Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Israeli politics are in chaos. Are its enemies poised to take advantage?

The tide is finally turning against Israel, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah boasted on Friday. “The resistance… is confident while the Israeli enemy is scared and terrified.”

Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh agreed, commenting the same day, “We say that we are in an advanced position and that Israel will depart from all of Palestine.”

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi also echoed the sentiment, this time in a first-ever speech via video stream to Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporters gathered at a soccer stadium in Gaza. It was a moment meant to highlight the new amity between Gaza’s Hamas rulers and the regime in Tehran. READ MORE