In the shadow of the growing tensions between Israel and Lebanon, the Iranian delegation to the United Nations wrote last weekend on the X network that if Israel starts a war in the region, all options are on the table. “Even though Iran sees Zionist propaganda as psychological warfare, if Israel launches a large-scale military attack – A war of extermination will ensue. All options, including the full involvement of all resistance fronts, are on the table.” This warning is not surprising, since about two weeks ago officials in the Biden administration said that they interpret the Israeli attacks deep in Lebanon as preparation for a ground attack.
Back in August 2023, the Jerusalem Center for Public and State Affairs revealed the strategy of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in conducting terrorist attacks and ideological and media warfare against Israel. the documentwritten in response to the foreign media’s coverage of the events in Jenin in mid-2023, focuses on the terrorist activities of the Revolutionary Guards in this city in the West Bank, which is under the rule of the Palestinian Authority.
The study notes that international media reports mistakenly presented the attack supported by the Iranian regime as a “Palestinian-Israeli conflict”, when in fact it is a carefully planned initiative by the Revolutionary Guards and Iran. According to Aviram Blaish, the vice president of the Jerusalem Center for Public and State Affairs, who authored the document: “Already then we recognized the false narrative reinforced by the Revolutionary Guards and its Palestinian emissaries. The in-depth chronological analysis of the Iranian leader’s statements seeks to correct this incorrect narrative that presents the ‘Israeli forces As those who enjoy killing Palestinian children'”.
The document includes a precise chronological analysis of the statements of the leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and senior members of the Revolutionary Guards, documenting the support and direction of the Iranian regime in terrorist activities in the West Bank. The researcher of the Jerusalem Center for Public and State Affairs who assisted in the preparation of the study, Avraham M. from the Iranian Desk, emphasizes the need for an urgent change of the false Western narrative and to present the situation as it is: “This is a well-planned initiative of the Iranian regime whose purpose is to train, direct, finance and encourage Palestinian terrorist operatives to kill civilians Israelis”.
This analysis identified references, public statements, quotes and statements by Khamenei, the Revolutionary Guards and others regarding the clear connection between the arming of the Revolutionary Guards and the training of their agents in the West Bank, as manifested in the terror nests in Jenin.
The influence machine of the Iranian regime, alongside the Palestinian one, managed to build the narrative of children liberating Palestine with stones against the “Zionist occupiers”. It is time to engage in a war of perception at any cost. Evidence of military funding, armament, training and funding of martyrs by the Revolutionary Guards is in front of us, and in the conceptual struggle all that is needed is the presentation of the evidence.
According to Aviram Blaish, “The main requirement is to act in the international arena, despite all the difficulty involved in the struggle for the progressive concept. At the same time, Israel must provide the Palestinians with the evidence that what is important to the current Iranian regime is not the well-being of the Palestinians, but the Shiite revolution. Quotes like the words of Sheikh Hajjat al-Islam Hamid Hassani: “A Palestinian family that sacrificed seven of its sons in the struggle for the liberation of Al-Quds, but did not do so in the name of the Shia, killed them in vain.”
He adds that we must provide the Iranian people – who are currently in a deep economic crisis – with the financial data detailing the expenses of the Revolutionary Guards for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas and other organizations in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. “In launching the attack in the arena of international perception, Israel must emphasize the step-up in active and visible Iranian activity since the beginning of 2022 and not only in the financing of terrorist activity against Israel in the West Bank but in all arenas, including the operations of perception and influence that have been integrated into the Western discourse.”
In the conclusion of the study, Blaish also refers to the popular opinion that this phenomenon stems from what the Iranians see as the weakening of American resolve since Biden was elected, the resurgence of the nuclear program, the failure to implement the sanctions against Iran, and a dramatic increase in Iranian oil exports from the Trump era to that of Biden (which enables the financing of expanded activities of The Revolution): “Now, when so much data is under scrutiny, we must shine the spotlight and broadcast the real message: the Revolutionary Guards engineered a hybrid war that combines ideological warfare, terrorism and influence operations, to achieve their goal of erasing Israel from the map of the Middle East.”
The Jerusalem Center for Public and State Affairs continues to follow developments on the ground and promises to provide accurate and up-to-date analyzes and information as possible.
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