The Nuclear Threat

Depending who you ask, the nation with the obvious nuclear threat will vary. Iranian officials sustain that their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, aimed at generating energy for its growing population, and that it has the right to technology as other nations do. Dictator Ahmadenejad believes that Israel is the only country in the Middle Ease that actually has nuclear weapons, and refuses to submit to international inspections. Along with Israel, the United States also is a threat to the Middle East region in regard to nuclear power. However, the United States and Israel believe that Iran and North Korea are major threats in the proliferation of nuclear weapons due to the enormous increase in their capabilities to produce more.
A year before the coward attacks of September 11, 2001, Robert Walpole, a National Intelligence Officer for Strategic and Nuclear Programs made a statement in regard to the Iranian ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction threat. He affirmed that the proliferation of ballistic missiles and WMD continues to evolve in the world, especially in Iran and North Korea, which becomes a threat to America’s interests abroad, the military forces, and its allies. An important remark was made during the speech given in front of the International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee that the threats faced in 2000 will increase by the year 2015. Such threat will grow by then and the sovereignty of the United States will depend on the evolving relations with foreign countries. Back then the eyes were aiming toward Iran and North Korea; now the threat also includes China, Russia, Pakistan, India, and Venezuela.
In 2003, on a visit to Teheran, International Atomic Energy Agency director Mohamed El Baradei announced the discovering that Iran was constructing a facility in Natanz to enrich uranium, which is a key element of advanced nuclear weapons; the plant was classified as “extremely advanced,” attempting to world peace and safety and violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (Calabresi, 2003). Why the Iranian regime needs massive weapons of mass destruction? Who is the threat to the regime? Ahmadinejad repeatedly demonizes the state of Israel and openly calls for its destruction at every opportunity. Isn’t then the State of Israel the main target? Even worse, he described Israel as a "fake regime" that "must be wiped off the map." Ahmadinejad and all head of regimes that support him call the extermination of six million Jews during World War II “a myth.” Should the United States have consideration with this cancerous regime that tries to divert the reality of history, speeding the process of nuclear capabilities and development of armament, harboring terrorists, supporting the terrorist organization Hezbollah, and stating that Palestinians are living a true holocaust?
The economic and financial deprivation from the United States against the Iranian regime must continue with intense pressure. Any nation that exercises financial transactions with the regime’s Central Bank shall face absolute and immediate economic shut down from the United States.

Iran: The Axis of Evil

Former President George W. Bush labeled Iran as “The Axis of Evil” for its continuous support to terrorist operations and training in the region. In 2000 Hezbollah flags flew in many Palestinian camps in the West Bank and Gaza and the imminent injection of hate and evil never stopped while in the hands of individuals connected to the Iranian regime. Although Hezbollah has gained tremendous political support and it is considered a political movement in the region, it cannot get rid of its common denominator of operations: Terrorism.
Iran is a major provider of training and supplies to anti-Israeli Palestinians to keep the provocation alive as well as the constant instigation for violence in the border of Israel and Lebanon. Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of the terrorist organization Hezbollah believes that Palestinians have the duty and responsibility to liberate Palestine just as Syria has the responsibility of liberating the Golan Heights. His support does not limit to spiritual feeding but to the mandate of hostility and violence against Israel.
Since the withdrawal of Israeli military from south Lebanon in May 24, 2000, Hezbollah has concentrated in Lebanese politics and themes to include corruption and the preservation of a resistance posture both in Lebanon and the Middle East. Such preservation of resistance and violence against Israel counted with the blessings of the Iranian rahbar or leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as part of the strategy of violence in the Israeli-Lebanese border; this is why Hezbollah develops direct relations with groups based in Lebanon, Palestine, and anywhere else.
Hezbollah’s position, with the blessing and support from Iran it is nothing else than a group of fanatics and terrorists committed to the destabilization of peace and harmony in the region and loyal followers to the mandate of any fatwa given by an ignorant spiritual leader focused on jihad. Hezbollah condemns all negotiations made with Israel by any nation around the world because it is considered that by doing so, nations are sealing the legitimacy of Israel, which attempts the creed of Hezbollah and Iran. It is very simple and clear, the ultimate objective is to destroy Israel and to liberate Palestine for the institution of an Islamic power in the region. The terrorist organization Hezbollah mainly reside in Lebanon but its spiritual bridge is connected to Iran’s Islamic spiritual leader Khamenei and it has always won increasing support among the local Shia. The permanent link between Iran and Hezbollah enhances the mission of the Axis that has no intentions for peace and understanding but evil, torment, and violence against the State of Israel.
In the eyes of a true American, anyone supporting Hezbollah is supporting a terrorist group and its acts of violence. Any government being indifferent to the sovereignty of the State of Israel is a supporter of the Axis of Evil, its agenda, and radicalism of its spiritual leaders.

