Word: hezbollah
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...Like Sharon, Hamas and the militant elements of Arafat's own organization believe that the Palestinian leader's strategy of pursuing a diplomatic solution is irrelevant. Instead, they believe they can adopt the long-term guerrilla strategy used by Hezbollah in Lebanon to drive Israel out of the West Bank and Gaza. And the more hawkish elements of Israel's government may be ready to meet them head on, believing that international public opinion will be solidly behind Israel in confronting Palestinian groups pressing their case by force of arms. But the collapse of the latest cease-fire effort threatens...
...West Bank and Gaza, combined with sending suicide bombers into Israeli cities, all in the hope of making the cost to Israel of remaining in the West Bank and Gaza unbearable. But the idea of reproducing in the West Bank and Gaza the strategy successfully employed by Hezbollah to drive Israel out of Lebanon is also wishful thinking - as long as they feel their backs against the wall, the Israelis are unlikely to cede any ground...
...citizens—some even linked to specific terrorist groups. Just last year, for example, a previously convicted felon and terrorist, Ali Boumelhem, went to a Michigan gun show and purchased assault weapons, shotguns, ammunition and flash suppressors that he intended to ship to the terrorist group Hezbollah. Fortunately, Boumelhem was already under FBI surveillance for suspected terrorism and was captured before he was able to ship the weapons...
...Most Arab allies second Washington's disgust for terrorism as a form of political action. But they tend to see many of the groups who practice terrorism as using illegitimate means to pursue goals they consider legitimate, such as ejecting Israel from southern Lebanon (in the case of Hezbollah) or resisting Israel's occuption of the West Bank and Gaza. That conundrum inevitably creates ambiguity in their response to U.S. demands: Lebanon last week refused Washington's entreaties to freeze Hezbollah's assets. Indeed, the U.S. would be hard-pressed to find Arab governments willing to use the word "terrorist...
...that those tactics have not worked. A year into the intifada, it is showing no signs of being exhausted or contained by Israeli military action. More alarming for Washington, Sharon's actions have significantly weakened Arafat politically and strengthened his more radical challengers who hope to follow the Hezbollah model of guerrilla warfare, rather than negotiations, to get Israel out of the West Bank and Gaza...