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July 28, 2006
Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah
By Amanda Lang
At the onset of the Lebanese crisis, Arab govts, starting with Saudi Arabia, slammed Hezbollah for provoking a war...now, with Hezbollah holding out against the vaunted Israeli military for more than 2 weeks, Arab public opinion is surging behind the organization, transforming the Shiite group's leader into a folk hero and forcing a change in official statements.
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At the onset of the Lebanese crisis, Arab govts, starting with Saudi Arabia, slammed Hezbollah for provoking a war...now, with Hezbollah holding out against the vaunted Israeli military for more than 2 weeks, Arab public opinion is surging behind the organization, transforming the Shiite group's leader into a folk hero and forcing a change in official statements.OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.
Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.