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“But there was no Hezbollah when Israel occupied Lebanon in 1982!”
True. But you don’t get to draw lines wherever it helps your case. Chronology doesn’t work that way. So here’s a quick timeline for you:
1943: Lebanon is born.
1948: Arabs invade Israel. 100k Palestinians flee to Lebanon. Jordan occupies Judea and Samaria, names it West Bank. Egypt occupies Gaza.
1950s-60s: Lebanon prospers. Beirut the “Paris of the Middle East.”
1964: PLO is born in Jerusalem.
1967: Six-Day War. Aggressors lose, Israel gets control of Judea and Samaria, Gaza, Sinai, and Golan Heights. 300k Palestinians flee to Lebanon. Arafat and PLO expelled from Israel for collaborating with the invaders during war, flee to Jordan.
1970-71: PLO “state within a state” in Jordan. Attempts to assassinate King and overthrow government. Crushed by Jordanian forces with help from Pakistan’s Zia ul Haq. Expelled from Jordan.
1971: PLO relocates to Southern Lebanon. Another “state within a state,” named “Fatahland.” Sudden demographic shift in Lebanon. Resented by the natives.
1970s: Regular artillery and rocket launches and border raids from Southern Lebanon into Israeli border towns. Avivim School Bus Massacre (1970), Kiryat Shmona Massacre (1974), Ma'alot Massacre (1974), Kibbutz Shamir Attack (1974), Savoy Hotel Attack (1975), Coastal Road Massacre (1978), Nahariya Attack (1979)...
1975: Start of Lebanese civil war between Muslims and Christians, largely fueled by the sudden influx of Muslim refugees from Israel eroding Lebanon’s own sovreignty.
1982: PLO splinter Abu Nidal Organization attempts to assassinate Israel’s ambassador to the UK in London. Israel demands destruction of “Fatahland” to eliminate the nuisance once and for all. Lebanon helpless. IDF invades Lebanon. Occupies Southern Lebanon. Massive cleanup operation, Arafat and PLO expelled.
But this didn’t end the civil war. PLO was then about 14k terrorists in Southern Lebanon. Even after their expulsion, the region still had more than 300k Palestinians who were not “officially” PLO but a nuisance all the same.
That’s when Ayatollah Khomenei steps in. Hezbollah is born to occupy the militant leadership space left vacant by Arafat.
Yes, Hezbollah was born AFTER Israeli occupation.
Which happened AFTER a decade of terrorism by PLO jihadis in Lebanon.
Do not confuse cause with effect. It’s dishonest and in this day and age, impossible to get away with.
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