INCREASING TIES
WATCH: The Iranian Octopus: Terror and the Run-Up to Ramadan: JNS, Mar. 20, 2023 — During the past week, an Israeli was wounded by a bomb placed on a major Israeli highway by a terrorist from Lebanon, and a Hamas gunman shot several people in Central Tel Aviv. Although they were separate attacks, both can be traced back to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to this week’s guest on “Our Middle East.”
Joseph Braude on ‘Whispered in Gaza,’ Silenced Voices Made Audible: Marilyn Stern, Middle East Forum Webinar, Mar. 13, 2023 — Joseph Braude, President of the Center for Peace Communications (CPC), spoke to a March 13th Middle East Forum Webinar (video) about the center’s innovative project, which provides a secure outlet for current Gaza Strip residents to speak “candidly” about their lives under Hamas rule. The following is a summary of his comments:
Iran’s Proxy War: Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Bartal, BESA, Mar. 5, 2023 — On January 26, 2023, Israel eliminated an Islamic Jihad cell in the heart of Jenin, including a leader of the organization’s Jenin Brigade, Salahat Ezz a-Din.
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The Axis of Resistance Led by Iran Threatens Israel during Ramadan: Yoni Ben Menachem, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Mar. 16, 2023
Hosting Palestinian Resistance Meeting: Damascus’s Long Jump to Restore Balance with Tel Aviv: Alwaght, Mar. 5, 2023
Blinken Builds a Palestinian Hezbollah in the West Bank: Tony Badran, Tablet, Mar. 8, 2023
FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:
Hezbollah, Hamas UAV Probes Part of Iran’s Doctrine of Integrated Fronts: Shahar Klaiman, Israel Hayom, Feb. 20, 2023 — The two tracks on which Iran has been marching for years – cultivating its Shiite proxies in the Middle East and wrangling diplomatically with the West, culminating in the current talks in Vienna to renew the 2015 nuclear deal – could soon crisscross again in the coming weeks.
Islamic Jihad leader Holds Talks with Hezbollah Chief in Lebanon: Mohamed Abu Don, AA, Mar. 18, 2023 — Leader of Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, Ziad al-Nakhala, met Saturday with Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon.
Sayyed Nasrallah: Palestine Without ‘Israel’ an Inevitable Fact: Marwa Haidar, English Almanar, Mar. 12, 2023 — Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah stressed on Friday that having Palestine liberated from ‘Israel’ is not a dream but rather an inevitable fact.
Expert in Israeli Affairs: The Language of Resistance Is the Only Way to Address the Enemy: Warda Saad, Tehran Times, Mar. 18, 2023 — Are these preludes to disintegration? In this regard, “Warda Saad” conducted a journalistic interview with Professor “Ali Haider,” an expert in Israeli affairs, and the text of the interview came as follows:
Fatwa on Hamas’ Rule in Gaza [F02301]
