Israel-Hezbollah War Escalates
This is a valuable interview with Alastair Crooke by Larry Johnson.
They discuss:
- Ideological roots of Benjamin Netanyahu
- History of Hezbollah
- Potential Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon
*Note this interview was recorded shortly before the reported assassination of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah
This is a long video:ย If you want to directly go to the issues on the war, go to the time marker 49:00.
(Thanks Mr P for first posting it in our Hearty Salon).
This is from 2006:
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Crucial video. Deep historical facts underlying Shia, Hezbollah and the formation of Iran as a religious state.
Crooke also deconstructs the myriad relationships and ideologies of Hamas, Hexbollah and Iran.