Iran: The Primary Threat

Nearly thirty years after the 1979 revolution, Iran remains the State Department’s most active and latent state sponsor of terrorism. Iran’s firm and non-negotiable position to oppose Israel’s existence continues to enrich its label as the primary threat to the region and to world peace. The ambition for proliferation of nuclear capabilities that goes beyond energy use but to nuclear armament superiority is developing a sense of uncertainty in the region. The United States and its allies cannot shut down the conversations with the regime of Mahmoud Ahmedinejed in regard to pushing for internal inspections by independent sources with the authority and knowledge to evaluate the possible threat. The trick is to know how to talk to a regime that opposes feverously to the State of Israel in search for answers and cooperation through the inspection. No other American administration has made severe efforts to counter Iranian regional influence and weaken its government than President George W. Bush’s government. The period of the Obama administration has been the moment needed by the Iranian government to recoup the strength needed to remain as a global threat.
Immediate conversations must take place and effective responses should be the result of these conversations to ensure effective communication. The Islamic Republic is not on the verge of collapse and no internal revolution will take place. The nation is concise and strongly tied to Islamic principles that any abrupt political upheaval or military intervention could generate even worse results. Political strategists must identify if the Iranian policies and position is because the way the West behaves towards Iran or it simply is the way they do business with nations that support and stand by the State of Israel. After the identification of policy basics, the research of negotiation alternatives must take place with strong consideration of economic sanctions and strong, imminent, and consistent pressure to allow independent nuclear committee to evaluate every site, every corner, and every plan of the Iranian nuclear proliferation. Unfortunately, this will not be done during the current administration of Barak Hussein Obama, who has shown poor interest to this massive threat to the region, little concern about the future of the sovereignty of the State of Israel, and no interest or knowledge in regard to the continuous support from the Iranian government to terrorist organizations in the region.
The United Nations’ nuclear chief, Yukiya Amano has made public a report indicating that Iran is trying to develop nuclear technologies for arms, something that the government of Ahmedinejed has denied and labeled as political-motivated conspiracy with Washington. Members of the Iranian government and nuclear department have rejected any intervention of any organization directed to evaluate their nuclear potential and inventory. The Iranian people is not ready for a change as it was demonstrated in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen; the Iranian government shut all talks when it comes to the State of Israel, its recognition, acceptance, and respect as a legally established nation; the Iranian government feeds constantly the evil veins of the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah, which are the cancer that spreads and threats the stabilization of nations and peace in the region.
In the eyes of the Iranian regime, there is a clear and real believe that Washington sought to install a pro-American puppet government in Iraq, protected by US troops for many years along with the dissemination of democratic and Western ideologies to be sympathetic to Israel and hostile to Iran, something that the Iranians also believe is happening with the government of Karzai in Afghanistan but they will not look back or sideways, they are committed to their evil doctrine that has the foundations of radical Islam, which translates into just one word: Terrorism.
Then, what are the options if all the doors for diplomatic talks are closed? What are the options to evaluate the proliferation of nuclear technologies in the country if the Iranian government does not welcome any organization to do so? What are the options if atomic research goes on between all five daily prayers? The answer is narrowing down to military intervention.
We must understand that military intervention needs to be the last resource after all other means have been exhausted and maybe double tried to avoid confrontation. If the last resource is to take place, an effective, lightning type raid to neutralize and deactivate nuclear power to be used must be the primary target and strategy of the entire special operation command center. Despite too many people may think it is a crazy idea to utilize military power against the Iranian regime, it is not as long as the preparation for such an attack is done properly.

