The Second War in Lebanon Israel-Hezbollah War of 2006

<p>Israel has not enjoyed security along its shared northern border with Lebanon for more than 40 years. Prior to the defeat of the combined Arab armies in 1967 the nation of Israel enjoyed a relatively peaceful border with Lebanon. However the 1967 conflict created a refugee problem that forced many Palestinians to seek shelter in neighboring countries. As a result the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO): after experiencing problems with the Jordanian government: moved to Lebanon and began a series of cross-border attacks against the Israeli people government and military.2 The PLO's actions so destabilized and weakened the Lebanese government: indeed produced a sectarian civil war: that it was unable to exercise control over its southern territory. Given this situation the nation of Israel felt compelled to act militarily and invaded southern Lebanon in the summer of 1982 for self-defense purposes.3 Over the next 18 years of occupation Israeli forces fought the PLO the Amal militia and an emergent group called Hezbollah: better known as the Party of God. Hezbollah: a Shia Muslim oriented terrorist group: became the dominant terrorist force in Lebanon while Fatah and Hamas became the main Palestinian terrorist factions in the West Bank and Gaza.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>