How Iran tricked the West in its push to destroy Israel - opinion - The Jerusalem Post

Following Hamas’s attack against Israel on October 7, much analysis has focused on the military and intelligence failures that contributed thereto. It is, however, also important to learn from what the attack revealed about the nature and reach of the moral and influence campaign against Israel across the Western world.In terms of armaments and training, the attack was enabled by Iran and specifically by the foreign wing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Such enablement is part of a broader strategy to incrementally encoil Israel, using various proxies, following which the Jewish state can be slowly constricted and ultimately destroyed.This strategy required both arming, training, and radicalizing various paramilitary proxies across the Middle East as well as ...

Jerusalem Post (Opinion)     Oct 22, 2023