AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE (AJC)

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."