France, March 26 -- Once respected, admired or feared, Hezbollah is now facing more criticism than ever before. Leaders, politicians, journalists and analysts are no longer mincing their words when it comes to their views on the Shia Islamist party and its paramilitary wing.

The party, which has a large parliamentary group and two ministers in the Lebanese government, finds itself isolated, almost ostracised. Its representatives are no longer welcome on television programmes, its leaders accused of "anti-patriotism".

And this wave of anti-Hezbollah sentiment, unprecedented in Lebanon, is not confined to criticism in the media.

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