EMM News Explorer: Hezbollah

Ehud Barak [said:]: It is difficult to predict exactly what will happen in Syria. We're watching for attempts to pass advanced weapons systems that could edge the delicate balance in Lebanon to Hezbollah.

haaretz 07-FEB-12

Ben Eliezer [-warned]: The fall of Syria will cause a lot of problems. We're talking in terms of thousands of missiles that might move to Hezbollah and endanger the whole of the Middle East,

telegraph 07-FEB-12

Chamoun [said that:]: Hezbollah is the only party capable of [committing] assassinations; however, Hezbollah knows that it is not in its interest to [sacrifice everything] for the sake of the Syrian regime, which has become [history].

nowlebanon 04-FEB-12

Walid Jumblatt [said:]: our allies, Hezbollah and Amal [Movement] are required to talk to Gen. Michel Aoun.

dailystar 03-FEB-12

Ros-Lehtinen [ said]: The synergy between Hezbollah and the drug cartels in Latin America makes for a very powerful enemy,

ipsnews 03-FEB-12

Petraeus [-said]: Clearly the loss of Syria as a logistics platform, a line of communication into Lebanon to support Hezbollah, would be a substantial setback for Iran in its efforts to use Hezbollah as a proxy, and that is indeed why the Revolutionary Guards corps Quds Force is so engaged in trying to prop up Bashar al-Assad right now,

voanews 02-FEB-12

Barak [-said]: Israel will not prejudge [Arab Spring revolutionaries] and we will keep hoping that in Syria, the toppling of the Assads will be a major blow to the radical axis stretching from Iran to south Iraq to Damascus and Hezbollah in Lebanon,

jrep 29-JAN-12

Barak [-said]: Imagine a nuclear Iran warning that an attack on Hezbollah was an attack on Iran,

javno 27-JAN-12

Chamoun [-asked]: On what basis will the dialogue be held when Hezbollah is still holding on to its weapons?

nowlebanon 22-JAN-12

Majdalani [-added that]: We will not request Hezbollah to respond [to these violations] because the only acceptable response would be that Hezbollah places its weapons under the command of the Lebanese government.

nowlebanon 22-JAN-12

Gemayel [-told]: The fall of the Syrian regime does not mean an immediate end for Hezbollah, because the party has established an entity and capabilities that allow it to persist for a period of time [after the fall of the Syrian regime], and because the future is in the hands of God alone,

nowlebanon 20-JAN-12

Geagea [-told]: In my opinion, events in the region, starting with Syria and ending in Iran, are capable of creating an appropriate atmosphere for the brothers in Hezbollah to be convinced that the game is over and they have to surrender their arms to the state ,

dailystar 20-JAN-12

Kilo [-added]: I believe Assad wants to regionalise the conflict and bring in Iran, (the Lebanese armed Shi'ite group) Hezbollah, Iraq and to threaten Gulf countries with a long war,

trust 18-JAN-12

Gunaratna [-says]: In fact, we have a number of cases of terrorists from the Lebanese Hezbollah group planning and preparing attacks in Thailand and the region. In the mid 1990s there were several plots by Lebanese Hezbollah uncovered. For example, there was a plan to hit the Israeli and the American embassies in Singapore and also in Thailand.

globalsecurity 18-JAN-12

Kilo [-added]: I believe Assad wants to regionalise the conflict and bring in Iran, (the Lebanese armed Shi’ite group) Hezbollah, Iraq and to threaten Gulf countries with a long war,

arabtimes 18-JAN-12

Kilo [-added]: I believe Assad wants to regionalize the conflict and bring in Iran, (the Lebanese armed Shi'ite group) Hezbollah, Iraq and to threaten Gulf countries with a long war,

reuters 18-JAN-12

John McLaughlin [-said]: One of the reasons against a military option is that Iran does have this relationship with Hezbollah,

panarmenian 18-JAN-12

McLaughlin [-explained]: One of the reasons (against a military option) is that Iran does have this relationship with Hezbollah. Hezbollah has not attacked American interests in recent years, but has lots of plans on the library shelf for doing that in the event we got into a confrontation with Iran,

