Inside Iran’s Weapons Pipeline to the West Bank – Which Even Delivers by Drone; Biden is Being Played by Hamas, Iran and Qatar — with American and Israeli lives at stake

Inside Iran’s weapons pipeline to the West Bank – which even delivers by drone:

Iran has been funneling weapons to Islamic jihadists at a frightening pace over the past year — some delivered by drone, a new report has found.

The rogue Middle Eastern regime has been smuggling guns and missiles into the occupied West Bank territory east of Israel and Lebanon to the north, some disguised as aid packages, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The weapons have largely been destined for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad — a group completely separate from Gaza-based Hamas, which launched the devastating terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7 that left more than 1,400 dead.

“The weapons flow has really increased, specifically over the past year … This is because Iran has been much more focused on the West Bank recently, and trying to arm some of the groups there,” said Michael Horowitz, the Israel-based head of intelligence for the consulting firm Le Beck International.

The Iranian supply route goes through Iraq and Syria, then through either Lebanon or Jordan — one of the US’ strongest allies in the region — and on to the intended destination, according to the report.

“Iran wants to turn Jordan into a transit area for weapons going into Israel,” Amer Al-Sabaileh, founder of Security Languages, a counterterrorism think tank in Amman, told the WSJ.

“But my fear is that the weapons might be used in Jordan as well. Where is the easiest place in the Middle East to punish the US and the West? Jordan.”

Weapons smuggled through Jordan include Iranian copies of US Claymore antipersonnel mines, M4-style assault rifles, and TNT explosives, a senior Jordanian official told the outlet.

The Israeli border forces, who occupy the West Bank, have also confiscated antipersonnel mines made in Iran and Russia, according to a report from Terrogence, an information network that advises the Israeli police. —>READ MORE HERE

Biden is being played by Hamas, Iran and Qatar — with American and Israeli lives at stake:

Despite telling the world Hamas is evil, President Joe Biden is pursuing policies of appeasement toward the terrorist group’s two largest patrons and, in so doing, undermining American and Israeli deterrence.

To secure the release of hostages, enable an Israeli victory over Hamas and hold off a Hezbollah assault on Israel’s northern border, Washington must first put the squeeze on Iran and Qatar.

While Biden Thursday night promised the American people we would hold Iran accountable for its sponsorship of Hamas, the mullahs in Tehran do not today perceive any credible threat of coercion from the United States.

Quite the opposite, in fact.

The Biden administration entered an unacknowledged nuclear arrangement with Iran over the summer, offering upwards of $50 billion for Tehran to delay production of weapons-grade uranium.

That agreement still holds, with billions of dollars available for Iran’s use in Iraq-, Oman- and Qatar-based bank accounts — and billions more generated through oil exports to China.

Indeed, the same day Biden visited Israel this week, he allowed the United Nations missile embargo on Iran to expire.

Nothing prevents the White House from working with the United Kingdom, France and Germany to trigger the “snapback” of all UN sanctions on Iran — something that requires a simple letter to the Security Council and that neither Russia nor China has the power to block.

There are only two reasons the president would oppose restoring all UN sanctions on Iran: He is afraid of Iranian escalation in response, or he wants to leave the door open to future dealmaking. —>READ MORE HERE

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