Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackNov 16, 2023

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#Hezbollah knows #Lebanon can't afford another war with #Israel after the 2006 war

So, its leader #Nasrallah averred that #Hamas had kept its attack on Israel a secret from #AxisOfResistance. He denied that Hezbollah and #Iran had anything to with those attacks

YET, he said the secrecy did NOT "upset anyone" in the axis, and that “All options are on the table” for Hezbollah’s possible military response against Israel

And THAT #discredits his public denial entirely

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-axis-resistance-against-israel-faces-trial-by-fire-2023-11-15/
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Insight: Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' against Israel faces trial by fire

Iran's supreme leader delivered a clear message to the head of Hamas when they met in Tehran in early November, according to three senior officials: You gave us no warning of your Oct. 7 attack on Israel and we will not enter the war on your behalf.

Reuters
Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackNov 6, 2023

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⬆️ I said #Nasarallah's statement that "All options are on the table" #discredits his public denial that #Hezbollah and #Iran had anything to do with surprise #Hamas attacks on #Israel.

And you disagreed with me, which is fine 🙂

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But look at this:
#QassamBrigades fired rockets from #Lebanon into northern #Israel, triggering #Israeli airstrikes on #Lebanese side of the border.

How is demand for full #ceaseFire even justified in face of such attacks?
https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-6c4bd5a6c39a4727ab41ad26e5939de4

Hezbollah and Hamas' military wings in Lebanon exchange fire with Israel. Tension rises along border

The military wing of Palestinian group Hamas says it fired 16 rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel, triggering Israeli airstrikes on the Lebanese side of the border. The exchange of fire came as Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah said its fighters attacked at least three Israeli military posts along the border. The Israeli army said approximately 30 rockets were fired from the Lebanese side targeting northern Israel, adding it was responding by shelling the origin points of rocket launches. The exchange lasted about half an hour and Israel’s Iron Dome could be clearly seen intercepting rockets from Lebanon. Tension has been on the rise on the Lebanon-Israel border after the Israel-Hamas war started about a month ago.

AP News
Ramesh #NotGoingBackNov 6, 2023

Nexus of #Hamas, #Hezbollah, #Houthi ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111352616453632750

#Iran is supporting
Hamas in #Gaza
Hezbollah in #Lebanon
Houthis in #Yemen
militias in #Iraq
#Assad in #Syria

Hezbollah leader #Nasarallah publicly denied that Hezbollah and Iran had anything to with the surprise Hamas attack on #Israel.

YET, he added that “All options are on the table” when it came to Hezbollah’s possible military response against Israel.

And THAT #discredits his public denial entirely

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/06/opinions/iran-hamas-proxy-battle-israel-bergen/index.html

Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackNov 6, 2023

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⬆️ SoS #Blinken met Queen of #Jordan in #MiddleEast.

She "absolutely and wholeheartedly condemn #antisemitism and #islamophobia."

But, did she condemn #terrorism in general, and #Hamas, in particular? NO.

She dismissed #US concern that full #ceaseFire would give Hamas time to regroup for another attack on #Israel as “endorsing and justifying” death of civilians and “an insult to one’s intelligence.”

And THAT #discredits her position entirely.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/06/middleeast/queen-rania-jordan-israel-gaza-interview-intl-hnk/index.html