Al Qaeda

• We are not in any competition with al-Qaeda. True, there are two points of view here—they have their way and we have ours. We dealt Israel a first defeat in 2000 and a second in 2006. We have our interests and our country. They can go ahead and disagree with us.
  • Hassan Nasrallah, "Nasrallah: We have remains of soldiers killed in Second Lebanon War". YNet News. 01.03.08. 

Israel

• Hezbollah will never accept the existence of Israel.
  • Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, al-Manar Television, 7 May 1998, Hezbollah Profile

• "If you want to call Hezbollah a terrorist organization, then you must call Israel a terrorist organization."
  • (David Duke’s radio show broadcast, 10 August 2006: The Israeli Invasion and Bombing of Lebanon)
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Iran

• For if Iran remains exalted, we too shall be exalted. I am a lowly soldier of the Imam Khamenei. Hizbullah youths acted on behalf of the Imam Khomeini, with the aid of Imam Hussein, and sent their blessings to the Iranian people.
  • Remarks by Shaykh Hassan Nasrallah on the anniversary of the Second Lebanon War; "Iran censors Nasrallah to protect Lebanese sensibilities". YNetNews. 08.18.07. Retrieved on 2007-08-19. 

• "On the matter of political relations with Iran, the sheikh was absolutely clear. Hizbollah regards the Iranian supreme leader, in this case Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as its ultimate authority; all major political decisions regarding Hizbollah are referred to – when not actually taken in – Iran. He gave the example of the decision taken in 1992 to enter Lebanese national politics: Hizbollah set up a commission, which prepared a report, with various options; this report was sent to Iran; it was Ayatollah Khamenei himself who took the final decision, in favour of participation."
  • Remarks by Sheikh Naim Qassem, deputy leader of Hezbollah under Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah; A Lebanese fragment: two days with Hizbollah | openDemocracy

Resistance & terrorism

• Some area Arabs and Muslims consider Hezbollah and Hamas resistance fighters, not terrorists, though groups such as the Council on American Islamic Relations recognize the terrorist designations and urge Muslims not to support the groups.
  • Paul Egan, "Feds tie Dearborn charity to terror". The Detroit News. July 25, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-25. 

Other Islamic movements

• Although Hezbollah and Hamas are not organizationally linked, Hezbollah provides military training as well as financial and moral support to the Palestinian group and has acted in some ways as a mentor or role model for Hamas, which has sought to emulate the Lebanese group’s political and media success. Hamas’s kidnapping of the Israeli soldier follows a different Hezbollah example. Moreover, two groups share the goal of driving Israel from occupied territories and ultimately eliminating it; both maintain close ties with Iran.
  • From a CRS report for the U.S. Congress; Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah: The Current Conflict (PDF). CRS Report for Congress (July 21 2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-08.

• The new cooperation [between Hezbollah and al-Qaeda] … includes coordination on explosives and tactics training, money laundering, weapons smuggling and acquiring forged documents, according to knowledgeable sources. This new alliance, even if informal, has greatly concerned U.S. officials in Washington and intelligence operatives abroad who believe the assets and organization of Hezbollah's formidable militant wing will enable a hobbled al Qaeda network to increase its ability to launch attacks against American targets.
  • From the Washington Post; Priest, Dana and Douglas Farah. "Terror Alliance Has U.S. Worried." 30 June 2002. 18 September 2006.