Jimmy's Corner

Hezbollah (meaning Party of God) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist group and political party, with a military arm and a civilian arm, founded in 1982 to fight the Israeli Defense Forces who occupied southern Lebanon until the year 2000 and still occupying "Shebaa" area in the south of lebanon.

Hezbollah was "inspired by the success of the Iranian Revolution" and was formed primarily to combat Israeli occupation following the 1982 Lebanon War. Hezbollah follows the distinct Shia Islamic ideology developed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Along with the Amal movement, Hezbollah is the main political party and military organization representing the Shia community, Lebanon's largest religious bloc; and it is a recognized political party in Lebanon, where it has participated in government. The civilian wing participates in the Parliament of Lebanon, taking 18% of the seats (23 out of 128) and the bloc it forms with others, the "Resistance and Development Bloc", 27.3% (see Lebanese general election, 2005). It is a minority partner in the current Cabinet.

Hezbullah is not just a resistance group, but also a party, a symbole for Lebanon's second largest sect. And YES Israel is the reason why Hezbullah now exists... violence brings about more violece hah...

And here you got it... Israel still occupies part of Lebanon and resistance is rightful.

This is just for those who argue...

Source is Wikipedia... not an Arab source hah.