Dear Friends of EMET,
As you might be aware, the United States has been giving the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) an average of $224 million dollars a year. The original reason that this money was originally appropriated was after the 2006 War in Lebanon, in order for the LAF to exercise leverage against Hezbollah. Unfortunately, by now Hezbollah has developed an extremely cozy relationship with the LAF. In an EMET webinar, on Wednesday, featuring Lieutenant Colonel Sarit Zehavi of the Israeli Defense Forces intelligence unit, and CEO of the Israeli think tank Alma, Lt. Col. Zehavi showed us screenshots from the LAF website of members of Hezbollah wearing the uniforms of the LAF with weapons pointing down at Israel, flanked by flags of both the LAF and Hezbollah, She said it is the assessment of both her and her colleagues that “In the next war with Hezbollah, it is her assessment that the LAF will be working alongside Hezbollah.”
One of the current initiatives that EMET has been working on, is to suspend this military assistance until such a time as we can prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt that our taxpayers’ dollars are actually being used for their original intended purpose, as a hindrance to Hezbollah, not for the LAF to allow Hezbollah to develop an army and arsenal of approximately 150,000 missiles staring down at Israel.
Whether or not you had the opportunity to view Wednesday’s webinar, please view this video that Alma has produced, and talk to your member of Congress about whether or not you feel this appropriation to the LAF is actually doing the job it was originally intended for.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Sarah N. Stern
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Tune in for our webinar discussing the mounting tensions on Israel’s northern border, the troubling relationship between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Hezbollah, Hezbollah’s presence in Lebanon and Syria, and more!
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Below are a series of incriminating images, provided by Alma, visualizing the increasingly cozy relationship between the Lebanese Armed Forces and Hezbollah.
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LAF Hezbollah Cooperation
A photo that was published in the LAF website, along with an article about the joined military efforts of LAF and Hezbollah against ISIS in Arsal, at the Syrian Lebanese border. In the photo you can see a Lebanese flag and a Hezbollah flag, while beneath the flags there are Hezbollah combatants.
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Monument LAF and Hezbollah Adisa
Photo was taken during the Lebanese independence day, November 2018, in Adisa - a small Shiite Lebanese town next to the Israeli border. Pictured is a monument that commemorates the "martyrs of the Army, the (Lebanese) People and the Resistance (meaning Hezbollah)." This is an expression for the narrative Hezbollah indoctrinated after the 2006 war, to legitimize itself in Lebanon claiming there is no contradiction between the army and the armed resistance of Hezbollah and that the Lebanese nation is composed of all three of them.
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Food Supply - source
It is food supply by Hezbollah during the COVID-19 crisis in Lebanon. In the background you can see a poster of Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis - the Iranian commanders in Syria and Iraq.
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Tuesday, May 12th | 1pm EST
EMET's upcoming webinar will be second in our Special COVID-19 Webinar Series, moderated by Lauri B. Regan.
The Leftward Movement of Diaspora Jews and Jewish Organizations: What does this mean for Israel, in the fight against global Anti-Semitism and Jewish life outside of Israel
The webinar will feature Caroline B. Glick and Melanie Phillips.
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Wednesday, May 13th | 1pm EST
EMET's upcoming webinar will feature Hussein Aboubakr and Cynthia Farahat.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt:
Two Different Points of Departure Leading to a Similar Conclusion
Both Aboubakr and Farahat grew up in Egypt under very different circumstances, but both have arrived to similar places in their personal journeys. They will each discuss their personal experiences with the Muslim Brotherhood as well as their ongoing work. They will be able to answer questions as to the extent of the Muslim brotherhood’s influence throughout the world, the stability of President Abdul Fattah el Sisi’s regime, and the strength of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, today.
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Founded in 2005, The Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) is a Washington, D.C. based think tank and policy center with an unabashedly pro-America and pro-Israel stance. EMET (which means truth in Hebrew) prides itself on challenging the falsehoods and misrepresentations that abound in U.S. Middle East policy.
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