Monitoring the Changes in the Red Zone

In 2011 the world has witnessed some unpredictable changes due to the collapse of regimes that for years have maintained their people under the hammer and oppression to deliberately put them under submission while the elite and selected families in power enjoyed lavish lifestyles for many decades.
As President John F. Kennedy said, “change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” Hopefully this may alert the intelligence community and disregard any comfortable or misleading believe that the red zone will change for good. The monitoring must prevail in observance for the characteristics of each individual transition of power like in Tunisia, the most modern and European-like lifestyle nation in North Africa where the people could not take more abuse from the 23 years in power of President Ben Ali, in Egypt where President Hosni Mubarak had no other choice but to step down from the golden chair he sat for 30 years, in Libya where President Muamar Q’adhafi ruled for 42 years, and currently happening in Yemen where after 33 years of ruling tens of thousands of protesters denounced the promise of immunity from prosecution given to President Saleh while intending to transfer the power to his vice-president. We cannot miss the future and what the future has for the world peace without these cancerous leaders of oppression, abuse and dictatorship.
The influence of Islamic organizations is not going to stop to deter any Western model of government to interrupt the religious beliefs in the region. The American intelligence community must pay close attention and understand that the Islamic support to Al Q’aeda in the Arabian Peninsula will continue regardless of who is in power. Similar struggles from the people under a totalitarian regime is happening also in Syria, where the regime of Basahr al-Assad is under the microscope of the Arab League due to his lack of cooperation to allow observers in Damascus, the capital, to pull forces from different cities as the nation experiences economic sanctions at the same time. New faces will come and new abuses will persist; the new leaders will welcome international eyes to make them believe of a new start and fresh agenda for the well being of their masses, however the adherence to Islamic doctrine and mandates cannot change and will not change. The Western hemisphere will continue to be the target of attacks as well as its own interests around the world.
The American intelligence community should expect a very busy 2012 with the existence of a radical Islamic nation of Iran that will remain strong in defeating the United States, and that no agreements or productive relationships can be reached as long as we stand by the state of Israel. A new sleeping-lion observes our drowning in economic power, which China is ready to awake and intelligently step on our toes to crumble our financial institutions; North Korea will continue to express their ambition for nuclear superiority, while India will continue to generate income at a high speed rates. We always tend to believe that Pakistan was our allied and some politicians will continue to think the same even though some of them will never recognize they were wrong; Pakistan has always been a key piece in Al Q’aeda movements and production of terrorist in hidden training camps. Osama bin Laden found refuge in Pakistan and died in it. Immediate HUMINT and SIGINT operations are needed in the border with Mexico, which has lately become a funnel for people from the Middle East, something that never was known or never happened. Our borders are critical as well as our ports; strengthening the security in our ports of entry cannot be limited to closing only our doors but our windows as well. Border patrol in the southern part of the country is not near 100% effective and terrorist organizations are aware of it and they count with the support of drug cartels in the region.
The hammering and oppression of people by dictatorships may take a slightly turn in years to come as new governments make take a more modern approach to conduct business to their favor. However, the threat to the United States will persist until the end of days; we just need to be one step ahead and not be blinded by any upcoming changes or new peace treaties signed, which in the red zone mean nothing. Our borders need to be secured and training and quality of personnel should be first priority instead of creating new departments and filling it with bodies to presume effectiveness. Getting our law enforcement agencies involved in the collection of intelligence information from the streets in regard to suspicious elements or activities that may lead to terrorist business is imperative. Law enforcement are already on the streets of America, they just need to be trained in how to operate, observe, and collect certain data without making them a terrorism experts. We need to utilize our resources more effectively because the threat will affect America. We have a critical agenda to cover next year; we do not have the time to look at the past or present; we must concentrate in the future.

