Never ignore the true nature of Hizbollah

There is a recognition from the broad Israeli peace camp that, unlike the PLO, Hizbollah does not recognise that the Jews have a right to national self-determination. For Hizbollah, it is 'a clash of civilisations' and Israelis are a hateful symbol of 'Westoxification'. Unlike the PLO, which went to strenuous lengths to distance itself from accusations of anti-Jewish - as opposed to anti-Zionist - sentiment, Hizbollah has no qualms about espousing an anti-Judaism ideology.

According to Lebanese academic Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, Hizbollah representative Hasan Nasrullah is prone to diatribes such as: 'If we searched the entire world for a person more cowardly, despicable, weak and feeble in psyche, mind, ideology and religion, we would not find anyone like the Jew. Notice I do not say the Israeli.'