Rashid Khalidi

The second thing is I think they had a misestimation of the regional situation, that they could spark something, which I think they thought would lead to a regional cataclysm, whatever.

Well, I think they thought everybody else would join in with them. I believe that that's what they thought. I have some evidence for that. But I, you know, let's wait. We'll see. The people in Qatar and Turkey and Lebanon will talk sooner or later and we'll know.

Well, I think they thought everybody else would join in with them. I believe that that's what they thought. I have some evidence for that. But I, you know, let's wait. We'll see. The people in Qatar and Turkey and Lebanon will talk sooner or later and we'll know.

Well, I think they thought everybody else would join in with them. I believe that that's what they thought. I have some evidence for that. But I, you know, let's wait. We'll see. The people in Qatar and Turkey and Lebanon will talk sooner or later and we'll know.

And the Iranians have already pretty much made it clear and the Hezbollah made it pretty clear that they weren't taken into anybody's confidence and they weren't, you know, party to this decision. I don't think they shared the expectations that the people, the military people in Gaza had. And I think they thought there would be an uprising across Palestine.

And the Iranians have already pretty much made it clear and the Hezbollah made it pretty clear that they weren't taken into anybody's confidence and they weren't, you know, party to this decision. I don't think they shared the expectations that the people, the military people in Gaza had. And I think they thought there would be an uprising across Palestine.

And the Iranians have already pretty much made it clear and the Hezbollah made it pretty clear that they weren't taken into anybody's confidence and they weren't, you know, party to this decision. I don't think they shared the expectations that the people, the military people in Gaza had. And I think they thought there would be an uprising across Palestine.

I think they thought that their allies would join in. I think they believed in this rhetoric of an axis of resistance. And I think that they misestimated. To put it very blunt. Hezbollah did join in a day later. Yes. The next day. But again, look at how they joined in. They didn't cross the border.

I think they thought that their allies would join in. I think they believed in this rhetoric of an axis of resistance. And I think that they misestimated. To put it very blunt. Hezbollah did join in a day later. Yes. The next day. But again, look at how they joined in. They didn't cross the border.

I think they thought that their allies would join in. I think they believed in this rhetoric of an axis of resistance. And I think that they misestimated. To put it very blunt. Hezbollah did join in a day later. Yes. The next day. But again, look at how they joined in. They didn't cross the border.

You know, some people have said that the Palestinians are now bereft and don't have any allies. I was never a believer. in the idea that what called itself the Axis, or what the Iranians and their friends called the Axis of Resistance, was designed to support the Palestinians. I mean, it did in some respects support one faction of the Palestinians, Hamas and other groups.

You know, some people have said that the Palestinians are now bereft and don't have any allies. I was never a believer. in the idea that what called itself the Axis, or what the Iranians and their friends called the Axis of Resistance, was designed to support the Palestinians. I mean, it did in some respects support one faction of the Palestinians, Hamas and other groups.

You know, some people have said that the Palestinians are now bereft and don't have any allies. I was never a believer. in the idea that what called itself the Axis, or what the Iranians and their friends called the Axis of Resistance, was designed to support the Palestinians. I mean, it did in some respects support one faction of the Palestinians, Hamas and other groups.

But to the extent to which it even existed as a real coalition of interests, it was designed by Iran to protect the Iranian regime, to protect Iran. And Hezbollah were willing allies in this, as were, inshallah, in Yemen. They bought into the project, and they had their own objectives, each one of those three actors, which had very little to do, in fact, in my view, with Palestine.

But to the extent to which it even existed as a real coalition of interests, it was designed by Iran to protect the Iranian regime, to protect Iran. And Hezbollah were willing allies in this, as were, inshallah, in Yemen. They bought into the project, and they had their own objectives, each one of those three actors, which had very little to do, in fact, in my view, with Palestine.

But to the extent to which it even existed as a real coalition of interests, it was designed by Iran to protect the Iranian regime, to protect Iran. And Hezbollah were willing allies in this, as were, inshallah, in Yemen. They bought into the project, and they had their own objectives, each one of those three actors, which had very little to do, in fact, in my view, with Palestine.

I mean, governments all over the world have used the Palestinian cause in different ways, and at the same time have sometimes rendered assistance to the Palestinians. But Iran was doing this for Iran, the regime's sake, and for Iran's national interests.

I mean, governments all over the world have used the Palestinian cause in different ways, and at the same time have sometimes rendered assistance to the Palestinians. But Iran was doing this for Iran, the regime's sake, and for Iran's national interests.

I mean, governments all over the world have used the Palestinian cause in different ways, and at the same time have sometimes rendered assistance to the Palestinians. But Iran was doing this for Iran, the regime's sake, and for Iran's national interests.

And I think this idea that Palestinians are bereft of allies assumes that they had people who were doing things for their interest, which I don't think was true. I honestly do not think it's true. And the way in which Hezbollah behaved, they sacrificed a great deal. I'm not denigrating them. But they attacked Israel in an entirely limited fashion. They didn't cross the border.