panarmenian 18-JAN-12

Kilo [-added]: I believe al-Assad wants to regionalise the conflict and bring in Iran, [the Lebanese armed Shi'ite group] Hezbollah, Iraq and to threaten Gulf countries with a long war,

mg 18-JAN-12

McLaughlin [-explained]: One of the reasons (military action is a bad option) is that Iran does have this relationship with Hezbollah. Hezbollah has not attacked American interests in recent years, but has lots of plans on the library shelf for doing that in the event we got into a confrontation with Iran,

cnn 18-JAN-12

Moncef Marzouki [said:]: Such intervention would signify that the war will spread across the whole region, opening the way to all powers, following the example of Turkey, Israel, Iran and Hezbollah. That would mean the whole region exploding.

panarmenian 16-JAN-12

Nasrallah [-responded]: deeply concerned about the military capacity of Hezbollah and ... the lack of progress in disarmament.

jrep 14-JAN-12

Nasrallah [-said]: Yesterday [Friday] I was pleased when I heard Ban saying he was concerned of the special [military capability] that Hezbollah possesses. Your worries, Mr. secretary-general, comfort us and please us,

dailystar 14-JAN-12

Nasrallah [-said]: Yesterday, [Friday] I was pleased when I heard Ban saying he was concerned from the special power of Hezbollah. Your worries, Mr. secretary-general, comforts us and pleases us. We want you, the U.S. and Israel to be concerned,

dailystar 14-JAN-12

Kochavi [-added that]: radical axis is working to retain its power and as time goes by and Hezbollah are boosting their efforts to aid the Assad regime.

ynetnews 12-JAN-12

Kochavi [-said]: The radical axis is trying to retain its power and as time passes, Iran and Hezbollah increase their efforts to help the Assad regime survive by providing knowledge, weaponry and other capabilities,

jpost 12-JAN-12

Patrushev [-said]: The West fears that weapons and ammunition go through Syria to Iran, Lebanon and the Hezbollah,

hurriyetdailynews 12-JAN-12

Jumblatt [-said]: Dialogue with Hezbollah is important in order to spare the country any repercussions of what is happening or will happen in Syria,

dailystar 11-JAN-12

jpost 11-JAN-12

Kochavi [-said]: The radical axis is trying to retain its power and as time passes, Iran and Hezbollah increase their efforts to help the Assad regime survive by providing intelligence, weaponry, and other capabilities- to the point where they are actively involved,

jpost 11-JAN-12

Ghalioun [-also commented]: I said we will have relations of mutual respect, and I added that I do not think Hezbollah will be the same after the [Syrian] regime falls.

nowlebanon 06-JAN-12

Romney [-declared]: If you look at the greatest threat that I think the world faces right now from a national security standpoint, it is of course a nuclear Iran, a nation which is suicidal, which speaks of eliminating another people, a nation supports terror around the world through Hezbollah and Hamas,

jrep 04-JAN-12

Ghalioun [-said]: Post Assad, the relations with Hezbollah and Iran will be normal but not strategic, as they are today,

nowlebanon 26-DEC-11

Kassem [-said]: to develop its resources and that the accusations were part of US efforts to tarnish Hezbollah's image. His remarks to supporters Monday evening followed accusations by US federal authorities last week that Lebanese financial institutions wired more than $300 million to the United States in a laundering scheme they said used the US financial system to benefit Hezbollah. America's allegations of money laundering or financing the group from narcotics money are not fooling anyone,

kuwaittimes 20-DEC-11

Hassan Fadlallah [ said]: Hezbollah calls on the government to question the US ambassador in Beirut over this aggression and to put a stop to American diplomats’ constant violations of Lebanese sovereignty,

arabtimes 17-DEC-11

Perry [-argued that]: I sent Texas Ranger recon teams there. The law enforcement men and women face fire from across the border, on the U.S. side from the drug cartels. It is not safe there. Our country is in jeopardy. If we are going to be able to defend America from Iran, from Hezbollah, from Hamas, that are using Mexico as a border, as a way to penetrate in the southern part of the United States, Venezuela has the largest Iranian embassy in the world there.

