"Does Human Rights Law Apply to Terrorists?" Middle East Quarterly by T Lapkin, 2004 http://www.meforum.org/651/does-human-rights-law-apply-to-terrorists</ref><ref>Mark Perry, ''Talking to terrorists: why America must engage with its enemies,'' Basic Books (2010), [http://books.google.com/books?id=HDRG-EYhyZ0C&pg=PA140 p. 140]</ref><ref>http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2009/03/hezbollah-scout.php</ref> including hijacking US personell.<ref>Newsweek: Volume 109, 1987, [http://books.google.com/books?id=1eQmAQAAIAAJ&q=The+fanatics+in+Beirut+can+kidnap+them,+torture+them,+hang+them+publicly+and+dump+their+bodies+on+the+streets p. 117]</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=b8k4rEPvq_8C&pg=PA130</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=vHrQGZ8lUgIC&pg=PA73</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=HNyv0N8cVE0C&pg=PA85</ref><ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/162295/re-hezbollah-america/andy-mccarthy</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=m_ktBrZfuUYC&pg=PA118</ref><ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article708342.ece</ref><ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mf11.html</ref> An estimated kidnapping of 30 Westerners in that period are attributed to Hezbollah.<ref name="congress112">[http://books.google.com/books?id=W6gziQydtBwC&pg=RA2-PA112  Congressional Record - Page 112]</ref><ref>"Lebanon: Hezbollah's Kidnapping Plan," STRATFOR, Jan 22, 2008 http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/lebanon_hezbollahs_kidnapping_plan</ref><ref>Hizballah ("Party of God") http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/hizbollah.html</ref><ref>Michael T. Kindt, Jerrold M. Post, Barry R. Schneider, ''The world's most threatening terrorist networks and criminal gangs,'' Macmillan, (2009) [http://books.google.com/books?id=WMZdR8XPzQoC&pg=PA129 p. 129]</ref>

Westerners, including French, German and Americans were target of Hezbollah's kidnapping.<ref>Christopher C. Harmon, Andrew N. Pratt, Sebastian Gorka, ''Toward a Grand Strategy Against Terrorism,'' McGraw Hill Professional, (2010), [http://books.google.com/books?id=fYp2NlDbrb0C&pg=PA46 p. 46]</ref><ref>Tom Diaz, Barbara Newman, ''Lightning Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil,'' Random House Digital, Inc. (2006), [http://books.google.com/books?id=KXa6qOt86OwC&pg=PA64 p. 64]</ref><ref>"Does Human Rights Law Apply to Terrorists?" Middle East Quarterly by T Lapkin, 2004 http://www.meforum.org/651/does-human-rights-law-apply-to-terrorists</ref><ref>Mark Perry, ''Talking to terrorists: why America must engage with its enemies,'' Basic Books (2010), [http://books.google.com/books?id=HDRG-EYhyZ0C&pg=PA140 p. 140]</ref><ref>http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2009/03/hezbollah-scout.php</ref> including hijacking US personnel.<ref>Newsweek: Volume 109, 1987, [http://books.google.com/books?id=1eQmAQAAIAAJ&q=The+fanatics+in+Beirut+can+kidnap+them,+torture+them,+hang+them+publicly+and+dump+their+bodies+on+the+streets p. 117]</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=b8k4rEPvq_8C&pg=PA130</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=vHrQGZ8lUgIC&pg=PA73</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=HNyv0N8cVE0C&pg=PA85</ref><ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/162295/re-hezbollah-america/andy-mccarthy</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=m_ktBrZfuUYC&pg=PA118</ref><ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article708342.ece</ref><ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mf11.html</ref> An estimated kidnapping of 30 Westerners in that period are attributed to Hezbollah.<ref name="congress112">[http://books.google.com/books?id=W6gziQydtBwC&pg=RA2-PA112  Congressional Record - Page 112]</ref><ref>"Lebanon: Hezbollah's Kidnapping Plan," STRATFOR, Jan 22, 2008 http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/lebanon_hezbollahs_kidnapping_plan</ref><ref>Hizballah ("Party of God") http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/hizbollah.html</ref><ref>Michael T. Kindt, Jerrold M. Post, Barry R. Schneider, ''The world's most threatening terrorist networks and criminal gangs,'' Macmillan, (2009) [http://books.google.com/books?id=WMZdR8XPzQoC&pg=PA129 p. 129]</ref>

Among the notorious victims were: William Francis Buckley, Terry Anderson,  William Richard Higgins.

Among the notorious victims were: William Francis Buckley, Terry Anderson,  William Richard Higgins.

<ref>http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/exeres/9EE216D7-82EF-4274-B80D-6BBD1803E8A7,frameless.htm?NRMODE=Published</ref>.  

<ref>http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/exeres/9EE216D7-82EF-4274-B80D-6BBD1803E8A7,frameless.htm?NRMODE=Published</ref>.  

For example, in 24 Jul 2006 - Hezbollah fired more than 70 Katyusha rockets into Israel, several of which landed in Nahariya, Safed, and Kiryat Shmona. Medics treated at least 49 people who were lightly to moderately wounded. More than 2200 rockets have been fired at Israeli cities since July 12, killing 17 Israelis, all of them civilians. 20 Israeli soldiers were killed in other incidents.

For example, in 24 Jul 2006 - Hezbollah fired more than 70 Katyusha rockets into Israel, several of which landed in Nahariya, Safed, and Kiryat Shmona. Medics treated at least 49 people who were lightly to moderately wounded. More than 2200 rockets have been fired at Israeli cities since July 12, killing 17 Israelis, all of them civilians. 20 Israeli soldiers were killed in other incidents.

<ref name=aijac-timeline>http://www.aijac.org.au/resources/hezb_00-06.html</ref>. Though there were also other methods like in Apr 2001 – A 42 year-old Israeli woman was stabbed to death in Haifa. Her murder was the initiation rite of a terrorist cell, whose members were apprehended in July. Six members of a Hezbollah-linked Palestinian terrorist cell responsible for the murder, originally thought to be criminally motivated, were arrested in July. The murder was the initiation rite of one of the terrorists into the organization.

<ref name=aijac-timeline>http://www.aijac.org.au/resources/hezb_00-06.html</ref>. Though there were also other methods like in Apr 2001 – A 42-year-old Israeli woman was stabbed to death in Haifa. Her murder was the initiation rite of a terrorist cell, whose members were apprehended in July. Six members of a Hezbollah-linked Palestinian terrorist cell responsible for the murder, originally thought to be criminally motivated, were arrested in July. The murder was the initiation rite of one of the terrorists into the organization.

<ref>''Chronologies of modern terrorism'', Barry Rubin, Barry M. Rubin, Judith Colp Rubin, M.E. Sharpe, 2008, ISBN 0765620472, 9780765620477, p. 218</ref><ref>http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Palestinian+terror+since+2000/Victims+of+Palestinian+Violence+and+Terrorism+sinc.htm</ref>

<ref>''Chronologies of modern terrorism'', Barry Rubin, Barry M. Rubin, Judith Colp Rubin, M.E. Sharpe, 2008, ISBN 0765620472, 9780765620477, p. 218</ref><ref>http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Palestinian+terror+since+2000/Victims+of+Palestinian+Violence+and+Terrorism+sinc.htm</ref>