Keeping Hamas and Hezbollah Out of a War with Iran
2012; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 35; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/0163660x.2012.725018
ISSN1530-9177
Autores Tópico(s)Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
ResumoClick to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. Jonathan Lis, "Netanyahu: Strike on Iran's nuclear facilities possible within months," Haaretz, March 9, 2012, http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-strike-on-iran-s-nuclear-facilities-possible-within-months-1.417417. 2. Ronen Bergman, "Will Israel Attack Iran?" New York Times Magazine, January 25, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/magazine/will-israel-attack-iran.html?pagewanted=all; Meir Dagan, interview by Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes, CBS News, March 11, 2012, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57394904/the-spymaster-meir-dagan-on-irans-threat/. 3. Nicholas Noe, Voice of Hezbollah: The statements of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, (New York: Verso, 1997), p. 27. 4. Ahmad Nizar Hamzeh, In the Path of Hizbullah, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2004), p. 33. 5. Author interview with a colonel in the Israeli Defense Forces in Tel Aviv on June 29, 2012. According to the terms of the interview, his/her name is withheld. 6. The term "Society of Resistance" appears to have originated with Sheik Abbas Mussawi, Hezbollah's second secretary general; see Eitan Azani, Hezbollah: The Story of the Party of God, (New York: Palgrave Macmillian, 2011), p. 90. 7. Noe, p. 395. 8. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Hezbollah competed with Amal for support of the Shia in Lebanon. By 2000, after Israel withdrew from the "security zone" it held in Lebanon since 1982, Hezbollah had clearly become the dominant Shia party. 9. Roi Kais, "Lebanon won't attack Israel in case of strike on Iran," Ynet News, April 21, 2012, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4218850,00.html. 10. "Hezbollah: Iran will not ask it to strike Israel," The Associated Press, February 8, 2012. http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=28401 11. Nicholas Blanford, Warriors of God: Inside Hezbollah's Thirty-Year Struggle Against Israel (New York: Random House, 2011). 12. Rafael D. Frankel, "Israel troubled that war in Lebanon drove its enemies closer," The Christian Science Monitor, September 21, 2006, http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0922/p01s04-wome.html. 13. Nidal al-Mughrabi, "Foreign funds for Hamas hit by Syria unrest: diplomats," Reuters, August 21, 2011. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/21/us-palestinians-hamas-finance-idUSTRE77K18320110821. 14. Compiled using figures from the Israel Security Agency, "Terror Data and Trends," http://www.shabak.gov.il/english/Pages/default.aspx. 15. Gili Cohen, "Senior IDF Officer: Israel is preparing for the next Lebanon War," Haaretz, July 5, 2012, http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/senior-idf-officer-israel-is-preparing-for-the-next-lebanon-war-1.449126. 16. Samia Nakhoul and Michael Stott, "Hamas says it will not go to war for Iran," Reuters, May 10, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/us-palestinians-hamas-idUSBRE84917H20120510; "Hamas warns Israel against Iran strike," United Press International, March 8, 2012, http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/03/08/Hamas-warns-Israel-against-Iran-strike/UPI-38741331213231/. 17. On American estimates for the consequences of a war with Iran, see Mark Mazzetti and Thom Shanker, "U.S. war game see perils of Israeli strike against Iran," New York Times, March 19, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/world/middleeast/united-states-war-game-sees-dire-results-of-an-israeli-attack-on-iran.html. 18. For more on Israeli-Saudi cooperation, see Anshel Pfeffer, "Mossad chief reportedly visited Saudi Arabia for talks on Iran," Haaretz, July 26, 2010, http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/mossad-chief-reportedly-visited-saudi-arabia-for-talks-on-iran-1.304032. Additional informationNotes on contributorsRafael D. FrankelRafael D. Frankel was a Middle East correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Georgetown University
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