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Time to call a terrorist a terrorist and ban Hezbollah in full

6 June 2020

5:00 AM

6 June 2020

5:00 AM

Last month, the German government took the principled decision to ban the entire Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah and designate it as a terrorist organization. As a key player in the war on radical Islamic terror, Australia should do likewise.  

In February this year, Peter Dutton, Australian Minister for Home Affairs, said Australia was considering listing the ‘military wing’ of Hezbollah as terrorist, adding that “nobody should have sympathy” for the Shiite terror group and that a full review would be conducted in April. 

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, that review has, understandably, been put on hold. 

Australia since 2003, like Germany previously, has maintained...

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