A Palestinian State Can’t Be Iran’s Trojan Horse

Originally published by the National Interest

This piece was co-authored by Vice Admiral Robert Harward (U.S. Navy, ret.)

In 2006, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wrote that Iran’s leaders needed to decide whether they represent “a cause or a nation.” That remains the case today, and the future of Palestinian statehood depends on whether the Islamic Republic foregoes it as an objective of its foreign policy.

French president Emmanuel Macron believes he can overcome his 19 percent approval rating by appealing to France’s rising Islamist constituency in his push to recognize Palestinian statehood. In fact, this move would not only represent a reward to Hamas after their savage acts just two years ago but also erode the deterrent against the Iranian regime established through Israeli and US military actions earlier this summer.

For the Iranian regime, exporting the revolution is one of its founding missions, and Palestinian statehood through “resistance” to the “lesser Satan” (Israel) waged by its proxies in Gaza and the West Bank has been one of the key areas of focus in recent decades.

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