PELONI: So long as the Jihadi state of Iran is allowed to survive, its proxy domination of the region will survive as well because the IRGC regime in Tehran requires the sacrifice of these foreign fighters as the grist in Iran’s war with the West. They don’t trust their own population, and by using the indoctrinated proxies the war is kept at arms length with enough of a claim of deniability so as to allow the West to cling to the myth of being deceived. In fact, the West’s hopes of seeing an end to war is what will sustain the war with Iran which they are to both ignoring and losing in the same moment.
by Khaled Abu Toameh • Gatestone Institute • October 8, 2026 at 5:00 am
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- Palestinian Islamic Jihad [PIJ] Secretary-General Ziad al-Nakhala declared that it would remain committed to “the path of jihad and resistance,” which would continue “by all possible means,” as long as the “Zionist project” remains on supposedly Palestinian land.
- PIJ’s anniversary statement was explicit: the organization said it would continue, alongside other “resistance forces,” on the path of jihad until it achieved what it calls its rights and had “liberated” its land. It described Israel as a “criminal Zionist entity.”
- US Treasury Department assessments have, for years, documented Iranian state sponsorship of Hamas amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. The Treasury Department has also identified Iranian funding, weapons and training for PIJ through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- “Hamas continues to rely on global fundraising efforts donations, hundreds of millions in state sponsorship from Iran, and abuse of sham charitable entities for revenue.” — US Treasury Department’s “2026 National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment,” March 2026.
- The question is not whether Hamas or the other Islamist terrorist groups will agree to a temporary pause in fighting. The real question is whether these organizations are prepared to abandon their weapons and their ideology of armed struggle.
- No peace plan or diplomatic initiative will succeed so long as the Iran-backed terrorist organizations retain the ability to launch another October 7 massacre.
- Three years after October 7, the international community should stop asking only what Israel intends to do next. It should ask what Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and their Iranian patron intend to do next…. They keep reminding us. They intend to continue their jihad until the elimination of Israel.
Three years after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the second-largest terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, is making one thing clear: it has no intention of abandoning its armed struggle against Israel.
On the contrary, the Iran-backed terrorist organization is reaffirming its commitment to jihad (holy war), armed resistance, and the destruction of what it calls the “Zionist project.”
That message should be taken seriously by anyone hoping that the Gaza war can end with the disarmament of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the other armed groups.
In statements marking the third anniversary of the October 7 attack and the 39th anniversary of PIJ’s founding, the organization’s leaders did not speak about surrendering their weapons, dismantling their military infrastructure, or transferring control of Gaza to a new Palestinian government.
Instead, they spoke about continuing the fight.
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