In the United States, Hezbollah is a ticking time bomb. Since Oct. 7, 2023, its flags have been spotted at protests around the country. Its logos are seen on T-shirts worn on campuses. Its officials have spoken directly to American students on Zoom. One of them even disclosed plans to “invest in the Western students” protesting for “Palestine” and use them to infiltrate “the heart of Western societies.”

These recruitment efforts come in numerous guises. Ali-Hajj Hassan, head of the Youth Section of Hezbollah’s Cultural Mobilization Department, encouraged “student organizations and youth activists in the West” to “fill the public squares and universities, and the social media platforms in their countries.” In a webinar for international students, he called for turning them into “a movement of resisting youth … who bear the spirit of the Mujahideen.”