Hezbollah foreign relations

AJC Praises Introduction of House Resolution Urging EU to Fully Designate Hezbollah as a Terrorist Organization

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Monday, July 26, 2021
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WASHINGTON, July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the introduction today of a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives urging the European Union to designate Hezbollah in its entirety as a terror organization.

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  • WASHINGTON, July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the introduction today of a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives urging the European Union to designate Hezbollah in its entirety as a terror organization.
  • AJC has long advocated for governments to label the Lebanon-based Hezbollah a terrorist organization, and for applying sanctions against it.
  • Full designation by the EU would further delegitimize Hezbollah and hamper its ability to fundraise, recruit, and mobilize.
  • This effort follows similar resolutionsover the course of the last decade, strongly supported by AJC, that urged full designation of Hezbollah as a terror organization.

AJC Praises Slovenia's Designation of Hezbollah as Terrorist Organization

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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The government announced today that it "adopted a decision on treating the Hezbollah Group as a criminal and terrorist organization posing a threat to peace and security."

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  • The government announced today that it "adopted a decision on treating the Hezbollah Group as a criminal and terrorist organization posing a threat to peace and security."
  • Hezbollah has already been named a terrorist organization by a number of countries and organizations."
  • Slovenia becomes the sixth EU member, after the Netherlands, Germany, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia to recognize the Iranian-sponsored Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
  • "Thankfully, there is today a growing trend to shed any illusions and confront the stark reality that Hezbollah is one indivisible organization, and that organization is terrorist through and through," said AJC CEO David Harris.

AJC Ad Urges Labeling Hezbollah A Terror Organization

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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The ad is the latest effort in a multi-year, broad-based campaign by the global advocacy organization to raise awareness about the reality of Hezbollah, and to press the international community to label the Iranian-supported, Lebanon-based group as a terrorist organization.

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  • The ad is the latest effort in a multi-year, broad-based campaign by the global advocacy organization to raise awareness about the reality of Hezbollah, and to press the international community to label the Iranian-supported, Lebanon-based group as a terrorist organization.
  • AJC produced analyses, reports and other resources, including a petition to the EU, on Hezbollah are available at AJC.org/Hezbollah .
  • Indeed, this week in 1983, two Hezbollah attacks in Lebanon killed 305 American and French peacekeepers," states the AJC ad.
  • "Other countries, we earnestly hope, will join this growing trend to shed any lingering illusions and confront the stark truth that Hezbollah is one indivisible organization, and that organization is terrorist through and through," said AJC CEO David Harris.

AJC Print, TV Ads Urge European Union to Label Hezbollah as a Terror Organization

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Monday, September 23, 2019
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The ads are part of a broad-based, stepped-up effort, including a new website, AJC.org/stop-hezbollah , by the global advocacy organization.

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  • The ads are part of a broad-based, stepped-up effort, including a new website, AJC.org/stop-hezbollah , by the global advocacy organization.
  • The aim is to raise awareness about the reality of Hezbollah, and to press the international community to label the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
  • "Designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, and without qualifications, is at the top of our agenda with many world leaders," said AJC CEO David Harris.
  • Visitors to AJC.org/stop-hezbollah are encouraged to take action by signing a petition asking Congress to urge European governments to designate all of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

AJC Welcomes New Argentina Database on Terror Groups, Freezing Hezbollah Assets

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Thursday, July 18, 2019
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Today, the government added Hezbollah to the new registry and froze its assets in Argentina.

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  • Today, the government added Hezbollah to the new registry and froze its assets in Argentina.
  • AJC has long advocated labeling Hezbollah a terrorist organization and applying sanctions against it.
  • AJC continues to stand with the Argentine Jewish community in demanding justice and international condemnation of Iran and Hezbollah.
  • In April, AJC launched a global campaign to press the international community to hold Hezbollah accountable for its terrorist activities and designate the group in its entirety as aterrorist organization.

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
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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.

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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
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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.

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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.