Al-Assad Is The Beneficiary! Iran And
Hezbollah Attempting To Benefit From The Gaza War
27 November 2012By Tariq Alhomayed
There can be no doubt that the Bashar al-Assad regime
was the main beneficiary of the bombing that struck
the passenger bus in Tel Aviv on Wednesday,
particularly as this explosion took place at a time
when everybody was awaiting the announcement of an
Egyptian and internationally guaranteed de-escalation
or ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian
factions in Gaza, led by Hamas.
The bombing took place at a time when everybody was
convinced of the need to halt the Israeli aggression
and the firing of rockets from Gaza. This is something
that the Egyptian wanted, to the point that some had
already begun speaking about a victory for "Egyptian
diplomacy" when the bombing took place. In fact,
Khaild Mishal himself expressed his movement's desire
to abide by a ceasefire, saying "we do not want
escalation, Hamas is courageous but not reckless!"
Everybody wanted this ceasefire, including the
Israelis, and the story is not one party's
intransigence over another, whether this is Hamas or
Israel; rather all parties wanted to make gains from
the truce in order to promote the story of their
victory. However this bombing came to target the
"final moments" of the efforts to reach a ceasefire
agreement. This act did not accelerate or postpone the
conflict in Gaza, rather lead to further Israeli
intransigence, in addition to upsetting the balance of
international media coverage. This ultimately resulted
in talk about a "terrorist operation" rather than an
Israeli war or aggression on the Gaza Strip, not to
mention the sufferings of the people of Gaza. As for
the party that most benefits from this, there can be
no doubt that this is the party that most wanted to
prolong this war.
The biggest beneficiary of this war was the regime of
the tyrant of Damascus, as the Gaza war drowned out
the sounds of the war al-Assad is raging against his
own people. We also saw Iran and Hezbollah attempting
to benefit from the Gaza war to improve their stained
images and prolong the life of the al-Assad regime. We
saw Hassan Nasrallah, for example, saying that "Iran
and al-Assad and Hezbollah will not abandon Gaza". As
for Iranian Parliamentary Speaker, Ali Larijani, he
shamelessly said that regional countries "should send
their forces, weapons and equipment to the Palestinian
so that they will be used for confrontation with the
Zionist regime instead of being used to cause
attrition and confrontation between two Muslim groups
in Syria", as if 36,000 people killed at the hands of
the al-Assad regime forces is nothing! Therefore, the
statement made by French Foreign Minister Laurent
Fabius was most important, in which he said that "one
finds Iran in Lebanon, in Syria, in Iraq, in Gaza and
each time with very negative intentions" adding "and
then there is the big question of a nuclear Iran
before us!"
Accordingly, we should have no doubt that the party
behind the bombing of the Tel Aviv bus is none other
than the party that most wanted to prolong the Israeli
aggression on Gaza, hit the Egyptian efforts and
preoccupy the Arabs and international community with
the Gaza crisis, rather than focusing on al-Assad's
war against his own people! In conclusion, as we have
said before, the most important factor regarding the
stability of this region is the toppling of al-Assad,
whilst the Gaza war is the greatest proof regarding
the threat represented by this regime and its allies
on the region as a whole and the Palestinian Cause
itself!
Tariq Alhomayed is the Editor-in-Chief of Asharq
Al-Awsat, the youngest person to be appointed that
position. He holds a BA degree in Media studies from
King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, and has also
completed his Introductory courses towards a Master's
degree from George Washington University in Washington
D.C. He is based in London.
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