2006 Lebanon War

Name: Jana eid ID: 20150810 Instructor: Alexandra Adams Research paper (IHL) Subject: Lebanon war of 2006 July 2006 an unforgettable date for all the Lebanese and Israeli citizens, 12 July was the beginning of the visible war between these two parties and which was semi-finished in 14 august or in other words after a month from its beginning.one of the main reasons behind letting the volcano between these two parties to explode is the reply of Hezbollah by firing rockets at Israeli borders

War outcomes: Victory or Defeat? Domestically, The organization has deepened its political presence through ‘nationalizing’ the cause, and strengthening social networks, and expand military and media power that is giving rise to national symbols, and increased the Lebanese the public trust, as it used the media to emphasize the Israeli aggression against civilians, especially women, and children; resulting to the increasing of the number of Lebanese and regional supporters of Hezbollah in the conflict

in Lebanon engaged in armed conflict with the country of Israel. While Lebanon was not directly a belligerent,[footnoteRef:4] the government of Lebanon provided Hezbollah the ability to conduct its conflict with Israel through its inaction and threats of retaliation against Israeli military forces for what it believed to be an

Introduction: 1.1 Gated communities physical and social description For over the few past decades the world has witnessed a growing gap between economic classes of a community. This clear division between rich and poor has led to major discrimination in all sorts of daily life interaction, from public transportation to housing, education, work and many more. However today a new form of social and cultural discrimination is being added to the list: the gated high fenced walls communities. These

De Niro’s Game “De Niro’s Game” by Rawi Hage is a coming of age story about a boy named Bassam from war torn Lebanon. The main settings are the headings of the three parts of the novel; Roma, Beirut and Paris. The settings help to illustrate character development, the novel’s themes and are important symbols throughout. The first section of the novel is entitled “Roma,” but the events all occur in Beirut. Bassam never goes to Roma, however it is always present in the novel and an important

running towards the camera, eyes wide and vicious, swiftly multiplies into a pack of dogs, snarling and drooling; tearing through the highly stylised war-torn streets. This dramatized, surrealist scene we later find is actually a visual interpretation of a nightmare that Folman’s friend Boaz has connected to his experiences from the war in Lebanon. Typically a convention used in narrative film, Folman’s process removes us from the reality in the film because of its surrealist animated form and we

1948, the State of Israel has fought eight recognized wars, two Palestinian intifadas, and a series of armed conflicts in the broader Arab-Israeli conflict. Wars and other conflicts Israel has been involved in a number of wars and large-scale military operations, including: Israeli war of independence - Started as 6 months of civil war between Jewish and Arab militias at the end of the British Mandate of Palestine and turned into a regular war after the declaration of independence of Israel and

exports of dual-use items, prohibitions of economic aid and various financial and other restrictions (State Department, 2013). Hizballah (Party of God), a Shia Muslim organization, was established in 1982 as a response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Hizballah has several different goals and is funded in many ways. It was not until October 8, 1997 that Hizballah was classified as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, even though they had been linked to several terrorist attacks dating back

Hezbollah was originally a resistance during the Lebanon civil war in 1982. Now, Hezbollah is a political organization made up of mostly Shi'ite Muslims in Lebanon . The group is known as the Islamic Resistance, Org anization of the Oppressed Earth, and the Revolutionary Justice Organization, but its name means “Party of God”. The group has political power with about a dozen delegates in Lebanon's House of Delegates. Although Hezbollah is based in Lebanon, it has groups all across the Middle East. Two

On July 12, 2006 Hezbollah launched an elaborate cross-border raid. In the first stage of the raid Hezbollah launched Katyusha rockets on Israeli positions in villages such as Zar’it. Five civilians were wounded. While Israel was distracted a group of Hezbollah fighters crossed the border and coordinated an attack on two Israeli Humvees with a group of Hezbollah fighters near the border in south Lebanon. After killing all the soldiers in one of the Humvees Hezbollah managed to disable the other Humvee