HEZBOLLAH FLAGS IN NYC?

I am all for freedom of speech and diversity of opinion but I refuse to accept the promotion and vindication of Hezbollah on American streets

By Bryan E. Leib 

Israel Hayom
August 27, 2020

As reported by the Twitter account of the BDS Report, individuals are shown marching through the streets of NYC waving Palestinian flags and yes, Hezbollah flags. Let me be clear: Any individual or American who supports Hezbollah has no business being an American or living in this country. Hezbollah is a terrorist organization that has murdered hundreds of Americans.

Hezbollah is an Iranian Regime proxy in Lebanon and a Foreign Terrorist Organization as designated by the US Department of State. They have also been labeled as a Terrorist Organization by Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, Argentina, Honduras, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait). They are directly and indirectly responsible for the savage murders of Americans, Christians, and Jews around the world.

Here is a quick primer on Hezbollah;

Hezbollah was founded in 1982 by Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a Shiite Islamist political party and militant group based in Lebanon. They are the most powerful terrorist group in Lebanon due to their heavily armed militia. Much of these arms and the training that came with these arms points directly to the Iranian regime. Hezbollah is both a political movement and a fully functioning army.

It's been estimated by US Officials that Hezbollah receives as much as $700 Million per year from the Iranian regime. Hezbollah has also received Iranian-supplied weaponry, including reportedly 11,500 missiles already in place in southern Lebanon pointed at Israel. Roughly 3,000 Hezbollah military operatives have reportedly undergone training in Iran, which included guerrilla warfare, firing missiles, and rocket training.

In 1982, they organized a suicide bomber attack in Beruit against the US Marine Corps and French military barracks that left 241 Americans and 58 Frenchmen dead.

In 1994, there was a deadly bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina that left 85 Jews dead, murdered in cold blood. In 1992, 29 people were killed in an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires.  Hezbollah and Iran were responsible for these attacks.

That's a quick primer on Hezbollah.

No matter what your political leaning is, I hope we can all agree that Hezbollah is a horrible organization that should be dismantled at any cost. It is a terrorist organization that seeks to destroy America, the Jewish State of Israel, and to exterminate every Jew and Christian who lives inside Israel.

If individuals wish to wave Hezbollah flags in America, they can leave my country. They can relocate to Lebanon and they will see first hand how Hezbollah has destroyed a once vibrant country. I am all for freedom of speech and diversity of opinions but I refuse to accept the promotion and vindication of Hezbollah on American streets.

I would like to see elected leaders who represent New York City and the State of New York call this out instead of ignoring it. I would like to see Jewish leaders throughout America use their powerful voices and platforms to call this out instead of ignoring it.

We cannot ignore Hezbollah flags on the streets of NYC. We cannot let the chants of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" run rampant in American society.

In 2018, Bryan E. Leib was the Republican nominee for US Congress in Philadelphia.