Hezbollah: Rise of the Islamic Resistance

CONFLICTED

Message Heard

Religion & Spirituality, History

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Some four decades ago, out of the chaos of the Lebanese civil war, a Shia militant group was born who would grow into one of the most dominant and malign forces in Lebanese politics. A proxy for Iran, staunchly opposed to Israel and aggressive in their aims, they have now effectively established themselves as a state within a state within Lebanon. Who are they? Hezbollah. Over the next couple of episodes, Conflicted takes on this fascinating and sinister terror group, charting their rise amidst the Lebanese civil war, digging deep into the figures who created them and seeing them cement their political position by the early 1990s. All to find out how an Islamist vanguard movement - as proposed by Sayyid Qutb - evolves to achieve its power aims. Join our FB Discussion group to get exclusive updates: https://www.facebook.com/groups/450486135832418 Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MHconflicted And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MHconflicted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello dear listeners, Thomas Small here. This is just a quick note before we get into today's episode.
0:06.8	These next two episodes on Hezbollah were recorded before the tragic events of October 7, 2023,
0:14.5	when terrorists from Hamas crossed into Israel from Gaza and attacked, killed, and kidnapped,
0:20.9	a large number of Israeli civilians. Because these episodes on Hezbollah were recorded before
0:27.1	the Hamas attack, we don't discuss the attack in them. But if you want to hear more about the
0:32.3	attack, do go back and listen to our emergency episode what was Hamas thinking from last week.
0:38.6	But given how intertwined the stories of Hezbollah, Israel, and Hamas are, these next two episodes
0:45.7	should serve as a perfect primer for understanding the historical context and ideological motivations,
0:52.4	which animate the Iranian proxy militia on Israel's northern border. And as Hezbollah is by far
0:59.7	the larger and better armed of the two proxies. As of this recording, the whole world now waits on
1:06.2	Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to see if he'll be ordering his troops to intervene on the side of
1:12.2	Hamas, and therefore if the conflict will expand to plunge the whole region into war. Right, now on with the show.
1:23.2	Hello, and welcome back to conflicted. I'm Thomas Small, and with me today is my unstoppable
1:33.2	co-host, Amin Deem. Nothing can stop me, Thomas. Nothing. Nothing can stop you, Amin. Nothing at
1:39.0	all. Amin today, unconflicted, we're celebrating an important anniversary. We're not celebrating,
1:45.9	really. It has now been 40, 40-ish years since the formation of the Lebanese militant group
1:53.5	designated a terrorist group by most international authorities, militants, politicians,
1:59.2	resistance fighters, take your pick of how you want to define them. I'm talking about Hezbollah.
2:04.7	Ah yes, my old frenemese Hezbollah. After looking at the grand daddy of Shia Islamism
2:13.5	last week Iran, now we are embarking on two episodes looking at their younger sibling Hezbollah,
2:20.4	their proxy on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean in the beautiful but tragic country of Lebanon.
2:28.5	How was Hezbollah formed out of the chaos of the Lebanese Civil War? How did it establish itself as
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