{"id":6003,"date":"2024-04-29T00:25:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T05:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=6003"},"modified":"2024-05-01T15:04:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:04:14","slug":"6003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/04\/29\/6003\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news, long-term, for Iran, that the next leader understands the control of Iran over Hamas.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/turkeys-imamoglu-says-hamas-terror-group\">\u201cTurkey: Istanbul mayor Imamoglu calls Hamas a terror group,\u201d<\/a> Middle East Eye, 4-29-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/29\/world\/middleeast\/hamas-rockets-israel-lebanon.html\">\u201cHamas Fires Rockets Into Israel from Lebanon,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 4-29-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThough Hamas is based in Gaza, many of its leaders are exiled in Lebanon, where the group has a sizable presence and operates largely out of Palestinian refugee camps. Since the Hamas-led terror attack on Oct. 7 prompted Israel to go to war in Gaza, Hamas has occasionally launched rocket attacks into northern Israel from within Lebanon\u2019s borders, though its ally Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, has launched far more. Both groups are backed by Iran.\u201d\u00a0 There were about 20 rockets fired.\u00a0 Keep in mind rockets, not missiles.\u00a0 But still a problem, and still an indication that Hezbollah and Hamas cooperate, under Iran\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n<p>The operative was \u201cinvolved in plotting attacks against Jews in Germany.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/2024\/04\/29\/report-israel-reportedly-assassinates-revolutionary-guards-operative-in-iran\/\">\u201cReport: Israel assassinates Revolutionary Guards operative in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Hayom, 4-29-24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShamkhani is the nephew of Ali Shamkhani \u2013 the former Secretary of Iran&#8217;s Supreme National Security Council who has held various high-ranking positions within the Iranian government and military. In recent years, the economic activities of the Shamkhani\u2019s family, including Ali Shamkhani\u2019s two sons, his half-brother, wife and son-in-law, have been widely criticized and have made headlines in Iran.\u201d \u00a0See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202404298558\">\u201cNephew Of Former Iranian Security Official Arrested For Corruption,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 4-29-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-68840881\">\u201cSecret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 4-29-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news, long-term, for Iran, that the next leader understands the control of Iran over Hamas.\u00a0 \u201cTurkey: Istanbul mayor Imamoglu calls Hamas a terror group,\u201d Middle East Eye, 4-29-24. \u201cHamas Fires Rockets Into Israel from Lebanon,\u201d NYT, 4-29-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThough Hamas is based in Gaza, many of its leaders are exiled in Lebanon, where the group has &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/04\/29\/6003\/\" 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-6003","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\/6003","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=6003"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6022,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6003\/revisions\/6022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}