Under the leadership of
Hezbollah, the Shias in the south and the Bekaa Valley are basically the main religious caste shouldering the heavy burden of defending Lebanon from the frequent aggressions of Israel.
Without the Shiaa, south Lebanon would have long been swallowed by Israel and Lebanon divided and scraped from the number of independent States.
It is the Shiaa who forced Israel to
withdraw unconditionally from the south in May 24, 2000. It is the Shiaa who foiled the strategy of Israel of reconquering the south of Lebanon in July 2006 and installing a
Pax Americana in the Greater Middle East.
Hezbollah split from the main “Amal” Shia movement around 1983 and adopted an ideology tightly linked to the