{"id":5198,"date":"2023-11-12T08:04:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T14:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5198"},"modified":"2023-11-14T00:46:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T06:46:27","slug":"5198","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/11\/12\/5198\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/nov\/12\/gulf-states-fend-off-call-from-iran-to-arm-palestinians-at-riyadh-summit\">\u201cGulf states fend off call from Iran to arm Palestinians at Riyadh summit,\u201d<\/a> Guardian, 11-12-23.\u00a0 It is a good sign that Gulf states refused Iran\u2019s attempt to have the group arm Palestinians and sever all diplomatic ties with Israel at the Riyadh summit.\u00a0 \u201cTehran, however, insisted on Sunday that its influence remained through its allied \u201cresistance factions\u201d operating in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. In a further sign that it has no intention of jettisoning a military path, militants near the Israeli border with Lebanon fired anti-tank missiles towards Israel, hitting a number of civilians, according to the Israeli military.\u201d\u00a0 In other words, Iran will keep right on fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Until the Pentagon hits Iran hard, this tit for tat exchange only emboldens Iran; it certainly does not deter them.\u00a0 \u201cU.S. Carries Out Another Round of Airstrikes on Targets Tied to Iran,\u201d NYT, 11-12-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-fears-for-jailed-peace-prize-winner-narges-mohammadi\/a-67377426\">\u201cIran: Fears for jailed Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi,\u201d<\/a> DW, 11-12-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/opinion\/outsiders\/islamic-republic-of-iran-responsible-for-spreading-terror-throughout-the-world\/video\/029d1cf20362874bd73e157879eb35bd\">\u201cIslamic Republic of Iran responsible for \u2018spreading terror throughout the world\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Sky News, 11-12-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theedgemalaysia.com\/node\/689765\">\u201cMalaysia, Iran prepared to enhance bilateral ties, explore new cooperation \u2014 Anwar,\u201d<\/a> The Edge, 11-12-23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHezbollah claims responsibility for attack at Israel-Lebanon border,\u201d Al Jazeera, 11-12-23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGulf states fend off call from Iran to arm Palestinians at Riyadh summit,\u201d Guardian, 11-12-23.\u00a0 It is a good sign that Gulf states refused Iran\u2019s attempt to have the group arm Palestinians and sever all diplomatic ties with Israel at the Riyadh summit.\u00a0 \u201cTehran, however, insisted on Sunday that its influence remained through its allied &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/11\/12\/5198\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5198"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5211,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5198\/revisions\/5211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}