TIME OF ISRAEL
The Arab street is quiet – and the reason is Iran
by Andrew D. Lappin
May 13, 2021

Ramez al-Halabi, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) official, in a television broadcast from Iraq on May 7th, brazenly disclosed his group’s deep ties to Iran. PIJ, which operates primarily out of Gaza, has, in conjunction with Hamas (also Iranian-backed), been responsible for the launch of hundreds of missiles aimed at Israeli population centers. In his remarks, translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, which monitors Islamic media in the Middle East, Habai boasted of the terror group buying their weaponry with Iranian money and fielding that weaponry under the supervision of Iranian experts. He was quoted as saying, “I am not sorry, I am proud to say that the rockets that are used to pound Tel Aviv have an Iranian signature on them, the signature of Qassem Soleimani.” READ MORE