Reply #31: Do they want to adhere to the U.N.'s formation of Israel, or not? [View All]

[WinkyDink]

"Israel first seized control of southern Lebanon in 1978, following a bloody attack by Palestinian commandos on the Israeli coast."

"Lebanese formed their own militias to fight the occupiers. The most significant was Hezbollah, a radical Islamic group composed mostly of Shi’ite Muslims from the farming villages adjacent to Israeli-held territory. Even Lebanese who did not agree with the militia’s fundamentalist ideology saw them as freedom fighters, trying to liberate their country from a foreign military occupation."

"This fundamentalist movement, which was responsible for the kidnapping of several Americans and other Westerners in the 1980s...."

http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/carryover/pubs/20000901ib.html