The Hybrid War On Lebanon Is All About Weakening Hezbollah
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Lebanon has endured constant attacks and pressure from Israel, America and their allies for decades, sometimes in the form of direct military confrontation and more recently through a hybrid war involving sanctions, propaganda, violent provocations, social media, western NGOs and embassies — all to weaken Hezbollah.
To discuss all of this Rania Khalek is joined by researcher and journalist Julia Kassem, who has a masters degree from the American University of Beirut and is a contributor to the Al Akhbar, a widely circulated Lebanese leftist newspaper.
TIME CODES
0:00 Intro
1:27 Hezbollah’s origins
5:41 The difference between Hezbollah and Amal
10:05 Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon
14:54 Hezbollah’s relationship with the left
22:09 The year 2000: Hezbollah expels Israel
25:32 2005: Hezbollah enters government, March 14 vs March 8
29:55 2006: Hezbollah defeats Israel, again!
37:20 US & Saudi Arabia embark on an anti-Shia crusade to weaken Hezbollah & Iran
41:16 Hezbollah enters the war in Syria
41:17 Hezbollah becomes a regional actor, in Syria, Iraq & Yemen
50:27 Saudi Arabia becomes the bigger threat
52:35 Maximum pressure and the October 2019 uprising
55:22 Why does Hezbollah ally with corrupt parties?
1:00:07 Why is Lebanon’s economy collapsing?
1:02:16 “Corruption” is the new “terrorism”
1:05:45 Western-funded NGOs, civil society & media
1:11:13 Politicizing the Beirut port blast investigation against Hezbollah
1:18:16 Does Hezbollah have an economic ideology?
1:27:32 Why is there a hybrid war on Lebanon?
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