Word: hezbollah
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...role. Several senior officials of the Hamas government have publicly called for Shalit to be released unharmed. The militants holding the young soldier have said they are tending to his wounds and that he's being treated well, but they appear to be following the in tradition of Hezbollah in Lebanon by demanding extensive prisoner releases as the ransom for a captive Israeli...
...expect us to release the money to the Palestinian government. This is a terrorist government and there's no way I can be sure that the money I release will go to the needs you want them for. They might go for financing terror - to Bin Laden, to Hezbollah - I have no idea. If we release the money it will not go through the Palestinian administration...
...party is shifting between tough-guy talk and moderation-a balancing act similar to the one practiced by Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland and by Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon. As it gains power, Hamas may come under pressure from Europe and the U.S to open talks with Israel- which senior Hamas officials last week said they would consider. But negotiating a settlement that recognizes Israel's right to exist would also force Hamas to renounce the ideology on which it was founded. "Sometimes they must pray that they don't win a majority and have to become responsible," says...
...said, would not engage in targeted killings. But Dershowitz, who did not attend the lecture, contacted The Crimson to state that there is no truth to the claim and to refute the statement. “I’d give $1,000 to [U.S.-designated terrorist group] Hezbollah, Finkelstein’s favorite organization, if he can prove that the story is true,” he declared. Finkelstein said that objections to his ideas generally do not bother him.“A cat call here or there, I don’t mind...
...change was the case with regard to Iraq, Saivetz said behavior change is what the U.S. wants for Syria. This behavior change would include an increased closure of Syria’s border with Iraq, an end to Syria’s involvement with the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hezbollah, and a full withdrawal of Syrian influence from Lebanon...