Exposing Hezbollah’s Lies and Mythical Victories: Neither Did It Liberate the South in 2000, Nor Did It Win the 2006 War Elias Bejjani/February 25/2025
The terrorist Iranian armed proxy, Hezbollah’s leaders, members, officials, and religious figures falsely claim to be the most honorable, intelligent, pure, and devout people. Yet, they have never been ashamed of their absolute, public, and brazen subservience to Iran’s rulers and the doctrine of the Supreme Leader (Iranian Guardianship of the Jurist/Velayat-e faqih). In this doctrine, there is no allegiance to Lebanon as a state, its constitution, or its borders—just as is the case with the followers of this religious ideology in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. Their only and absolute loyalty is to Iran.
In reality, they live in a delusional state, feeding on fantasies, hallucinations, and daydreams, completely detached from the reality of military and scientific capabilities—whether their own or those possessed by Israel, the United States, and the Western nations they label as “the Great Satan” (America), “the Little Satan” (Israel), and “infidels” (any country not under their control).
This hostile culture of betrayal, division, and slander has never ceased since Iran and Hafez al-Assad’s regime established Hezbollah in 1982. During Syria’s occupation of Lebanon, Hezbollah was handed control over Shiite-populated areas through force and terror. One of the bloodiest milestones was the battle of Iqlim al-Tuffah in March 1988, where Hezbollah eradicated the Amal Movement’s military presence, killing more than 1,200 fighters, and leaving thousands wounded and maimed, thus ending Amal’s military existence and subjugating it entirely to Hezbollah’s Iranian agenda.
Hassan Nasrallah, Hashem Safieddine, Naim Qassem, Nabil Qaouq, Mohammad Raad, Hussein Mousawi, and the rest of the leaders of this misguided faction—both the living and the dead—deluded themselves into believing that their Persian empire project was within reach. Yet, this illusion is collapsing under relentless blows, their leaders are being eliminated, their strongholds are being destroyed, and their so-called “supportive environment”—which is in fact a hostage population—is turning against them.
Hezbollah, its members—whether civilian, military, or clerical—do not belong to Lebanon, to Arab identity, or to any nation. They are entirely detached from reality and from all that is humane. They have built castles of illusions, locked themselves inside, hearing only their own voices and seeing only their own reflections. To them, anyone different is nonexistent, and in their extremist ideology, the blood of Lebanese, Syrians, and Arabs is permissible.
With every crime, explosion, assassination, and defeat, their arrogance and impudence only increase. They are indifferent to the suffering of others, taking sadistic pleasure in it, celebrating tragedies by distributing sweets. They have taken their own sect hostage, turning its youth into cannon fodder for Iran’s reckless wars in Syria, Yemen, and beyond.
They believe they can humiliate and subjugate the Lebanese people, forgetting that Lebanon, a civilization over 7,000 years old, has crushed, expelled, and humiliated all invaders and outlaws like them. The last of these was Assad’s army, which was disgracefully expelled in 2005.
Hezbollah is practically finished at the hands of Israel, backed by Arab and Western powers. It will not rise again. The unprecedented human and economic losses it has inflicted on Lebanon’s Shiite community guarantee that, once the Lebanese state regains its sovereignty, the people will turn against Hezbollah and reject it.
For this reason, all those involved in public affairs—especially in the Lebanese Diaspora—must understand that any Lebanese, whether expatriate or resident, who supports or collaborates with Hezbollah under any pretext is an enemy of Lebanon, its sovereignty, identity, and independence.
The Myth of “Liberating” the South and “Victory” in the 2006 War
The terrorist-Jihadist Hezbollah that claims to be a resistance and liberation movement has never been either of the two, but merely a military Iranian proxy. The narrative of the “liberation of the south” in 2000 is nothing but a colossal lie, as Israel withdrew from Lebanon by an internal decision, after its presence became costly and futile, and Hezbollah did not play a decisive role in that. As for the 2006 war, the results were catastrophic for Lebanon, where more than 1,200 Lebanese were killed, infrastructure was destroyed, and the Shiite environment was completely devastated. Hezbollah did not achieve any victory, but all of Lebanon emerged defeated and destroyed… and the, the catastrophic, the disastrous, and the complete defeat of its foolish recent war against Israel in support of Hamas in Gaza, has led to its end and to the entire world standing behind the necessity of implementing international resolutions related to Lebanon 1559, 1680, and 1701, which stipulate its disarmament, the dismantling of its military institutions, and the extension of Lebanese state authority by its own forces over all Lebanese territories, and confining the decision of war and peace to the Lebanese state alone.
Based on well-documented Lebanese, Arab, Israeli, and international facts, Hezbollah neither liberated the South nor won the 2006 war. It is certainly not a resistance movement nor an opposition force. It is, in fact, Lebanon’s foremost enemy, as well as that of all Arabs. It must be dealt with accordingly, along with all its allies—politicians, parties, officials, and clerics. Any other approach is sheer foolishness and self-deception.
