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Why Arabs Are Celebrating the Death of Hassan Nasrallah
Bassam Tawil
October 2, 2024

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on September 27, was often described by many in the West as a “formidable enemy” of Israel. Nasrallah’s death, however, has shown that many Arabs, including some of his fellow Lebanese citizens, also considered him an enemy and arch-terrorist. The Hezbollah chief was responsible for killing not only a large number of Israelis over the past three decades, but also many Arabs, especially in Lebanon and Syria. That is probably why the news of Nasrallah’s elimination was greeted with jubilation by many Israelis and Arabs…Images and videos circulating on social media featured Syrian children holding banners expressing gratitude to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for authorizing the assassination of Nasrallah. One banner reads: “Thank you, Netanyahu. We want you to take out the criminal Bashar Assad.” READ MORE

CAMERA BLOG What the Nasrallah Obits Omit The Associated Press said nothing about Hezbollah’s devastating attack on the Jewish center in Buenos Aires. Nothing about its attack on Israel’s embassy in that country. Nothing about its attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut. Nothing about its attack on the Marine barracks there. Nothing about Nasrallah’s antisemitism, or his repeated demands that Jews ethnically cleanse themselves from Israel. 

ARUTZ SHEVA Khamenei urged Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before elimination Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reportedly urged Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon just days before he was eliminated in an Israeli air strike in Beirut, three Iranian sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Now, Khamenei is deeply concerned about Israeli infiltration within Tehran’s senior government ranks, the sources said.