The idea behind the “Axis of Resistance” was that all of the terrorist groups funded by Iran in the Middle East would commit themselves to a kind of mutual defense pact. In case on of them was attacked by Israel or the US, they could all respond. But nearly a year after Hamas attacked Israel on 10/7 the Axis of Resistance isn’t looking so hot.
The axis’s response as Israel has pummeled Hezbollah in Lebanon in recent weeks — killing many of its commanders and assassinating its leader — has so far been feeble, suggesting that the axis is weaker and more fragmented than many in the region had expected and that Iran feared that widening the war could cause Israel to turn its firepower on Tehran.
“The so-called axis of resistance from its very beginning was more or less a propaganda fiction created to enhance the prestige of the Islamic Republic,” said Ali Alfoneh, a senior…