Iran: The Primary Threat

Nearly thirty years after the 1979 revolution, Iran remains the State Department’s most active and latent state sponsor of terrorism. Iran’s firm and non-negotiable position to oppose Israel’s existence continues to enrich its label as the primary threat to the region and to world peace. The ambition for proliferation of nuclear capabilities that goes beyond energy use but to nuclear armament superiority is developing a sense of uncertainty in the region. The United States and its allies cannot shut down the conversations with the regime of Mahmoud Ahmedinejed in regard to pushing for internal inspections by independent sources with the authority and knowledge to evaluate the possible threat. The trick is to know how to talk to a regime that opposes feverously to the State of Israel in search for answers and cooperation through the inspection. No other American administration has made severe efforts to counter Iranian regional influence and weaken its government than President George W. Bush’s government. The period of the Obama administration has been the moment needed by the Iranian government to recoup the strength needed to remain as a global threat.
Immediate conversations must take place and effective responses should be the result of these conversations to ensure effective communication. The Islamic Republic is not on the verge of collapse and no internal revolution will take place. The nation is concise and strongly tied to Islamic principles that any abrupt political upheaval or military intervention could generate even worse results. Political strategists must identify if the Iranian policies and position is because the way the West behaves towards Iran or it simply is the way they do business with nations that support and stand by the State of Israel. After the identification of policy basics, the research of negotiation alternatives must take place with strong consideration of economic sanctions and strong, imminent, and consistent pressure to allow independent nuclear committee to evaluate every site, every corner, and every plan of the Iranian nuclear proliferation. Unfortunately, this will not be done during the current administration of Barak Hussein Obama, who has shown poor interest to this massive threat to the region, little concern about the future of the sovereignty of the State of Israel, and no interest or knowledge in regard to the continuous support from the Iranian government to terrorist organizations in the region.
The United Nations’ nuclear chief, Yukiya Amano has made public a report indicating that Iran is trying to develop nuclear technologies for arms, something that the government of Ahmedinejed has denied and labeled as political-motivated conspiracy with Washington. Members of the Iranian government and nuclear department have rejected any intervention of any organization directed to evaluate their nuclear potential and inventory. The Iranian people is not ready for a change as it was demonstrated in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen; the Iranian government shut all talks when it comes to the State of Israel, its recognition, acceptance, and respect as a legally established nation; the Iranian government feeds constantly the evil veins of the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah, which are the cancer that spreads and threats the stabilization of nations and peace in the region.
In the eyes of the Iranian regime, there is a clear and real believe that Washington sought to install a pro-American puppet government in Iraq, protected by US troops for many years along with the dissemination of democratic and Western ideologies to be sympathetic to Israel and hostile to Iran, something that the Iranians also believe is happening with the government of Karzai in Afghanistan but they will not look back or sideways, they are committed to their evil doctrine that has the foundations of radical Islam, which translates into just one word: Terrorism.
Then, what are the options if all the doors for diplomatic talks are closed? What are the options to evaluate the proliferation of nuclear technologies in the country if the Iranian government does not welcome any organization to do so? What are the options if atomic research goes on between all five daily prayers? The answer is narrowing down to military intervention.

Radical Islam behind Tensions in the Region

Although no official sources have declared this assertion, Radical Islam may be celebrating the disruption of peace in Egypt, and bringing the region to its everlasting melody of uprisings and violence. Since the victory of Hamas in 2006 in the Gaza Strip, strange things had to be taken place in the boundaries of Egypt and Israel beside the armament smuggling and secret tunnels, which has always been Israel’s main concern. The inadequate restriction and control of traffic between these two lands has been criticized by many scholars and the Israeli government. Thirty years of diplomacy and built relations between the United States and Egypt brought some peace in the region, at least between Egypt and Israel as a result of the acceptance and recognition of the Israeli State by the Arab nation of Egypt. Uncle Sam has injected billions of dollars per year to the Egyptian government and its military forces to preserve stability in the region. Multi-national forces in assignment as observers have also maintained an open eye from the Sinai to ensure peaceful living in the region. It seems that financial support from Washington blinded the American governments from the Carter administration to the Obama’s by feeding dollars in exchange for good relations with Israel. Let’s not forget that Egypt is an Arab nation and as such its population has exploded into an unbelievable uprising demanding the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. People on the streets are shouting for big changes, food, and attention to their needs and they are done in seeing their government with ties to the United States and both nations protection to the State of Israel. Very simple, Arab nations are meant for the destruction of the Israeli nation and prosecution of Jewish communities. What happened in November of 1977, when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made a stunning trip to Jerusalem as result of the Carter administration efforts to negotiate with Israel is backfiring now to the region, and to the United States. The return of the Sinai Desert to Egypt was a disgrace to the 7,000 Jewish people whom resettled themselves someplace else as part of the peace agreement plus the injection of billions of dollars to Egypt to stay away from Jewish land and to stop participating in the Arab League to boycott Israel. Maybe this will be the same scenario we confronted during the Persian Gulf War. America injected billions of dollars and armaments to Iraq to confront Iran and to position Baghdad on a victorious stand. Years later we fought them and confront them aiming at us with our own M-16 rifles. Are we ready to face the same scenario if Mubarak steps down from government? Besides the accusations of corruption that most likely great percentage of the injected money to Egypt had to be secluded somewhere else but Cairo, the faith of the peace processes is important and unpredictable at this point. Israel is at danger with the spread of the cancerous violence of Radical Islam as well as the United States. What Anwar Sadat agreed in 1977 paid with his own life in 1981 when he was assassinated by the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which opposed any sort of reconciliation with Israel. It is time for Mubarak to step-down, he has no choice. The Egyptian people are determined to put an end to thirty years of nothing but recession, unemployment, and hunger. We must be aware that Radical Islam is already in the veins of the nation system by birth and that diplomacy may not be the route to take when dealing with this Arab nation that sooner or later will rejoin its position to boycott Israel. A characteristic that shall not be overlooked is that it didn’t matter all the diplomatic relations, peace treaties, and good-faith promises between Egypt and Israel seasoned with promotion of tourism, trade, and agricultural benefits between these two nations when in fact anti-Israel propaganda pervades the Egyptian media as well as their educational system. The future of stability in the region is very unpredictable at this time. We wish for the prevalence of peace but we cannot overlook the decisive move of a corrosive Radical Islam in the region.

