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What were they thinking? Hamas and Netanyahu have yet to explain

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  Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Credit: Flash90 By James M. Dorsey Hi, if you value independent, fact-based analysis, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Paid subscribers help ensure the survival of The Turbulent World’s unvarnished journalism. You can contribute by clicking on Substack on the subscription button at  http://jamesmdorsey.substack.com and choosing one of  the subscription options.    To read further, listen to the podcast, or watch the video click here . To watch a video version of this story   or  listen to a n audio podcast please click here   Thank you for your support and loyalty.    What were they thinking? It’s a question both Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s ultra-nationalist government have yet to answer. Hamas and the Netanyahu government’s generic justifications of the carnage created by the group’s year-old October 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s ferocious response, including the Palestin
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Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah manoeuvre in military and political minefields

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  Credit: Globely News By James M. Dorsey Hi, if you value independent, fact-based analysis, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Paid subscribers help ensure the survival of The Turbulent World’s unvarnished journalism. You can contribute by clicking on Substack on the subscription button at  http://jamesmdorsey.substack.com and choosing one of  the subscription options.    To watch a video version of this story   or  listen to a n audio podcast click  here .    Thank you for your support and loyalty.    Hezbollah and Iran are playing political and military defence in Lebanon. Militarily, Hezbollah has demonstrated that it may be down but is not out as a result of Israeli body blows in recent weeks, including the September 27 killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. This week, Hezbollah successfully fired medium-range missile barrages at Tel Aviv and the Israeli port city of Haifa . Hezbollah fighters have also stood their ground in fighting back Israeli incursions into sout
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Saudi Arabia sees opportunity as Israel takes on Hezbollah and weighs retaliation against Iran

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  Mohammad Ali al-Husseini. Credit: WAM By James M. Dorsey Hi, if you value independent, fact-based analysis, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Paid subscribers help ensure the survival of The Turbulent World’s unvarnished journalism. You can contribute by clicking on Substack on the subscription button at  http://jamesmdorsey.substack.com and choosing one of  the subscription options.    To watch a video version of this story   or  listen to a n audio podcast click  here .     Thank you for your support and loyalty.    Mohammad Ali al-Husseini personifies the complexity of escalating tensions tearing the Middle East apart. A onetime associate of Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader Israel killed, Mr. Al-Husseini, a Lebanese Shiite cleric, has emerged as a controversial figure in Saudi efforts to counter Iran and its allies by making inroads into non-Saudi Shiite Muslim communities, particularly in Lebanon. Mr. Al-Husseini’s renewed Saudi media appearances suggest continu
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Iran’s networked defense strategy is a double-edged sword

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  Binyamin Netanyahu (left) and Hassan Nasrallah (right). Credit: DNYUZ By James M. Dorsey Hi, if you value independent, fact-based analysis, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Paid subscribers help ensure the survival of The Turbulent World’s unvarnished journalism. You can contribute by clicking on Substack on the subscription button at  http://jamesmdorsey.substack.com and choosing one of  the subscription options.  To read further, listen to the podcast, or watch the video click here. To watch a video version of this story   or  listen to a n audio podcast click  here .  Thank you for your support and loyalty.  Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has turned Iran’s asymmetric forward defense strategy into a double-edged sword. The killing came on the heels of the assassination in July in Tehran of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, multiple body blows to Hezbollah, and the death of a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander, Brigadier Gene
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