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Hezbollah and Israel in 10 Minutes
Trace the volatile history of the "Longest Border" in our episode on Hezbollah and Israel. In this installment, we explore the origins of the "Party of God" during the chaos of the 1982 Lebanon War, when Israeli forces invaded to oust the PLO from Beirut. We'll unpack how Hezbollah emerged from the marginalized Shiite population of Southern Lebanon, backed by the revolutionary government of Iran, to become a formidable paramilitary force dedicated to "resistance" against the Israeli presence.
We'll dive into the defining conflict of 2006, the "34-Day War," triggered by a deadly cross-border…
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