"The most important war that Iran has fought was largely undeclared and is almost entirely forgotten. It was a war against regional peace and the agreements that might have secured it."
"The current conflict in the Middle East is inseparable from that legacy. Iran began that struggle more than 30 years ago and effectively won it."
"Supporting the Palestinian extremists, not yet fully visible, was Iran. The Oslo Accords would have met with substantial right-wing resistance in Israel anyway—but the bombings and sense of lost personal security sharply intensified this."
"The political logic was straightforward: Only months earlier, the country had signed agreements with a terrorist organization, and now buses were exploding."
Iran's long-standing struggle against regional peace has significantly influenced the current Middle East conflict. This conflict began over 30 years ago and has largely been forgotten. The peace process in the 1990s, marked by the Oslo Accords and normalization of relations between Israel and Arab nations, faced violent opposition. Terror attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad aimed to derail these efforts, with Iran's support playing a crucial role. The resulting violence intensified right-wing resistance in Israel, complicating the peace process further.
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