HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH
SARASIJ MAJUMDER
They exist together bound by their common hatred of , and their compulsive mission to destroy ISRAEL.
Without that common thread, they would be fighting each
other.
Hamas is a group of Sunni Muslims while Hezbollah is made up
of Shia Muslims.
Hezbollah was
established in the wake of the 1982 Lebanon War by Lebanese clerics who had
studied in Najaf. It adopted the model of Islam set out by Ayatollah Khomeini
after the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and the party's founders adopted
"Hezbollah" as the name chosen by Khomeini. “HEZBOLLA” means the army of ALLAH.
Ayatollah Khomeini was a senior Islamic jurist cleric
of Shia (Twelvers) Islam. That is how—Hezbollah, Lebanon, and Iran got
connected. And politically—IRAN gets involved in war against Israel.
They have not worked together or coordinated their efforts
because of this fact.
Unlike Hamas, Hezbollah has, to date, not gone to war only
for the Palestinian cause. Hezbollah considers itself as a Shia resistance
movement. Its ideology is focused on expelling all western powers from the
Middle East and on rejecting Israel’s right to exist.
“Hamas”, which translates literally as “zeal,” is an Arabic
acronym for the “Islamic resistance movement”. Hamas adopted the principle of
armed resistance and committed to the annihilation of Israel. “HAMAS” is a part
of PLO. It took over the control of GAZA strip, after ISRAEL evacuated
itself, and withdrawn from GAZA.
Both receive funding from Iran but as a Sunni organization,
Hamas does not share the Shia religious link with Iran that characterizes
Hezbollah and most of Iran’s proxies. As a result, while Hamas no doubt
benefits from Iran’s patronage, it tends to operate more independently than
Hezbollah. Qatar directly supports HAMOS, where their top leaders are sheltered.
Right now, this is a war between Israel and Hamas. Hezbollah
is on the sidelines, but remains a threat to Israel. If activated by Iran, its
full involvement would rapidly change the course of the conflict and likely
open up a regional war.
But— right now--both Iran, and Qatar are proposing negotiations, and discussions.
That is a good sign.
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