Lebanese nationalism

American Jewish Committee Launches Global Campaign to Hold Hezbollah Accountable, Urges the European Union to Designate It a Terrorist Organization

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Monday, April 22, 2019
Paramilitary organizations, Terrorism in Asia, Hezbollah, Axis of Resistance, Islam and antisemitism, Lebanese nationalism, March 8 Alliance, Organizations, American Jewish Committee, Hezbollah foreign relations, Lebanon War

NEW YORK, April 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) is today launching a global campaign to press the international community to hold Hezbollah accountable for its terrorist activities and designate the group in its entirety a terrorist organization.

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  • NEW YORK, April 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) is today launching a global campaign to press the international community to hold Hezbollah accountable for its terrorist activities and designate the group in its entirety a terrorist organization.
  • In 2013, following sustained efforts by AJC, the European Union designated Hezbollah's "military wing" a terrorist organization.
  • "There is no merit to such a false distinction, which Hezbollah's own leaders have said does not exist.
  • The time has come for the EU to finish what it started and designate all of Hezbollah a terrorist organization."

AJC Applauds British Government Action to Designate Hezbollah Terrorist Organization

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Monday, February 25, 2019
Antisemitism in the Arab world, Axis of Resistance, Hezbollah, Islamic terrorism in Lebanon, Lebanese nationalism, March 8 Alliance, Government of the United Kingdom, American Jewish Committee, Islam, Sajid Javid, Nationalism, Hezbollah foreign relations

NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) praised British Home Secretary Sajid Javid for initiating action today that will designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in its entirety.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) praised British Home Secretary Sajid Javid for initiating action today that will designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in its entirety.
  • "The British government's action exposes the falsehood, especially in much of Europe, of a 'bifurcated' Hezbollah.
  • In light of Hezbollah's global campaign of violence and terror, AJC has long advocated labeling it a terrorist organization and applying sanctions against it.
  • The United States, Canada, Netherlands, Israel, Arab League and Gulf Cooperation Council have fully designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

Zuckerman Spaeder: Department Of Justice Issues Misleading Statement Regarding Kassim Tajideen

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Friday, December 7, 2018
Antisemitism in the Arab world, Axis of Resistance, Hezbollah, Islamic terrorism in Lebanon, Lebanese nationalism, March 8 Alliance, Nationalism, Islam, International relations

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday issued a statement describing the guilty plea of Zuckerman Spaeder client Kassim Tajideen that misleadingly linked Mr. Tajideen to financial support of Hezbollah.

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  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday issued a statement describing the guilty plea of Zuckerman Spaeder client Kassim Tajideen that misleadingly linked Mr. Tajideen to financial support of Hezbollah.
  • It is one thing for the Department to congratulate itself on a litigation victory.
  • The prosecutor's comment was an affirmative statement that, although the original indictment mentioned Hezbollah, it did not actually charge Mr. Tajideen with financial or other ties to the organization.
  • When Mr. Tajideen asked for facts or documents that supported the reference to Hezbollah, the government steadfastly refused to produce any, insisting that they were irrelevant.