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Do... do you know why Hezbollah was even founded? For a hint, here's a literal former Israeli PM on the topic:
Yeah, two reasons actually:
1: beat back the Israeli's (who invaded because the PLO was attacking them from Lebanon)
2: to tilt the Lebanese civil war in favour of the Shia sect
But neither seems like a valid reason to keep attacking Israel today
Israel has been bombing and occupying part of Lebanon since the "ceasefire", so your argument is ridiculous on the face of it. Hezbollah is also acting in accordance with internetional law with respect to the prevention of genocide. Finally, it does not count as "aggression" if you enter a defensive war against an aggressor - Britain and France were not aggressors in WW2 just because they declared war on Germany, since Germany had already started the war.
Copying my other reply:
Part of the ceasefire deal was Hezbollah disarming and staying north of the Litani river. Instead, they rearmed and rebuilt. Why would you only focus on the Israeli side of the ceasefire?
No deal with Israel can be relied upon. They only understand force. I wish them a great many "difficult security situations".
If your base premise is that Hezbollah should just be allowed to break a ceasefire deal, why would you bring it up? Can't you see the irony?
Don't care, fuck you, death to Israel.
Your attempt to whitewash the Israeli invasion of Lebanon (brutal enough that even Reagan told them to dial it down) was not missed.
Are Israel's near-daily ceasefire violations and its occupation of Lebanese territory reason enough?
Part of the ceasefire deal was Hezbollah disarming and staying north of the Litani river. Instead, they rearmed and rebuilt. Why would you only focus on the Israeli side of the ceasefire?
Because only Israeli violations fucking kill people wth is this question? Also I like how you ignored the bit about occupying Lebanese territory.
These conditions are there to prevent them from killing more people.
If you're referring about the war of '82 I assume you have either a very, very onesided or a very, very rudimentary view on that part of history. And even then: after that war ended 40 years ago, why would you want Hezbollah to restart it? Who does it help to keep this going?
And/or defend themselves the next time Israel comes knocking. Their occupation of more Syrian territory in 2025 certainly doesn't inspire confidence.
No I'm referring to Shebaa Farms and the outposts they refused to leave in Southern Lebanon after the ceasefire, but yeah the Israeli invasion of '82 too.
But apparently, Israel does not come a knockin' as long as they don't initiate the hostilities. They attacked Israel in 2023 as a sign of support for the attack from Hamas. They still have the goal of destroying Israel and creating an Islamic state instead. Jordan and Egypt accepted that they have a jewish state (with all the history), they don't attack them and they don't get attacked in return. This last concept seems to be something that Hezbollah struggles with on a fundamental level. They feel like they should be allowed to support and partake in the destruction of Israel themselves as much as they want, but any single missile flying back is an absolute breach of human rights and international law...
Shebaa Farms and Syrian territory (you can add the Golan Heights as well, sixty years ago) are interesting to mention.
For starters, the Shebaa Farms area was contested between Syria and Lebanon even without Israel. You could say that it was demographically part of Lebanon that was 'seized' by Syria through lobbying in much the same way as large parts of Palestine were 'seized' by Israel in the partition plan for Palestine. Sure you could say that it should belong to either of those two and not Israel, but then what are you basing everything off anyway?
Secondly, there's a disparity between what we were taught as children in that there are fixed borders between countries where you see a sign and people speak a different language, have different licence plates etc. and people get along and that's how things are and always will be... And reality where countries were shaped through wars and natural boundaries.
If your enemy has attacked you twice from an advantageous hillside position and you manage to beat them back, sometimes with great losses, it might not be unwise to take those hills from them. It might be advantageous to beat them back behind a river and keep your side occupied. First as a buffer zone, and then after a few years you have a castle, fields, a village etc. . Of course I don't know which country you're from but if you study the history of how its borders were formed, there's a big chance they are the result of the same violent reasons that you now feel are in breach of you childish view (meant in the positive sense - see above) that taking that hill or river bank are capital sins.
You're a terrible human being and I hope a fascist throws you into a concentration camp. Goodbye.
I think you're a terrible human being by choosing to take the easy route and not trying to understand these conflicts.
I hope you live a happy life and the world gets better