This evening, around 6.30 pm Italian time, more than 200 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones arrived in Israel, targeting three air force bases and an intelligence headquarters north of Tel Aviv, which in the meantime the staff quit. The attack was launched in coordination between Iran and Hezbollah, which aimed to clog the Iron Dome interception system, which has until now protected Israel from its enemies. Hamas also played its role, because shortly before the attacks at least two terrorists, one of whom was seen armed with an assault rifle, carried out a cowardly terrorist shooting attack in Jaffa (Israel). The images show the terrorists exiting the subway, and one of them is seen opening fire on the body of a man who is on the ground. According to initial reports by the Israeli media, at least eight people died in the attack and 10 were injured, two of whom are in serious condition. Iran therefore made its move, despite knowing that the US and Israel have warned that “in the event of a direct attack on Israel by Iran there will be very serious consequences”. It is clear that the death of the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, was a very hard blow, to which the Islamic Republic also wants to respond to show the Arab world that it is still capable of attacking the hated enemy represented by the State of Israel. There is no doubt that the continuous military overthrow and assassinations of the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah have undermined Iran’s reputation in the Arab world as well. We talk about this with the American analyst Irina Tsukerman: «Iran’s relations with the Arab world have long been precarious and complex, but recent events have made Tehran a laughing stock on Arab streets and behind the scenes of government. Not only did Iran oppress its own Arab population in Ahwaz – a former emirate that became known as the province of Khuzestan after its forcible annexation in 1925, when the Pahlavi dynasty, with British support, took the throne – but the his militiamen have exploited the natural resources and raided the treasures of several Arab countries, including Lebanon, once known as the Paris of the Middle East, Syria, where the brutal Assad regime received Iranian support and led to the massacre of over half a million civilians in the civil war, Yemen, balkanized by the uprising of the radicalized Ansar Allah party led by the Houthi family and its networks, and of course Iraq, where Shiite militias have created a parallel security state, reducing the Baghdad government to a puppet. Iran’s devastating, ideologically extreme and economically punitive conquest of the Middle East has a religious purpose: the goal is to assert the authority of the Islamic Republic throughout the Muslim world, taking control of the Two Holy Mosques in Saudi Arabia and supplanting the Kingdom as the seat of religious authority in the region and beyond.”
How far has Iran’s interference in Arab affairs extended?
«It has extended beyond the several states it essentially colonized and has continued with a Hezbollah-linked coup attempt against the Bahraini monarchy during the Arab Spring and with ongoing efforts to cultivate unrest since then, as well as with a similar interference in Saudi Arabia’s Shia-dominated eastern provinces and political lobbying in the United Arab Emirates. Suffice it to say that the Tehran regime, which looks with contempt on Arab culture and is known for forced conversions and discrimination against Sunnis, is not well regarded by Arab states and has even attracted the aversion of some Shiite segments in Lebanon and elsewhere, as the corruption of Hezbollah and Iraqi militias became increasingly evident, impoverishing and destabilizing even the apparent base of these movements. Hezbollah’s fragility, Israeli intelligence’s penetration of Iran, the brazen assassination of the late head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Haniyeh, and the ayatollahs’ empty boasts of a strong response to Israel are met with contempt and mockery on Arab social media, no doubt reflecting the popular mood of citizens affected by the brutal poverty of the Axis of Resistance, and no doubt with the tacit support of at least some governments and government factions in Arab countries. Iran’s abuses against various segments of the population of these countries have earned it many enemies; human rights violations, outright theft and widespread oppression have contributed to the growing resentment. Iran has no friends. Even though the Arab world has problems with Israel over the Palestinian issue and thanks to decades of scapegoating that will be difficult to get rid of quickly, the hegemonic position of the Islamic Republic has not brought it any valid support in its time of need. Iran is rightly blamed and mocked for its failures and weakness, which is the only unforgivable sin in the Middle East.”
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