The front page of Al-Akhbar's Tuesday edition features news of the upcoming release of a Hezbollah music video celebrating the second anniversary of the July War of 2006. Subsequently, the name of the of the video is tammuz, which translates simply as July. According to the pro-opposition Lebanese daily, the picture at the bottom of this post was taken during the video's production. The profile depicted on the flags is that of the group's assassinated paramilitary leader Imad Mughniyeh.
This is not the first time that Hezbollah has produced a music video commemorating the ’06 conflict. Last July, the group released one entitled, “The Victory of the Arabs”. The video frames the July War as an Arab victory through its imagery and message in an effort to capitalize on Hezbollah's standing as the only Arab force to have ‘defeated’ Israel. You can read more about it in an article I wrote here, while those who wish to view the video can do so here: link
At this rate, it appears that Hezbollah will be releasing a new music video every July. It might be hard though to top the level of production work and resources that went into the making of “The Victory of the Arabs”. According to Al-Akhbar, members of the Lebanese Army participated in this year's video. Therefore, I’m thinking that they’ll go for a more nationalistic angle this time around. I’ll try to post a copy of the video once it's available online.
UPDATE: The new video can be viewed here on YouTube.
