While the State of Israel is still trying to understand Iran's involvement in the events of October 7, there are records according to which the leader of the Islamic revolution, Ali Khamenei, marked Judea and Samaria as Israel's weak point.
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In a series of meetings held by Khamenei with the leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad about four months before the October 7 attacks, he noted that an attack on Judea and Samaria would be the thing that would defeat Israel and bring it to its knees. During these meetings he also called to continue the joint and united work of the Palestinian organizations against the State of Israel.
During a meeting between Khamenei and Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas' political bureau, in June, he called on all Muslims to enter a united arena against the State of Israel. "The land of Palestine belongs to all Muslims, and therefore, it is incumbent upon all Muslims to enter the arena for its liberation. It is a religious duty that they must fulfill. In the last war in Gaza, we witnessed attempts by the enemy to sow division and division among the resistance groups, but their efforts were unsuccessful. By the grace of Allah."
"The land of Palestine belongs to all Muslims." Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei, photo: Reuters
"Therefore, there is a need to focus even more on unity and coordination and ensure that this right path continues strongly. However, the area that will bring the enemy to its knees is the West Bank, where significant progress has been made so far." Also participating in this meeting was Haniyeh's deputy, Salah al-Arouri, who was assassinated last Tuesday in the heart of Beirut after taking part in planning the massacre near the Gaza Strip.
Khamenei made similar remarks during a meeting held at the time with Islamic Jihad Secretary General Ziad Nakhaleh about Operation Home and Garden in Jenin. "The Zionist enemy has lost the initiative and is simply reacting to events. This passivity indicates that resistance movements, including Palestinian Islamic Jihad, are on the right path and are going wisely. The rising power of the resistance movement in the West Bank is central to bringing the Zionist enemy to its knees, and these groups must maintain their current course."
Palestinians riot in Judea and Samaria, Photo: AP
At the initiative of the Skin of Israel movement, which is also working to change the concept in Judea and Samaria, these meetings are seen as a warning sign and an event for which preparations must be made. According to former MK Avichai Boaron, one of the leaders of the initiative: "The trauma of the events of October 7 may repeat itself faster than we thought, but this time we cannot say that we did not know. The president of the Revolutionary Guards has marked Judea and Samaria as the most vulnerable point in the State of Israel, one that will lead to the greatest progress in the struggle against Zionism, and he is working to enlist his partners around this goal as well."
"The State of Israel must wake up and be prepared in the face of this threat. As far as they are concerned, the massacre of our brothers in the south was only the beginning, and we must not allow such an incident to happen in Judea and Samaria as well and pose a threat not only to the settlers, but also to Jerusalem and the cities of the center."
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