HAMAS: Jihad Remains Alive

Already known for being an unpredictable and ruthless terrorist organization, the Harakat al Muqawana al Islamiyyah –HAMAS has been responsible for numerous attacks on Israeli soldiers and innocent people.
The essence of its existence is to carry on with the destruction of the Israeli government, the eradication of the Jewish people and the reinforcement and establishment of Islam in the region. Its essence is similar to the Palestine Liberation Organization terrorist organization and it also rejects politics and diplomacy between Washington and the Palestinian Authority in regards to the acceptance of the Jewish State, its people safety and security, land demarcation and control over settlements, and the frustration of continuing with the existence of a Jewish world.
Hamas has been very inpatient with the prolonged efforts of the PLO to free the occupied territories by diplomatic means generating a coalition between Hamas and the Iranian government of Almadinejhad opposing to any peace treaty agreement between Israel and the PLO.
Hamas should not only be seen as a terrorist organization trying to destabilize peace in the region and should not be underestimated as a threat to the United States of America. Instead, Hamas should be given the necessary attention for its members’ commitment to self-immolation and its member’s sense of belonging to a large socio-religious movement, and its massive grass-roots support in the region. Its military body preserves the young life of its members for self-immolation, a very respected and glorified act to become a martyr. The Iranian monetary support for the families of the martyrs is essential to gain acceptance and more recruitment to include the expenses for resettlement of all suicide bomber families who lose their homes as a result of Israeli retribution.
The United States of America not only deal with Iraq and Afghanistan in the war against terrorism but with the constant Arab unification in their desperation to destroy Israel. After the PLO elections, Hamas was empowered itself by assuming high control of the PLO and has established better relations with Iran. Isn’t this a radical religious coalition we must give the necessary attention?
While we are fighting a war in Baghdad and Kabul trying to establish democracy we are lacking attention to terrorist organizations such as PLO and Hamas plus the Iranian aggression dressed diplomatically to avoid detection. The war in Iraq has benefit Iran in many aspects, leaving it as the only regional power that was endowed with both a large population and plentiful natural resources, and increased state power and control over minor states breathing radical and fanatical oxygen. With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan by the extremists of Al Q’aeda, as pointed out, and with the terrible outcome of the war against terrorism in Iraqi soil, the United States of America is far from winning this war and it is provoking the regrouping of not only Al Q’aeda but other terrorist organizations in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, and Sudan, for example, to minimize its vulnerabilities and somehow upgrade their underground operations, all as part of a well organized military body.
Allahu Akbar, and Mawt lil-Yahud greeted all the speakers in a 1995 Hamas rally in Gaza. It means: “God is Great, Death to the Jews”, as reported by Steven Emerson to the US House of Representatives early 1996. Their jihad spirit has not died; it still vivid and we must do something about it. We have to dismantle terrorist organizations from its roots, every single one, every single terrorist, every single organization committed to interrupt or threat world peace. In other words, have a real war against terrorism without taking in consideration any type of interests. There is a new era of Palestinian self-rule with the addition of Hamas influence, this injection of venom is prepared to deliver the most outrageous and sanguinary terrorist attacks in the promised-land and abroad, and the increment in proliferation of weapons, explosives, and terrorist training is backing up their commitments. Hamas was hungry for power and right after its political triumph in 2006, less than a year after Israel’s withdrawal from this coastal enclave, the terrorist organization has been meticulously observing Israeli security to obstruct peace and continue with their bloody agenda. It doesn’t matter if Sunnis and Shiites are not in agreement with everything, but be sure that they both agree in wiping out Israel from the face of the world.
Hundreds of treaties, pacts and diplomatic conversations were delivered during the Arafat era. Have those been any good? He always tried to keep the Israeli-Palestinian relations at a “manageable level” as expressed by Steve Emerson in his report, but there was never a real commitment to stop PLO aggression, or to condemn Hamas death squads operations in the region. Internal PLO corruption entertains its members when they don’t think in attacking Israel, which it tell us that some kind of weak foundation brick is about to collapse if not completely, but at least sporadically. The tinted spirit of the organization is tarnished a little bit if not a lot of the new Hamas majority, source of full commitment to eradicate Israel and recuperate land in the region. They are so involved and determined to do so that they are currently looking foreign contributors to compensate for any cutoff of Western donor funds. So lets pay attention to Iran, Saudi Arabia, and other Arab state in the Gulf region.

