A picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah appears amid Palestinian flags during a protest marking the 60th anniversary of the "catastrophe" of the birth of Israel in downtown Cairo on May 15, 2008. Around 100 people held a demonstration in central Cairo today to commemorate the anniversary of what Arabs regard as the Nakba, or catastrophe -- the mass exodus of Palestinian refugees at the birth of the Jewish state. Portrait shows Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. Getty Images logo Getty Images 21 months ago

A picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah appears amid Palestinian flags during a protest marking the 60th anniversary of the "catastrophe" of the birth of Israel in downtown Cairo on May 15, 2008. Around 100 people held a demonstration in central Cairo today to commemorate the anniversary of what Arabs regard as the Nakba, or catastrophe -- the mass exodus of Palestinian refugees at the birth of the Jewish state. Portrait shows Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.

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  1. Lebanon's Hezbollah supporters gesture as they listen to their leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah through a giant screen during a ritual mourning for Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammad's grandson, who died in a seventh century battle, to mark Arbain in Beirut's suburbs, February 4, 2010.
  2. Lebanon's Hezbollah supporters listen to their leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah through a giant screen during a ritual mourning for Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammad's grandson, who died in a seventh century battle, to mark Arbain in Beirut's suburbs, February 4, 2010.
  3. Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a giant screen during a ritual mourning for Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammad's grandson, who died in a seventh century battle, to mark Arbain in Beirut's suburbs, February 4, 2010.
  4. A member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, throws flowers into the sea in memory of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).
  5. A member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, throws flowers tributes into the sea on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010, in memory of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).
  6. Sheik Nabil Kaouk, right, Hezbollah's commander in south Lebanon, and Hezbollah legislator Hassan Fadlallah, left, attend the funeral of prominent businessman Hassan Tajeddine _ a very rich and influential Shiite family in southern Lebanon and a strong Hezbollah supporter _ who was one of few people so far identified from Monday's Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crash in the southern village of Hanaway near the port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the control tower after taking off from Beirut in thunderstorms, Lebanon's transportation minister said Tuesday.
  7. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks on a giant screen at the opening of the "Arab International Forum to Support the Resistance," in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. The leader of Hamas Khaled Mashaal, who attended the forum, called on the Egyptian leader to stop its construction of an underground steel wall along its border with Gaza.
  8. Head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohamed Raad (R), Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (2nd R), Lebanon's Minister of Education Hassan Mneimneh (2nd L) and Hezbollah senior offical Hassan Ezzedine listen to Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speak via a video display during the Arab and International Forum to support the Resistance, in Beirut January 15, 2010.
  9. In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, released by Hezbollah media office, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, right, meets with the political leader of the Palestinian Hamas Khaled Mashaal, left, in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon. The chief of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group discussed Friday with the political leader of the Palestinian Hamas Khaled Mashaal U.S. attempts to resume the Mideast peace process saying they come amid Arab "weakness" in front of American pressures.
  10. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks on a giant screen at the opening of the "Arab International Forum to Support the Resistance," in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. The leader of Hamas Khaled Mashaal, who attended the forum, called on the Egyptian leader to stop its construction of an underground steel wall along its border with Gaza.
  11. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is seen speaking via a video link as journalists listen to him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  12. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, is seen speaking via a video link as journalists listen to him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  13. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, is seen speaking via a video link as journalists listen to him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  14. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is seen speaking via a video link as journalists raise their hands to ask questions of him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  15. In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, released by Hezbollah media office, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, third right, meets with the political leader of the Palestinian Hamas Khaled Mashaal, third left, in the presence of members of Hamas political bureau Oussama Hamdan, right, and Mohammed Nasr, left, Mashaal deputy Moussa Abou Marzouk, second left, and Hezbollah political council member Hassan Hadraj, second right, in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon. The chief of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group discussed Friday with the political leader of the Palestinian Hamas Khaled Mashaal U.S. attempts to resume the Mideast peace process saying they come amid Arab "weakness" in front of American pressures.
  16. Head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohamed Raad (R), Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (2nd R), Lebanon's Minister of Education Hassan Mneimneh (2nd L) and Hezbollah senior offical Hassan Ezzedine listen to Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speak via a video display during the Arab and International Forum to support the Resistance, in Beirut January 15, 2010.

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