Matthew Cassel, The Electronic Intifada, 21 October 2010
".....While this was portrayed in most mainstream media as a highly "controversial" visit, Ahmadinejad was invited to Lebanon during Lebanese President Michel Suleiman's official state visit to Iran in 2008. Much of the media's focus has been on Iran's close relationship to Hizballah, the Lebanese Shia Islamic political party and military resistance organization.
Since Hizballah's founding in the early 1980s, Iran has financed the group, providing it with both weapons and military training. That support is one of the factors that has made Hizballah the most effective military resistance force against Israel to date....
Hizballah's role as the premier resistance force is something that sets it apart from all other political groups in Lebanon. In a country deeply divided across sectarian and political lines, resistance to Israel is probably one of the few causes that can still unite a majority of Lebanese."
".....While this was portrayed in most mainstream media as a highly "controversial" visit, Ahmadinejad was invited to Lebanon during Lebanese President Michel Suleiman's official state visit to Iran in 2008. Much of the media's focus has been on Iran's close relationship to Hizballah, the Lebanese Shia Islamic political party and military resistance organization.
Since Hizballah's founding in the early 1980s, Iran has financed the group, providing it with both weapons and military training. That support is one of the factors that has made Hizballah the most effective military resistance force against Israel to date....
Hizballah's role as the premier resistance force is something that sets it apart from all other political groups in Lebanon. In a country deeply divided across sectarian and political lines, resistance to Israel is probably one of the few causes that can still unite a majority of Lebanese."
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