Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayyed Hassan NasrallahIn July 2006, with the commencement of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the longstanding secretary general of the “Party of God,” burst into the spotlight of the Western media — cast, almost inevitably, as an even more dangerous incarnation of Osama bin Laden. Yet well before the start of the war, Nasrallah had acquired an almost unrivalled credibility in the Arab world among admirers and detractors alike, a profile that soared in May 2000 when he became the first leader to push Israel out of Arab land. Voice of Hezbollah brings to an English-speaking readership for the first time Nasrallah’s speeches and interviews: the intricate, deeply populist arguments and promises that he has made from the mid-1980s to the present day. Newly translated from the Arabic, and with an introduction by one of the foremost writers on Lebanon, Voice of Hezbollah is critical to the understanding of the man and the movement. |
Contents
Introduction by Nicholas Blanford | 1 |
Editors Introduction by Nicholas Noe | 15 |
CIVIL WAR AND RESISTANCE MARCH 11 1986 | 23 |
SHIITE RECONCILIATION FEBRUARY 3 1989 | 34 |
ELEGY FOR SAYYED ABBAS MUSSAWI FEBRUARY | 51 |
VICTORY AT THE POLLS AUGUST 25 1992 | 77 |
HEZBOLLAH IS NOT AN IRANIAN COMMUNITY | 84 |
THE FIRST UNDERSTANDING WITH ISRAEL | 100 |
THE AMERICANS HAVE SENT US A POLITICAL BOMB NOVEMBER 16 2001 | 256 |
HOW CAN YOU AFFORD THAT? FEBRUARY 16 2002 | 263 |
ON THE THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF AYATOLLAH KHOMEINIS DEATH JUNE 4 2002 | 267 |
ARABS ARE NOT RED INDIANS OCTOBER 22 2002 | 278 |
THE IMPENDING IRAQ WAR AND MUSLIMCHRISTIAN ALIGNMENT MARCH 13 2003 | 282 |
INTERVIEW WITH 60 MINUTES APRIL 20 2003 | 287 |
AFTER OCCUPATION APRIL 22 2003 | 294 |
PRISONER EXCHANGE JANUARY 29 2004 | 299 |
WHO IS SAYYED HASSAN NASRALLAH? AUGUST | 116 |
THE APRIL UNDERSTANDING APRIL 30 1996 | 144 |
THE MARTYRDOM OF SAYYED HADI NASRALLAH | 169 |
ON CONDITIONAL WITHDRAWAL MARCH 29 1998 | 179 |
ON JEWS MAY 7 1998 | 187 |
TOWARDS LIBERATION JUNE 21 1999 | 194 |
REPOSITIONING 20002004 | 211 |
A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION IS A VICTORY FOR THE RESISTANCE FEBRUARY 16 2000 | 213 |
VICTORY MAY 26 2000 | 232 |
THE SECOND INTIFADA OCTOBER 5 2000 | 244 |
THEY ARE A GROUP THAT LIVES IN THE MIDDLE AGES MARCH 2 2004 | 310 |
LETTER TO THE ARAB AND ISLAMIC UMMAS JULY 30 2004 | 314 |
FEBRUARY 14 2005 AND AFTER | 317 |
YOU WILL TODAY DECIDE THE FATE OF YOUR NATION AND COUNTRY MARCH 8 2005 | 319 |
A MESSAGE TO FRANCE APRIL 13 2005 | 328 |
WE WILL CONSIDER ANY HAND THAT TRIES TO SEIZE | 335 |
INTERVIEW WITH NEW TV AUGUST 27 2006 | 378 |
Further Reading | 411 |
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