Countries designating Hezbollah as terrorist
Hezbollah has been labeled a terrorist organization by the United States,[90] Canada,[91] Israel,[92] and Australia,[93]
The United Kingdom does not consider Hezbollah itself to be a terrorist group, but has listed the "Hizballah External Security Organisation" as terrorist:
Hizballah External Security Organisation: Hizballah is committed to armed resistance to the state of Israel itself and aims to liberate all Palestinian territories and Jerusalem from Israeli occupation. It maintains a terrorist wing, the External Security Organisation (ESO), to help it achieve this.[94]
The European Union
The European Union does not list Hezbollah as a "terrorist organization",[95] but does list Imad Mugniyah,[96] Hezbollah's senior Intelligence officer, as a terrorist. The EU also supports measures aimed at ending Hezbollah's "terrorist activities".[97]
After the above non-binding resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 10 March 2005, MEPs from the PPE-DE, IND/DEM, and l'UEN parties also urged the EU Council to brand Hezbollah a terrorist organization, but this was not included in the resolution and EU nations have not placed the group on its terrorist list.[98] The EU has, however, agreed to block Hezbollah's Al-Manar television from European satellites in order to enforce European regulations against "incitement to racial and/or religious hatred."[99]
In 2004 the Dutch internal security agency AIVD, concluded:
"Investigations have shown that Hezbollah’s militant wing, the Hezbollah External Security Organization, has been directly and indirectly involved in terrorist acts. It can also be concluded that Hezbollah’s political and terrorist wings are controlled by one coordinating council. This means that there is indeed a link between these parts of the organization. The Netherlands has changed its policy and no longer makes a distinction between the political and terrorist Hezbollah branches. The Netherlands informed the relevant EU bodies of its findings."[100]
However, the Dutch government stays in line with official EU-policy and doesn't declare Hezbollah a terrorist organisation.
