US senator calls on Europe to designate Hizbollah a terrorist organisation
European governments must recognise Hizbollah as a terrorist organisation to prevent recruitment and fundraising in their respective countries, according recommendations in a draft US resolution....
View ArticleOptimism that EU will label Hizbollah ‘terrorists’
The US and Israel-led campaign to have Hizbollah labelled a terrorist organisation by the EU and secure a Europe-wide ban on the group has taken a step forward.According to the US co-ordinator for...
View ArticleBulgaria to prove Hizbollah and Iran behind Burgas attack
Bulgarian officials are expected to provide evidence today that Hizbollah and its ally Iran were behind the suicide attack in Burgas last July. The attack killed five Israeli tourists and the Bulgarian...
View ArticleEuropean Union is the problem, not the solution
It is a measure of the EU foreign policy establishment’s timidity that Lebanese terror group and Iranian proxy, Hizbollah, has for so long evaded designation as a terrorist organisation.And it is a...
View ArticleCameron: help me kick Hizbollah out of Europe
David Cameron has asked the Jewish community to help him persuade the European Union to proscribe Hizbollah.At his meeting last month with the Jewish Leadership Council, the Prime Minister urged its...
View ArticleNothing new here
There is a surreal quality to the apparently recent discovery by some that Hizbollah is a terrorist organisation. Since the Bulgarians reported this week that last July's murders were indeed carried...
View ArticleAfter the offence, maybe ‘sorry’ is just another word
Elton John got it wrong. Sorry isn’t the hardest word at all. Last week, amid calls for the EU finally to ban Hizbollah — those cuddly terrorists who thought it would be fun to bomb Israeli...
View ArticleHizbollah member in Cyprus staked out Israelis
A man on trial in Cyprus has admitted to being a member of Hizbollah but denied that he had taken part in a plot to target Israeli tourists, the New York Times has reported.Hossam Taleb Yaacoub, 24,...
View ArticleHizbollah row may lead to Irish cabinet split
The Irish Defence Minister may have created a potential domestic dispute with government colleagues after suggesting it was “not valid” to differentiate between Hizbollah’s political and military...
View ArticleIDF shifts focus to Lebanon as Hizbollah gains firepower
The Israel Defence Force is shifting its focus from Syria to Lebanon due to Hizbollah’s recent acquisition of new weaponry, including thousands of anti-tank missiles.As Syrian government forces have...
View ArticleIsrael shoots down drone near Haifa
The Israel Air Force shot down an drone near Haifa on Thursday afternoon.According to sources, the IAF launched fighter jets to bring down the unmanned aircraft believed to have been operated by the...
View Article'Drone designed by Iranians,' said Israel
Hizbollah has repeatedly denied any connection to a drone which was shot down west of Haifa last Thursday evening. According to the IDF, Israeli radars monitored the unmanned aerial vehicle as it flew...
View Article‘Rebel’ fight against Assad is jihad to set up Islamist state
As the Syrian civil war spirals into mindless violence, the Western powers’ response to the turmoil is increasingly confused and contradictory. It all looked so simple at the outset. Following the...
View Article‘The arms will be pointed at Israel sooner or later’
When a window of opportunity presented itself last weekend to prevent Hizbollah and jihadist fighters in Syria from acquiring strategic and chemical weapons, Israel acted.The destruction of a missile...
View ArticleEU faces ‘great risk’ if it fails to curb Hizbollah
Iran’s provision of money, military equipment and training to Hizbollah and terror groups, including Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas, is of “serious concern”, Middle East Minister Alistair Burt has...
View ArticleBritain asks EU to ban Hizbollah
Britain has formally asked the European Union to outlaw Hizbollah as a terrorist organisation.The move increases the likelihood of the EU taking action against the Iranian-backed group and follows...
View ArticleBanning Hizbollah
In January we revealed that David Cameron had asked the Jewish community to "make a noise" over Hizbollah, to help him persuade the EU to ban the terrorist organization. There was - to put it mildly -...
View ArticleUK calls for EU to ban Hizbollah
Anglo-Jewish leaders have welcomed Britain’s formal request to the European Union to outlaw Hizbollah as a terrorist organisation.The government’s move increases the likelihood of the EU taking action...
View ArticleHizbollah risking Lebanon to keep Assad
Hassan Nasrallah was once considered the most credible leader in the Middle East. Supporters and enemies of Hizbollah’s secretary-general knew that his threats were credible, his denials accurate and...
View ArticleIsrael does not hold the key
When Israel was founded out of Jewry's near-destruction, it was at once a liberation for Jews and a disaster for Palestinian Arabs. What happened in the subsequent years - who did what to who and when...
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