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Source: https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/why-are-we-playing-by-irans-rules/
Why Are We Playing by Iran's Rules?
(Commentary) Seth Mandel - Hizbullah is not a separate entity, it's an Iranian occupation force. So is Hamas. So are the Houthis. And so are the Iraq-based terrorists who killed three American service members in Jordan. U.S. regional diplomacy is a charade. And it is one that legitimizes Iranian terror groups. The Palestinians currently have two governments. Israel is at war with one of them, the one that isn't recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people. Gaza under Hamas is essentially a rogue statelet controlled by Iran. Israel is not at war with "the Palestinians" and their recognized government in the West Bank, based in Ramallah. It is at war with Iran. The U.S. has constructed a bizarre Kabuki theater production in which resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being billed as front-and-center, when in fact we are not currently talking to anyone who is interested in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is a war Iran has launched against the U.S. and Israel. Gaza is a front in that war. We have let Tehran hijack the narrative and set the terms of the conflict.