HAMAS: Against Israel and Fatah

Between the State of Israel, The Palestinian Authority, and Hamas relies the complicated formula for peace in the region. As easy as it may sound, it is not. Mr. Abbas, the leader of the PA and head of the Fatah political has been trying to negotiate more with Israel to obtain better treatment, more opportunities, and less hectic measurements to avoid crippling the PA finances.
The West Bank, for example, has demonstrated more progress, if this is the right word, than in Gaza Strip. Productive Israeli-Palestinian meetings may have been the reason for it as well as less firm checkpoints and roadblocks that cripple the economy. Abbas has full control of the West Bank but cannot impose the same in Gaza Strip; the main reason is Hamas. International aid agencies put Gaza’s poverty rate at 80 percent, and most Gazans survive on United Nations handouts and aid from Hamas’ patrons, such as Iran (Foreign Affairs, Volume 89, No. 5, page 50).
Hamas still broadcasting to the Palestinians in Gaza that the Fatah political strategy is too open to communication with Israel even though Israeli rockets damaged their soil. Hamas try to disintegrate all diplomatic relations between Palestine and Israel but encounter Abbas in the middle. Hamas obtained more power since they are the majority in congress after the 2006 victory and are always pushing for the continuance of violence against Israel as well as maintaining vivid the desire of the complete destruction of the Jewish state.
The alternatives for peace include more effective communication and diplomatic resolutions between Hamas and Israel’s National Security Council, retake Gaza before Hamas get any stronger, or increase economic pressure and military operations to preempt terrorist attacks from Gaza into Israel. The most desirable event is to turn Hamas to be more cooperative with the PA and support Abbas rather than be against him. However, as the days pass by, Israelis still fear that Hamas continue building its capabilities, obtaining more economic support from other Arab nations, and deal with the reality that in Gaza Strip other minor terrorist organizations start to flourish, like the Salafi jihadist terrorist group. In the meantime, Washington will continue to broker peace talks and diplomatic encounters, a well-known melody nobody is willing to dance. President Obama will continue pressing Israel to ease the blockade, elimination of some of the restrictions, and to trust the United States for help when needed. History can show us that Hamas does not welcome diplomatic negotiations. They are willing to die for the cause and for the destruction of the State of Israel. One thing is for sure, Hamas is growing militarily and in members committed without hesitation to destroy Israel, and if possible, any Palestinian not focused on the same objective. Iran is behind the curtains shuffling money, armament, and providing training to its members. Hamas has diminished and almost stopped attacking Israel not because it is abiding by any diplomatic agreement but because the benefits overweight the cost, at least for now. Hamas also admits that hitting more Israeli civilians, especially with the longer-range Katyusha rockets it will give Israel an excuse to hit Gaza and kill 2,000 people according to Hamas top leaders.