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The World Jewish Congress lauded the move as “principled step in the critical quest for international peace and security.”
Wikistrat sat down with Hudson Institute senior fellow and former U.S. intelligence officer Michael Pregent to get a deeper insight into U.S. policy options vis-à-vis Iran.
“Even in the Arab world, Hezbollah is designated as a terrorist organization,” says former deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Shay, “so the correct policy would be to increase the pressure on the group’s financial sources.”
A four-day combat exercise is geared to simulate warfare in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon, and features F-35 jet fighters.
The popular publication in Germany, “Bild,” called on Berlin to end its kowtowing to Iran.
Germany’s political parties shut down a motion to ban Hezbollah in large part because of the messenger: the right-wing Alternative fur Deutschland.
In February, the United Kingdom officially designated Hezbollah as a terrorist group, joining 12 other countries that have done the same.
The measure acknowledges that Hezbollah member Ibrahim Hussein Berro was identified as the AMIA bomber.
The workshop focused on the terrorist group’s operations worldwide, including its terrorist and criminal infrastructure, as well as other activities in the Americas.
The news came just hours after Syrian state media reported that Israel fired several missiles at targets near the Golan Heights.
IDF OC Northern Command Maj. Gen. Amir Baram says “Hezbollah must understand that we will not allow it to realize the destructive ambitions of its Iranian patrons.”
As of 2005, the United States has given the Lebanese Armed Forces at least $2.29 billion in military aid.