news 16-DEC-11

Geagea [-also said that]: Unfortunately, we notice that instead of the government incorporating Hezbollah, the [latter] is trying to incorporate the government.

nowlebanon 15-DEC-11

Hassan Fadlallah [ said]: Hezbollah calls on the government to question the U.S. ambassador in Beirut over this aggression and to put a stop to American diplomats' constant violations of Lebanese sovereignty,

reuters 14-DEC-11

John Brennan [ said]: I thought that if Hezbollah was involved in the drug trade, let's make sure that gets out,

scmp 14-DEC-11

Hassan Fadlallah [ said]: Hezbollah calls on the government to question the US ambassador in Beirut over this aggression and to put a stop to American diplomats' constant violations of Lebanese sovereignty,

jrep 14-DEC-11

Geagea [-said]: Hezbollah is directly or indirectly responsible for the operations that are against the international forces,

dailystar 13-DEC-11

Geagea [-told]: We cannot be convinced that there are extremist groups in the south without Hezbollah's acknowledge of them. Hezbollah recognizes the danger these groups pose toward it and therefore they do not exist in the south,

dailystar 13-DEC-11

Mikati [-told]: At the beginning, there were statements that [my] cabinet was made by Hezbollah. Now, there are statements that Syria interfered in my position on the STL. I swear that no one interfered in the issue [of the STL],

nowlebanon 10-DEC-11

Marwan Hamadeh [-told]: It is clear that Syria was behind what happened today and the messenger was Hezbollah,

jpost 09-DEC-11

Safadi [-told]: Our government does not fall under orders of any country and it is not true that it is a Hezbollah captive,

dailystar 08-DEC-11

Safadi [-told]: The decline in the military role of Hezbollah is correlated with the ability of the Lebanese Army to defend Lebanon's territory,

dailystar 08-DEC-11

Hariri [said:]: Hezbollah is an expert in assassinations, particularly since four of its leaders are accused of assassinating martyr [former] Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

dailystar 06-DEC-11

Barak [-said]: The quickly unfolding events require alertness, preparedness and proper deployment from the defense establishment, with Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran also in the background,

chinadaily 06-DEC-11

Vilnai [-said]: >Defense Ministry is considering deploying an Iron Dome counter-rocket defense battery in the Haifa Port to protect critical national infrastructure against future Hezbollah rocket attacks, Home Front Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said on Tuesday. Vilnai revealed the deployment plans during a meeting with Pinchas Buhris, the former director general of the Defense Ministry and the current CEO of Bazan Oil Refineries which are based in Haifa. RELATED: The continued work of the oil refineries is critical for t

jpost 06-DEC-11

Panetta [-said]: Iran’s continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations,

globalsecurity 04-DEC-11

Ghalioun [-told]: As our relations with Iran change, so too will our relationship with Hezbollah. Hezbollah after the fall of the Syrian regime will not be the same. Lebanon should not be used as it was used in the Assad era as an arena to settle political scores,

kuwaittimes 03-DEC-11

Hariri [-asked]: The question on every Lebanese citizen’s mind, especially Hezbollah supporters’ minds, is how could Hezbollah's leadership, its secretary-general and the Shura Council justify funding the tribunal they claim to be Israeli?

dailystar 02-DEC-11

Mikati [-told]: I am confident that all Lebanese parties and primarily Hezbollah and its wise leadership will understand this step and recognize the critical situation that we are going through,

dailystar 01-DEC-11

Yadlin [-said]: There will definitely be a response but I propose that Hezbollah and Hamas capabilities should not lead the debate since these are groups that we could find ourselves up against any given day,

jpost 29-NOV-11

Majdalani [-told]: No one has the power to collapse the government except for Hezbollah and the Syrian regime,

nowlebanon 27-NOV-11

Majdalani [also said that:]: Hezbollah and the Syrian regime still need the cabinet to [deal] with the international community.

