Obama demands Hezbollah be named a terrorist group

President Barack Obama AP

JERUSALEM—US President Barack Obama on Thursday demanded that foreign governments brand Hezbollah a “terrorist organization,” slamming the Lebanon-based militia for attacks on Israelis.

“Every country that values justice should call Hezbollah what it truly is — a terrorist organization,” Obama said in a major speech in Israel, in remarks apparently aimed at the European Union which has declined to put the group on a list of terrorist movements.