Hezbollah Goals

Many terrorist organizations seek to change how governmental policies that are currently in place and implement their own ideas and beliefs. As for Hezbollah, they believe in creating an Iranian Islamic republic and remove those who are against it. The group also has pushed for the destruction of Israel along with other Islamic groups who wants the same thing. The group also created what is known as the “Hezbollah Program” and describes their identity, goals and
HEZBOLLAH 4 objectives. One of those objectives is to remove all Americans and their allies out of Lebanon putting an end to their operations in the area (Zondag 2010). They shared similar goals with the Ayatollah Khomeini and also gained his support financially. The group released what was called their manifesto which explained their goals of kicking Israel not only out of Lebanon but also see the destruction of the nation. Hezbollah believed the only way the Lebanese people will no longer suffer will be the day Israel is wiped out and will never agree to any type of peace keeping. …show more content…
This came about when Saudi Arabia and Syria brokered an agreement called the Taif agreement in 1989 and gave the group the authorization to keep their weapons. Hezbollah was able to run in the national elections and was able to claim eight seats within the Lebanese government while under the leadership of Subhi al-Tufayli, which gave them the ability to push more of their agenda within the country all while still maintaining their status as an armed militia. The only way they were able to participate in the elections was the promise to pushing their ideology ideas upon others and ceases their rebellious actions toward the Lebanese government (Wiegand