The Promise and Politicization of Post-War Reconstruction in Haret Hreik

Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By Eric Lob After the month-long war between Israel and Hizbullah (The Party of God) in July 2006 decimated Lebanon’s Shiʿi territories, the party was obligated to fulfill the promise of its secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, to make these territories more beautiful and better than before. As had been the case with previous conflicts against Israel, Hizbullah’s reconstruction and development organization, Jihad al-Binaʾ (JB..