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December 31, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2977

Hizbullah Will Defend Iran - Not Palestinians

[Washington Institute for Near East Policy] David Schenker - Despite Hizbullah's strong rhetorical response, it has still not fired a single rocket into Israel in defense of the Palestinians. Hizbullah's primarily Shiite constituents in southern Lebanon are war weary and have not completely recuperated from the last war. Moreover, Hizbullah and its political allies appear to be well positioned for the spring 2009 Lebanese parliamentary elections, and another war would risk undermining the organization at the polls. The writer is director of the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute.

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