Just as the free world acted in the face of the Nazis, the same should be done in the face of the terrorist regime in Iran.
Hamas’ massacre of more than 1,400 Israelis as of this writing (a number equivalent to 60,000 Americans if counted per capita, 12 times 9/11), mostly civilians including elderly, women, and children, severely shocked not only the State of Israel but the entire world. The terrible stories of survivors of the onslaught, which remind many of the Holocaust, and the horrible videos and photos published in the media and on social networks that seem to be taken from the atrocities committed by ISIS have illustrated to the entire world the murderous and barbaric nature of Hamas, a terrorist organization that is widely supported by the Palestinian people, and not only in the Gaza Strip.
According to the latest PSPSR poll conducted by Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki at the end of September, if elections are held today in the Palestinian Authority, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh would defeat incumbent President Abu Mazen with a majority of almost 60%. In this context, there is no doubt that the massacre by Hamas of innocent people, whose only sin was that they were Jews, originated, among other things, from the textbooks in Palestinian schools that teach hatred of Jews and from incitement in mosques and the Palestinian media.
There is no doubt that Israel will succeed in defeating Hamas and the other Palestinian terrorist organizations. All that is needed for the Jewish state is continued determination, patience, and international legitimacy, which is currently abundantly granted to Israel by its friends worldwide. However, taking a broad view of the event, it is essential to remember one fact that may undoubtedly affect the future of the free world. Let the leaders in Washington, London, Paris, and Berlin not forget that Hamas is part of the Axis of Evil led by Iran. This axis is also shared by Syria, a country headed by a dictator who massacred hundreds of thousands of his people, and by the terrorist organization Hezbollah, which took hostage the state of Lebanon.
Since the Islamic revolution in Iran, the regime in Tehran has supported Hamas financially and militarily, a support that has dramatically increased since it took over the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2007. Like the precise and advanced weapons that Iran has transferred to Hezbollah – which, according to estimates, possesses 150,000 rockets and missiles that cover the entire territory of Israel – Iran has supplied weapons to Hamas through the tunnels at the Rafah border, trained Hamas terrorists, and gave them extensive knowledge in hybrid terrorist warfare. Furthermore, as published in the Wall Street Journal, Iran was behind the murderous terrorist attack on October 7, when its leaders openly expressed support for it.
The leaders of the free world do not have to imagine what would happen if Iran had a nuclear weapon that could harm not only Israel but also Great Britain, Germany, France, and even the United States. They should simply understand that the massacre committed by Hamas that day is only the prelude to the Iranian nuclear bomb that will fall on one of the European cities within range of the Axis of Evil.
After seeing and understanding the brutal nature of the axis of evil led by the Ayatollah regime in Iran, which is embodied in the murder of innocents with endless cruelty, there is no doubt that Iran must not acquire nuclear weapons. When Iran possesses nuclear weapons, it will be challenging for the West to prevent brutal massacres against innocent people, as happened in Israel. Western leaders must not fall into the trap that leading politicians in Europe fell into, including former Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, who called the terrorists of Hamas and Hezbollah “my friends.”
In conclusion, the Western world, which until now has been preoccupied with the terrible war in Ukraine, has now focused on a much more significant threat in the form of radical Islam led by the terrorist regime in Iran. Using terrorism, the radicals in Tehran threaten all the region’s countries, which, as the Abraham Accords and the imminent normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia illustrate, simply want a better future for their children in the Middle East.
Just as the free world acted in the face of the Nazis, the same should be done in the face of the terrorist regime in Iran. Terrorists must not be appeased; they must be vanquished.
Hence, the first thing that the countries of the enlightened world must do is prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons at all costs. Any nuclear agreement with the murderous regime in Iran only gives it more time on the way to achieving nuclear capability, with which it will be able to enslave all the countries of the Middle East and, after them, the enlightened West. For the sake of peace in the Middle East, it is time to stop the terrorist regime in Iran!
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