Dear Friend of Israel,

Yesterday, the Israeli Defense Forces revealed new intelligence showing a Hezbollah weapons warehouse just meters away from a Lebanese school with 300 children.
 

“Source: IDF (Israel Defense Forces)”

Hezbollah is an Iranian-backed terrorist organization that is responsible for attacks around the world and is dedicated to Israel’s destruction.

This new weapons storage facility is just the latest example of Hezbollah using Lebanese civilians as human shields to protect its terrorist infrastructure.

Hezbollah has received upwards of $800 million annually from Iran in recent years, and the terror group already possesses advanced weapons designed to inflict significant damage across Israel.

Hezbollah uses Iranian funding to turn Lebanon’s cities and towns into urban military compounds, controlling 45,000 troops and an arsenal of some 150,000 rockets and missiles.

At least one out of every four houses in southern Lebanon reportedly hosts a Hezbollah facility. Mosques, hospitals, and schools are used to shield weapons and terrorist infrastructure.

In 2018, Congress unanimously passed the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act—bipartisan legislation lobbied for by AIPAC members—that now mandates sanctions against those responsible for Hezbollah’s use of civilians as human shields and those providing support for their efforts.

But as the threats continue to grow, so must our commitment to keeping Israel safe.

Will you stand with AIPAC to ensure Israel can defend itself by itself from Iranian-backed terrorism?

As Hezbollah continues to build its terrorist infrastructure, the United States must work to ensure Israel has the resources it needs to defend itself, by itself.

Please show your support of AIPAC by joining today and help us work with Congress to ensure Israel has the resources needed to keep its citizens safe from Hezbollah and other growing threats.

Thank you,
Brian Shankman
Chief Strategy Director for National Affairs