this study explores the changes in hezbollah's discourse from 1985 to the war of july 2006. In particular this study answers the following question: what are the factors that led o the change in hezbollah's discourse from 1985 till 2006? this main question requires answering the three main sub questions: what has changed in the discourse of hezbollah's from 1985 to 2006? why did this change happen? what are the implications and situated inferences of these changes?