http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=189409Alastair Crooke
An expert on the Middle East says Hezbollah, supported by Hamas, Syria, Iran and potentially Turkey, will form a "resistance axis" if Israel attacks Lebanon, from which attacks have come in the past, or Iran, which reportedly is seeking nuclear weapons and has a president who has threatened to destroy the Jewish nation, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
And the result of any counter-attack could mean the end of Israel, according to Alastair Crooke, a former member of the British intelligence service MI6, who maintains close ties with Hezbollah, Hamas and the leadership of Syria and Iran.
In the wake of mounting tensions in Lebanon, Crooke said Hezbollah's resistance to Israel does not equate to its destruction, despite what the West and Israel think. In a recent exclusive interview with the G2Bulletin in Beirut where he is based, Crooke said that there is an historical and cultural unity that bring these countries together, along with Hezbollah and Hamas.
"Everyone sees Israel at a crossroads," Crooke said.
"The situation for Israel is changing. A comprehensive solution is needed," said Crooke, who runs the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum, an organization that advocates engagement between political Islam and the West.
In questioning the prospect for bombing Iran over its nuclear enrichment program, Crooke, who also was a Middle East adviser to the European Union, said Iran had a "right" under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT, to enrich uranium and not just a discretion "allowed" by existing weapons states such as the U.S.
He pointed out that Iran is a signatory to the NPT while Israel isn't.
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