Resistance Axis will always pursue ‘destroying Israel’: Israeli media

The meetings held between the head of Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, and the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Ziyad al-Nakhalah, and high-ranking Iranian officials in Tehran was “no coincidence”, the Israeli news website Israel Hayom remarked. 

Israeli media outlets took special note of the series of separate meetings held by the leaders of the Palestinian Resistance and Iranian leaders, diplomats, and military officials this week. 

According to Israel Hayom, these high-level talks indicated that the Axis of Resistance is looking to formulate a collective attack on “Israel” through multiple fronts, which would not allow the occupation “to stand on its feet ever again.”

It is extremely difficult to figure out the plans of Iran and the Palestinian factions, the news website reported, adding that the Axis of Resistance will never let go of its goal of destroying “Israel”.

“At this moment, it is impossible to say that Hamas is broken, especially since the Israeli government is preoccupied with petty politics and personal disputes,” Israel Hayom wrote. 

On his part, a senior researcher for the Israeli “Institution for National Security Studies” (INSS), Raz Zimmt, compared the state of frail Israeli decision-making to the high-level talks held between leaders of the Palestinian Resistance and Iranian officials. 

Zimmt said that the publicized meetings were intended to send a direct message to “Israel”, which is that Tehran will always consider Hamas and the Palestinian Resistance the legitimate representatives of the Palestinian people.