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Module Three Journal
Hezbollah is based in Lebanon and is considered to be a Shiite Muslim political party. Hezbollah
has received the reputation as “a state within a state” due to the group’s security apparatus,
political organization, and social services network (Robinson, 2020). The Hezbollah group was
created during the Lebanese Civil War. Hezbollah believes in opposing Israel and Western
influence within the Middle East (Robinson, 2020). Given Hezbollah’s history of terror attacks
throughout the world, many countries have designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. The
ideology stems from the Iranian Revolution. This revolution “called for the creation of a
religious Muslim government that would represent the oppressed and downtrodden” (Jewish
Virtual Library, n.d.).
Hezbollah believes that the United States was to blame for many problems seen in
Lebanon. Hezbollah was able to begin developing with the assistance of Iran and Syria,
eventually establishing a military network. This network consisted of recruits throughout the
Ba’alber area and within the Si’ite neighborhoods in Beirut (Jewish Virtual Library, n.d.). As the
years progressed, Hezbollah has continued their offense against Israel, for example, the Second
Lebanon War. Even prior to the Second Lebanon War, in order to further push Hezbollah’s
beliefs, they have pushed into Asia and Latin America. As Hezbollah has pushed into these
regions, their use of suicide attacks and bombings have followed. For example, in 1992 and 1994
the organization bombed that Israeli embassy and AMIA Jewish Center in Argentina (Jewish
Virtual Library, n.d.),
In order to recruit individuals to join Hezbollah, the terror organization uses its ideology
to enhance the efforts. For example, Hezbollah has become more entrenched within the Shia
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society (Blanford, 2011). During the establishment of Hezbollah, recruitment within the Bekka
Valley was done through mobilization among “family and clan lines, which helped preserve
internal security as well as facilitate the enrollment of hundreds of volunteer fighters” (Blanford,
2011). In more recent times, Hezbollah utilizes their ideology by exploiting motivations of
individuals such as “religious observance, hostility towards Israel, and the Shia commitment to
justice and dignity” (Blanford, 2011).
Radicalizing recruits begins at an early age given one of Hezbollah’s beliefs of a society
of resistance. Children are encouraged to become resistance fighters and carry out activates.
Some activities include lectures, plays, and sporting events, in the name of Hezbollah along with
following the organizations moral and religious objectives (Blanford, 2011). As Hezbollah
continues to encourage children to join and teach them the organizations ideology at a young
age, they are able to recruit and radicalize a larger number of individuals easier, given these
children are starting with a clean slate, regarding questioning beliefs and right or wrongs within
society.
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Reference:
Blanford, N. (2011). Joining Hezbollah. Retrieved from
https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/joining-hezbollah/
Jewish Virtual Library. (n.d.). Hezbollah: History and Overview. Retrieved from
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/history-and-overview-of-hezbollah
Robinson, K. (2020). What is Hezbollah. Retrieved from
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-hezbollah
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