Iran Seeking to Revive the 'Axis of Resistance' Against Israel
by Khaled Abu Toameh • November 10, 2025 at 5:00 am
This statement [by senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya that the group will "accumulate capabilities to move towards the liberation of Palestine"] contradicts recent remarks by White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, who said that Hamas officials told him and Jared Kushner that the terror group will disarm.
If Hamas had any real intention of laying down its weapons, its leaders would not be participating in a conference that has come out in public against disarming terror groups in the Middle East. If Hamas were serious about implementing the Trump plan, it would not be participating in a conference that rejects it.
The ANC conference in Beirut featuring the Iran-backed "axis of resistance" is a direct challenge not only to the Trump administration but also to the Lebanese government, which has failed to carry out its decision from August 2024 to disarm Hezbollah.
The statements of the leaders of the terror groups at the conference show that they, together with Iran's regime, are determined to continue their Jihad to obliterate Israel and resist attempts to confiscate their weapons.
The war in the Gaza Strip may be over, but the Islamist terrorists' desire to destroy Israel remains as strong as ever.
While US President Donald J. Trump and his administration are working hard to bring peace to the Middle East and disarm terror groups in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, the Iranian regime and its proxies are doing their utmost to ensure that their Jihad (holy war) to destroy Israel continues in full force.
The Iranian regime is evidently (and understandably) afraid of losing its terror proxies – Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen. These terror groups, whose primary goal is to eliminate Israel, have suffered severe blows over the past two years as a result of Israeli military operations targeting their leaders and military infrastructure.
Although Iran's terror proxies have been weakened, with the help of their patrons in Tehran, they are trying to rise from the ashes.
