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Hizbullah Is in Trouble


(Ynet News) Guy Bechor - With Assad sinking, Hizbullah is also going down. The Shiite organization has become the most hated in the Arab world. The economic oxygen from Iran that kept Hizbullah alive is drying up. Iran faces the economic threat of paralyzing sanctions and it has no money for adventures on the Lebanese front. This means that Hizbullah has no money to pay salaries and fund projects. Still, Hizbullah's control in southern Lebanon is convenient for Israel. It prevents Sunni groups such as al-Qaeda and Global Jihad from operating there, and also prevents Palestinian terror groups from reaching the border with Israel.
2012-02-28 00:00:00
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