Why did a show satirizing Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah (pictured) on a private Christian TV station spark rioting around Lebanon? Haaretz explains why:
The satire did not carry any insulting words of the leader, but ridiculed the group’s continued assertion of resistance against Israel. One questioner asked the person acting as Nasrallah whether he would lay down his arms, and the man replied by implying the group will use every excuse not to surrender its weapons.
The mere depiction of Nasrallah, a middle-ranking Shi’ite cleric, was enough to enrage his supporters.