In conclusion, Hezbollah has destroyed Lebanon, impoverished its people, displaced them, and turned the country into an arms depot and a launch pad for Iran’s futile wars.
Lebanon can only be saved by dismantling Hezbollah, disarming it, arresting its leaders, and holding them accountable for the devastation they have inflicted on the nation.
Below is the text of Sheikh Naim Qassem’s speech during the Nasrallah and Hashem’s Funeral on February 23, 2025. The text of the speech shows the depth, extent and danger of Hezbollah and its masters, the Iranian mullahs. A mere delusional deviation from everything that is true, facts, capabilities and standards for defeat and victory.
Naim Qassem at the funeral of Nasrallah: The resistance has not ended and it is written in blood. We will not allow our killing and occupation to continue while we watch. We will participate in building a strong and just state.
Hezbollah chief vows ‘resistance’ as masses mourn Nasrallah
AFP/February 24, 2025
BEIRUT, Lebanon: Hezbollah’s leader said “resistance” was not over as hundreds of thousands mourned slain chief Hassan Nasrallah Sunday at a Beirut funeral, demonstrating continued support for the group after a devastating war with Israel. During the funeral, women wailed as a truck carrying the coffins of Nasrallah and his chosen successor Hashem Safieddine — both killed in Israeli strikes — slowly moved through the crowd, topped with two black turbans and draped in Hezbollah’s yellow flag. A procession headed toward Nasrallah’s burial site near the airport, where a stampede erupted. A live broadcast by Al-Manar TV showed Hezbollah members in military uniform pushing crowds away from the coffin after it was unloaded from the truck before the burial. Safieddine will be interred in his southern hometown of Deir Qanun Al-Nahr on Monday. The September killing of the charismatic leader who led Hezbollah for more than three decades, in a massive Israeli strike, dealt a heavy blow to the Iran-backed group.But Hezbollah, which dominated Lebanon’s politics for decades, has long had a support base in the country’s Shiite Muslim community. As the funeral began at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Israeli warplanes flew at a low altitude over Beirut in what Defense Minister Israel Katz said was a “clear message” to anyone who threatens Israel. “You will specialize in funerals — and we in victories,” Katz said. In a televised address at the ceremony, Nasrallah’s successor Naim Qassem said Hezbollah would keep following his “path,” and rejected any control by the “tyrant America” over Lebanon. “The resistance is not over, the resistance is still present and ready” to face Israel, he said. Nasrallah speeches were blasted as the mourners raised their fists in the air and chanted: “We are at your service, Nasrallah.”
Two Hezbollah sources told AFP that the estimated number of participants is “around 800,000” people. Men, women and children walked in the biting cold to reach the site of the ceremony, which was delayed for months over security concerns. “When I saw the coffin, reality dawned upon me,” said Lara, 26, adding that she had a hard time coming to terms with his killing. “The pain is great… words cannot describe how I feel,” she added. AFP correspondents said the stadium, which can accommodate roughly 78,000 people according to organizers, was fully packed.
As crowds gathered, the official National News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli strikes in Lebanon’s south — including one that wounded a Syrian girl — and in the east. Israel’s military said it had struck “sites containing rocket launchers and weapons” in those areas. Israel has carried out multiple strikes in Lebanon since a November 27 ceasefire deal with Hezbollah ended more than a year of hostilities including two months of all-out war. The funeral comes days after the deadline for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon’s south, with Israeli troops pulling out from all but five locations. Both sides have accused each other of violating the truce. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam delegated officials to attend the ceremony on their behalf. Speaking to Iran’s delegation ahead of the funeral, Aoun said: “Lebanon has grown tired of the wars of others on its land.”
Hezbollah’s weakening in the war has contributed to the election of Aoun, seen as a favorite among Western governments, after a two-year power vacuum. He named Salam as his premier last month. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed “resistance” against Israel as Hezbollah held the funeral.
He praised Nasrallah as “a great mujahid (fighter) and prominent leader” and Safieddine as “a close confidant and an inseparable part of the leadership.”Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi were in attendance at the funeral. Sam Heller of the Century Foundation think-tank said it was important for Hezbollah “to demonstrate that it remains a major social and political force, despite some of the setbacks it’s been dealt.”Since Saturday, roads into Beirut have been clogged with carloads of supporters traveling in from Hezbollah’s other power centers in south and east Lebanon. Khouloud Hamieh, 36, came from the east to mourn the leader who she said was “dearest to our souls.”Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television said the movement deployed 25,000 members for crowd control. A security source said 4,000 troops and security personnel were on duty. Civil aviation authorities said Beirut airport would close exceptionally for four hours. A founding member of Hezbollah in 1982, Nasrallah won renown around the Arab world in May 2000 when Israel ended its 22-year occupation of south Lebanon following relentless attacks by the group under his leadership. In the decades since, Lebanese have been divided over Hezbollah, with many criticizing the group for initiating more recent hostilities with Israel in support of Palestinian militant group Hamas.
