It was just recently reported that one person was killed and five others were injured in a rocket attack upon Rehovot. This comes as rockets were fired at Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Givatayim in central Israel, in addition to the barrage of rockets that were fired at southern Israel during Operation Shield and Arrow. As a former Israeli communication minister, I wholeheartedly condemn the recent attacks upon innocent civilians by the Palestinian terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip and my heart is with the Israeli people living under rocket fire. I also pray for the souls of the people killed and injured in the recent operation.
I support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he tries to fight against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, who has been firing hundreds of rockets into the State of Israel. According to Palestinian Media Watch, senior level Islamic Jihad terrorist Khalil Al Bahtini, who was one of the terrorists that Israel recently eliminated, proclaimed: "What we were educated on and what our culture is, is that whoever lives on this land and does not merit martyrdom, he has lost out. Allah has honored us in this land with ribat (religious conflict over land claimed to be Islamic) and jihad, and we have no role in this blessed land other than jihad. It is an honor that we are fighting against Israel. It is our honor that we are continuing to blow up all of the Zionist entity's cities."
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a proxy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran's regime has an agenda to become an empire in the world. For that, they use all their money and that of their allies to increase their power. They support terror everywhere. For this reason, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi met with Palestinian leaders in Damascus and expressed support for their "struggle against Israel."
As Israel waged Operation Shield and Arrow, there was an exchange of fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which was provoked after Azerbaijani positions came under fire, causing one Azerbaijani soldier to be wounded. In that conflict, Iran is backing Armenia because Azerbaijan is a strategic ally of the State of Israel, who recently opened up an embassy in Tel Aviv.
Already, in the past, the Iranian government proclaimed that the "territorial integrity of Armenia is our red line." Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi described the Caucasus region as "part of Iran's history, civilization and culture." For this reason, the Islamic Republic of Iran is staunchly opposed to the Zangezur Corridor, whose construction is pivotal for any Azerbaijani-Armenian peace deal, for it would cut off Iran from Armenia, and they stand behind Armenia as it engages in cross-border attacks against Azerbaijan.
On the other end of the Middle East, the Islamic Republic of Iran is attempting to reconcile with the Saudis and is holding talks where the Turks could reconcile with their proxy regime in Syria, merely so that Israel will be more isolated in the region. The Islamist regime in Tehran is very extremist, religious, and they want the world to be afraid of them. They recently executed two men for engaging in blasphemy, without caring how this would be viewed in the West. They don't care about anything aside from world domination. They don't even care to die.
They believe that the next world is better. This is the main problem. To stop this, one must stop the regime. People don't understand how dangerous the continued existence of this Iranian regime is. Therefore, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he fights against the Islamic Jihad in Gaza should not forget to also fight against their masters in Tehran. After all, at the end of the day, it is the mullahs and not the Islamic Jihad, who pose an existential threat to the State of Israel.
Ayoob Kara served as Israel's communications minister under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
