By Stan Goodenough
Jun 13, 2007
The Iranian regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Syrian ally Bashar el-Assad are fueling the inter-“Palestinian” violence in the Gaza Strip.
So insinuated Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman Tuesday, after trying to get Damascus-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal to get his people to agree to a ceasefire.
A senior Fatah official was more explicit, telling a London-based Arab newspaper that Iran and Syria have poured millions of dollars into Hamas’ coffers, and the money is being used to establish a Hamas state in the Gaza Strip.
Tehran is a serious exporter of radical Islam and scorns the so-called moderate Muslim regimes of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. The goal of the mullahs is to establish a Shi’ite-run Middle East.
US Under-Secretary of State Nicholas Burns told CNN Wednesday Iran is funding insurrection all across the Middle East – including the Taliban in Afghanistan, Hizb’allah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that “if Gaza falls into the hands of Hamas it will have regional implications.”