| | Quote for accommodation - Hezbollah's faction leader in parliament, Muhammad Raed, updates: "If they had given Hezbollah $ 9 billion, it would have been enough for us so that Israel would not remain in the region."</blockquote></ref> "If they had given Hezbollah $ 9 billion, it would have been enough for us so that Israel would not remain in the region." 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]]. | | Quote for accommodation - Hezbollah's faction leader in parliament, Muhammad Raed, updates: "If they had given Hezbollah $ 9 billion, it would have been enough for us so that Israel would not remain in the region."</blockquote></ref> "If they had given Hezbollah $ 9 billion, it would have been enough for us so that Israel would not remain in the region." 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]]. |
| − | Though mainstream Western media narrative is that "only jihadists," such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS, are behind the persecution of Christians in the region, the reality is much more complex than the simple image that jihadists came around and killed Christians, including in: Lebanon via [[Hezbollah]].<ref>David Isaac, [https://www.jns.org/irans-role-in-persecution-of-mideast-christians-is-overlooked-expert-says/ Iran's role in persecution of Mideast Christians is overlooked, expert says], ''JNS'', Mar 1, 2022.<blockquote><font size=1> | + | Though [[Western civilization|Western]] [[mainstream media]] [[narrative]] is that "only [[jihad]]ists," such as [[Al-Qaeda]] and [[ISIS]], are behind the persecution of [[Christian]]s in the region, the reality is much more complex than the simple image that jihadists came around and killed Christians, including in: [[Lebanon]] via [[Hezbollah]].<ref>David Isaac, [https://www.jns.org/irans-role-in-persecution-of-mideast-christians-is-overlooked-expert-says/ Iran's role in persecution of Mideast Christians is overlooked, expert says], ''JNS'', Mar 1, 2022.<blockquote><font size=1> |
| | According to York University's Farhad Rezaei, what distinguishes Iran when it comes to persecution of Christians is that it is pursuing a "strategy of eliminationism" – an organized, unrelenting, Nazi-like campaign to reduce the Christian presence in the Middle East. | | According to York University's Farhad Rezaei, what distinguishes Iran when it comes to persecution of Christians is that it is pursuing a "strategy of eliminationism" – an organized, unrelenting, Nazi-like campaign to reduce the Christian presence in the Middle East. |