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MEMRI Daily Brief No. 557 - Houthi Yemen: A Potent, Ramshackle Wild Card - 12/20/23

The war that began on October 7 between the terrorist group Hamas and the state of Israel is many things. It is, of course, part of the Palestinian-Israeli struggle, but also a new episode in the history of Islamism and Islamist terrorist organizations. It is many other things. It is also a test, a test for Iran's strategy of developing a diffuse network of proxies – states, militias, terrorist groups – which it can use to project power, against Israel and against the Americans and other ...

Amb. Alberto M. Fernandez

Special Dispatch No. 11024 - Growing Criticism Of Hamas And Its Officials By Gaza Residents: They Brought A Needless War Upon Us; Our Lives Are Worthless In Their Eyes; We Yearn To See The End Of Hamas - 12/18/23

As the war in Gaza continues and Hamas' control of the enclave continues to slip, Gaza residents are growing bolder in expressing overt protest and criticism against Hamas. This criticism is expressed mainly on social media, but sometimes also in coverage by television networks reporting the events in Gaza. Gazan civilians accuse Hamas of pursuing a failing policy, of initiating a "needless" war that has brought only death and destruction upon them, and of stubbornly continuing this war despite ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1731 - Yemen's Iran-Backed Houthi Movement – A Brief Primer In View Of Recent Escalation Against Israel And The U.S. - 12/11/23

Introduction Yemen's Ansar Allah Houthi Movement – a delisted foreign terrorist organization (FTO) – has, since October 7 , launched six rounds of aerial projectiles at Israel, 1 downed a U.S. drone in Yemen, 2 captured a shipping vessel in the Red Sea, 3 and, most recently, fired ballistic missiles and drones in the vicinity of a U.S. Navy vessel. 4 Senior Houthi officials have reiterated the movement's intent to continue targeting U.S. and Israeli interests, despite the Israel-Hamas ceasefire ...

Special Announcements No. 1422 - The MEMRI Weekly: December 1-8, 2023 - 12/07/23

The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series , as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project , released during the past week. MEMRI REPORTS MEMRI Daily Brief No. 551 – Blinking Terror Lights – But What Kinds Of Terror? , December 8, 2023 MEMRI TV MONITOR PROJECT MEMRI TV Clip No. 10708 – Lebanese Researcher Sheikh Nazir Al-Jichi: Hizbullah Answers Directly To The Iranian Ministry Of Defense; When Hizbullah Trainees Went To Courses ...

Special Dispatch No. 11000 - IRGC Aerospace Force Commander General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh On Iran's Involvement In Gaza War: We Did What We Had To Do; Their Only Means Of Defense Used To Be Stones – Now They Have Rockets, Advanced Weapons - 12/05/23

General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, spoke in an address before Basij students that was aired on IRINN TV (Iran) on December 1, 2023 about Iran's role in the Gaza war. He said that Iran "has done what it had to do." Hajizadeh explained that in the past, the only means of defense the people of Gaza had were stones, but now they have rockets and advanced weapons and capabilities. To view the clip of IRGC Aerospace Force Commander General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, click ...

Special Dispatch No. 10998 - Editor Of Kuwaiti Daily: Hamas Should Be Prosecuted For The Death And Destruction It Has Brought Upon The Gazans With Its October 7 Attack - 12/05/23

In a November 26, 2023 article in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa , the daily's editor, Ahmad Al-Jarallah, states that Hamas' October 7 terror attack achieved northing but death and disaster for the people of Gaza, and calls to hold its leadership to account for this. For 75 years now, he says, the Palestinian people has been the victim of Arab hypocrisy, of false claims of victory by the resistance leaders, and of various opportunists who tried to profit off the Palestinian blood. Adding that the ...

MEMRI Daily Brief No. 549 - Ask Hamas: 'From The River To The Sea' Is A Call For The Destruction Of Israel And Killing Jews - 12/04/23

Less than 24 hours after launching its attack on October 7, Hamas representative in Tehran Khaled Qaddoumi gave an interview in English to Iran's Press TV about the "historic event that took place in the holy land of Palestine... the Al-Aqsa Flood battle to liberate Palestine from the river to the sea, in order to expel the Zionist regime." The following day, he added, in another interview with the IRGC-affiliated Fars News: "We will witness the liberation of the dear homeland of the ...

Steven Stalinsky, Ph.D.

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1729 - Iranian Regime Officials Praise Iran's Proxies In The Palestinian Resistance And The October 7 Massacres, Call For Eradication Of Israel - 12/01/23

Introduction Officials in the Iranian regime have been openly praising Hamas, Iran's Palestinian proxy in the resistance axis, for its success in its October 7, 2023 invasion of southern Israel and massacre of over 1,200 civilians there, which Hamas dubbed the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation. Three days after the scope of the brutal massacre became clear, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei chose a path of renouncing responsibility for the actions of its proxy Hamas, lest Iran's image in the West be ...

N. Katirachi

Special Dispatch No. 10990 - Shi'ite Muslim Cleric In Saudi Daily: Islam Is A Humane Religion; Allah Permits War Only In Self-Defense; The Prophet Forbade Harming Civilians And Children - 11/30/23

In an article he published in the Saudi daily Al-Riyadh against the backdrop of the war raging in Gaza, Dr. Muhammad Ali Al-Husseini, a moderate Shi'ite cleric who holds Lebanese and Saudi citizenship and is the secretary-general of the Arab Islamic Council, writes that Islam champions peace and sanctifies human life, and has never been a religion of violence, bloodshed or war. Islam, he explains, permits fighting only in self-defense and in accordance with specific rules and under specific ...

Special Dispatch No. 10987 - Saudi Journalist: Like All Other Terror And Jihad Leaders, Hamas Leaders Live In Luxury And Save Their Own Skin, While Sending Their People To Be Killed - 11/29/23

In a November 13, 2023 article in the Saudi daily Okaz , titled "They Hide in Their Tunnels and Sell Out Their People For a Paltry Price," journalist Musa’ad Al-Thobaiti condemned the fighters of the Hamas miliary wing, who hide in tunnels in Gaza, as well as Hamas' leaders abroad, who stay in luxury hotels, saying that they all forsake their people instead of fighting Israel. The Hamas leaders, he added, and Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, resemble numerous other leaders of ...

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