This series debuted one day before pagers exploded in the hands of Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon and Syria—a stunning piece of Israeli spycraft. It concludes today with Hezbollah gravely weakened by Israeli air and ground strikes. The terror group’s longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has been assassinated. Now, the most urgent question facing the Lebanese—and the world—is how to use Hezbollah’s weakened state to drive systemic political change.

Sadly, Western governments do little to assist brave dissidents, and Iran’s axis of terror wields lethal force against local activists who stand up to its authority. So The Center for Peace Communications, a New York–based nonprofit which I lead, does everything it can to fill the void.

This is why we produced Hezbollah’s Hostages, which had its first two public screenings in Beirut last week. One was presented by independent Shi’ite cleric Abbas Al-Jawhari, the other by a new Shi’ite nonprofit for peace called Taharror. For these courageous activists, the series documents the oppressive pathology that has destroyed their country.