{"id":6971,"date":"2019-12-22T21:01:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T20:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6971"},"modified":"2020-01-10T21:50:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:50:16","slug":"german-parliament-its-resolution-to-ban-hezbollah-is-just-a-legal-charade-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2019\/12\/22\/german-parliament-its-resolution-to-ban-hezbollah-is-just-a-legal-charade-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"German Parliament: Its Resolution to Ban Hezbollah is Just a Legal Charade \u2013 Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2019\/12\/22\/german-parliament-its-resolution-to-ban-hezbollah-is-just-a-legal-charade-part-i\/merkel-speaks-at-bundestag-question-and-answer-session\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6972\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6972\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/germany-hezbollah-resolution.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/germany-hezbollah-resolution.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/germany-hezbollah-resolution-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The resolution falls short of a complete ban on Hezbollah and appears aimed at providing the German government with political cover that would allow Germany to claim that it has banned the group even if it has not.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>German Parliament: Its Resolution to Ban Hezbollah is Just a Legal Charade \u2013 Part I<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/15324\/german-parliament-hezbollah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | December 23, 2019<\/p>\n<p>The German parliament has passed a non-binding resolution that calls on the German government to ban the activities of the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah \u2014 Arabic for \u201cThe Party of Allah\u201d \u2014 in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The measure \u2014 supported by center-right Christian Democrats and the center-left Social Democrats, the two major parties that make up Germany\u2019s ruling coalition, and also by the classical liberal Free Democrats \u2014 has been hailed as \u201cimportant,\u201d \u201csignificant,\u201d and a \u201ccrucial step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The resolution, however, falls short of a complete ban on Hezbollah and appears aimed at providing the German government with political cover that would allow Germany to claim that it has banned the group even if it has not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/15324\/german-parliament-hezbollah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The resolution falls short of a complete ban on Hezbollah and appears aimed at providing the German government with political cover that would allow Germany to claim that it has banned the group even if it has not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[179,153],"class_list":["post-6971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-union","tag-germany","tag-hezbollah"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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