All countries have different ways of commemorating their battles. From memorials to museums, part of moving on from war is defining the narrative surrounding it. That was Hezbollah's logic, at least, in opening a "tourist complex" in May 2010, displaying its own weapons and those left behind by Israel after the country's pullout from south Lebanon in 2000. "Armies that emerge victorious from wars display their exploits in museums," Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech inaugurating the complex.
Hezbollah, which means "the party of God" in Arabic, was founded in 1982 as a Shiite militia opposed to Israel's invasion of Lebanon and has since become one of Lebanon's most powerful political organizations, controlling much of southern Lebanon, including Mleeta, the site of the complex. Mleeta was a Hezbollah command center during the 1978-1990 occupation of south Lebanon and the 2006 war.
Above, visitors walk past the wreckage of an Israeli tank at the tourist complex on May 21, 2010.
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Hezbollah is much more thinking about destroying Israel than developing Lebanon, period. With no support of Iran or Syria, and also the way to keep your "resistance" alive..blah blah blah...Nasrallah doesn't have enlargement purpose. Hezbollah poses and postures, within their bunkers, while Lebanon holds its breath. Meanwhile the cedars weep since the perpetual instability isn't healthy. Within their hatred Hezbollah harms the Arab people a lot more than they harm Israelis.