"The blows delivered to the resistance camp led by Iran in the current war, and particularly as part of Operation Rising Lion, are similar to those sustained by the Arab world in June 1967. They go beyond military defeat, at the heart of which are the destruction of comprehensive defense systems and difficulty promoting successful retaliation against Israel; and are putting a dent into the resistance doctrine (Muqawama) that has been fostered by Iran for decades, turned into a uniting axis among several actors in the region, was planned to take the form of a strategic maneuver (“the ring of fire”), and perceived as a compelling idea capable of leading to Israel’s extinction.
The inception of resistance is rooted in the aftermath of the Nasserist vision that promised to annihilate Israel using conventional military force. The architects of resistance sought to provide an overall alternative: asymmetry and non-state actors instead of a confrontation between regular armies; a display of lasting patience and endurance with regard to casualties and property loss; striving to bleed Israel dry using extended attrition, while thwarting its basic goal of defeating its enemy; ideological, primarily religious-Islamist, zealousness as fuel for a prolonged struggle; and a deliberate mixture of civilian and military spheres to generate dilemmas and impediments for the West in general, and Israel in particular."
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Read the full article in English - Ynet News, 24.6.2025.
Read the full article in Hebrew - Ynet, 22.6.2025.