nowlebanon 27-NOV-11

Vilnai [-also said]: Hezbollah realized that Israel is able to confront it in a strong way which makes [the party] cautious against any move toward Israel,

panarmenian 26-NOV-11

Fatfat [-told]: Mikati became prime minister by a decision taken by Syria and Hezbollah, therefore, he cannot decide to resign,

nowlebanon 26-NOV-11

Barak [said:]: It will damage these radical axes and they will make them somehow weaker. It will weaken Hezbollah, it will weaken Hamas.

haaretz 20-NOV-11

Raad [-told]: Hezbollah has always supported dialogue, and the parties should agree on its topics,

nowlebanon 19-NOV-11

Hariri [-wrote]: This is not the Lebanese will that voted, it is the Hezbollah government headed by Mikati,

dailystar 17-NOV-11

Qaouk [-added]: the Hezbollah official said,

dailystar 16-NOV-11

Hariri [ added]: This is not the Lebanese will that voted, it is the Hezbollah government headed by (Najib) Mikati,

arabtimes 14-NOV-11

Hariri [-said]: This is not the Lebanese will that voted, its Hezbollah government headed by Mikati,

dailystar 13-NOV-11

Gemayel [-told]: The term ‘Resistance’ is a trick because the weapons of Hezbollah are being used for certain aims and to serve [the party] only,

nowlebanon 12-NOV-11

Jumblatt [-said]: We heard Hezbollah say that the four indicted members are sacred, but [Hezbollah] has to understand that those martyred are also sacred,

nowlebanon 11-NOV-11

Kirk [-said]: In the end, we may also have to think about an oil quarantine on Iran, so that Iran cannot sell oil. That would quickly collapse the economy. If you don't do that, then you basically push especially Israel into considering a military option. And the reason why is Iran has transferred all of its advanced weapons that it currently holds to Hezbollah, including cruise missiles. I think there is a near-100 percent chance that, once [Iranian President Mahmoud ] Ahmadinejad develops nuclear weapons, he will give

voanews 09-NOV-11

Riedel [ said]: Hezbollah will see an attack on Iran as a threat to their patron and there is a very good chance that they will initiate (another) Lebanon war only this time (with) even more rockets and missiles than in 2006,

ynetnews 03-NOV-11

Mikati [-said]: No one, including Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, has ruled out a solution to the issue,

nowlebanon 30-OCT-11

Nasrallah [-told]: Hezbollah does not agree and is against financing the tribunal,

dailystar 28-OCT-11

Hamadeh [also said that:]: the Hezbollah and the Syrian regime… are trying to ‘burry’ the UN-tribunal,

nowlebanon 27-OCT-11

Chamoun [-added]: The issue of Tarchich ended… and Hezbollah will no longer be able to expand its network in the village by force,

nowlebanon 25-OCT-11

Fatfat [-told]: I hold Hezbollah responsible for anything that could happen to me,

dailystar 25-OCT-11

Geagea [said that:]: Hezbollah is not allowed to install the network in any town [in Lebanon].

nowlebanon 25-OCT-11

Geagea [-added]: If Hezbollah insisted on rejecting the STL funding, then we will witness changes on the domestic level,

nowlebanon 22-OCT-11

Gemayel [-added]: Hezbollah is working to seize all authority in Lebanon and dominate the war and peace decision,

nowlebanon 20-OCT-11

Gemayel [added that:]: Hezbollah and its allies want to disable the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s path by stopping the tribunal’s funding.

nowlebanon 20-OCT-11

Gemayel [-added that]: Hezbollah is working to implement foreign interests and prioritizes them over Lebanese ones.

nowlebanon 20-OCT-11

Mrad [-also said that]: Syria’s strategic ties with Hezbollah.

nowlebanon 05-OCT-11

Makari [also said that:]: Hezbollah is trying to invent pretexts to keep its weapons.

nowlebanon 02-OCT-11

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