Senior Trump administration official: It would be a mistake for Israel to stop in Lebanon

Two nights have passed since the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah at the terrorist organization’s headquarters in the Da’aheh district in Beirut, and many media outlets in the world are marveling at the power of Israeli intelligence infiltration – the one that, over the past two weeks, has brought Hezbollah to an unprecedented low. A) On the assassination of Nasrallah, former US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, defined last Friday as “one of the most important days in the Middle East since the breakthrough of the Abraham Accords.”

Kushner was one of the architects of the process that led to the normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan. Today, four years after those agreements, Israel’s relations with Abu Dhabi, Manama and Rabat seem normal, even though they were not. “I spent countless hours researching Hezbollah, and no expert thought that what Israel did to behead them and humiliate them was possible,” Kushner responded. “This is significant, because now, Iran is completely exposed.”

The former adviser to the US president explained that the reason Iran’s nuclear facilities were not destroyed, even though Tehran does not have an impressive air defense system, is Hezbollah, which was used as a “loaded gun” within Iran’s proxy theory – the one designed to keep the threat and attention away the world from the Ayatollah regime.

“Israel cannot afford not to finish the job”

“Iran has spent the last 40 years building this capability as its deterrent,” Kushner notes. “President Trump would often say: ‘Iran never won a war but never lost a negotiation.’ The regime of the Islamic Republic is much more difficult when they endanger the lives of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Syrians and the Houthis, than when they endanger their own lives. Their stupid efforts to assassinate President Trump and hack into his election campaign reek of desperation and solidify a grand coalition against them.”

At this point, Kushner emphasized the differences between Iran and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which are oriented towards the West. “These are becoming magnets for talent and investment, while Iran lags even further. As Iranian proxies and threats dissipate, regional security and prosperity will increase for Christians, Muslims and Jews alike.” According to him, the threat of Hamas in Gaza has been largely neutralized, and now there is an opportunity to neutralize the threat of Hezbollah in the north.

“Everyone who called for a ceasefire in the north is wrong,” Kushner emphasizes. “Israel has no way back. They cannot afford now not to finish the job and completely dismantle the arsenal aimed at them. They will never get another chance. After the brilliant and rapid tactical successes of the pagers, the walkie-talkies and the assassinations of the leadership, Hezbollah’s large stockpile of weapons It is unmanned and unprotected. Most of Hezbollah’s fighters are hiding in the tunnels. Iran is also insecure and is not sure how much it has infiltrated. It would be irresponsible to take advantage of this opportunity to neutralize the threat.”

The elimination of Nasrallah led Trump’s former aide to imagine the Middle East without Iran’s missile arsenal aimed at Israel. “This is the moment to stand behind the peace-loving Israeli nation, and behind the large part of Lebanon hit by Hezbollah, which wants to return to the times when its country prospered, and Beirut was a cosmopolitan city. The main issue between Lebanon and Israel is Iran. Otherwise, the citizens of both countries benefit greatly from working together.” .