you're welcome to read hrw's article about it on their site.
Iran: Persecution of Baha’is
in the last election 70% of eligible voters voted, 23% voted for the likud (bibi).
and people have been objecting to his policies for years, but didn't believe protesting would help. especially after the 2011 protests changed nothing.
he's called that way because he can create a coalition with anyone, even with a non-zionist ultra-orthodox party like the utj.
and even when it seems like he has no chance of getting enough mandates / forming a coalition.
this addon for firefox: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean
works great also for mobile. but i use the fennec version from fdroid.
sounds like it.
i forgot i have a paywall bypass. looks like there are more articles about it now:
https://apnews.com/article/britain-pouria-zeraati-iran-international-tv-1eefb01cbd5e8f1e25de97c53c333524
they have trade agreements with both egypt and jordan.
and both jordan and mainly egypt import a lot of gas from israel, while jordan also imports a lot of water.
from what i understood, the laws they pass to help their voters tend to also resonate with muslim arabs and bedouins.
and yes. it's one of the ultra-orthodox parties in the coalition. just that this one is zionist and aims to mainly represent sephardic/mizrahi jews.
you edited your comment. it was initially "Sure, if you say so."
i replied to a comment of a person who thought the attack was unprovoked, and that israel attacked first.
the article shows hizballah was the one who started this round and joined hamas's attack on israel.
i thought anyone following these events would be aware of the continous barrages from hizballah, as there are news about it all the time..
Hezbollah Fires More Than 100 Rockets Into Israel, Drawing Retaliation
"Since Oct. 7, Hezbollah has been firing rockets into northern Israel on a near-daily basis."
Israeli Killed in Heavy Rocket Barrage Fired at Northern Israel, After IDF Strikes in Lebanon Kill Seven
"Zaher Bishara, from a Druze village in Israel's north, was killed in an industrial building after Hezbollah fired a barrage of about 30 rockets at Kiryat Shmona.”
from yesterday.
Missiles fired from Lebanon, mortars launched from Syria as northern front heats up
US intel suggests Syria’s Assad agreed to send Russian missile system to Hezbollah with Wagner group help
"Wagner and Hezbollah fighters have both operated in Syria for years, where they have been working alongside Russian and Syrian armed forces to bolster the Assad regime against the Syrian opposition."
in case you're wondering about their presence in syria.
a reuters article from the 8th of october:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-strikes-lebanon-after-hezbollah-hits-shebaa-farms-2023-10-08/
"Hezbollah on Sunday said it had launched guided rockets and artillery onto three posts in the Shebaa Farms "in solidarity" with the Palestinian people."
not necessarily.
there are quite a bit of druze who vote likud, and a surprising amount of muslim israeli arabs and bedouins who vote for shas.
i haven't seen an article that mentions how much of a percentage they are out of all likud or shas voters though. but in some towns and villages they are as much as 30%+
most of the aid is rerouted to militants and the leftovers are mostly sold to civilians at exorbitant prices, while the hostages get crumbs.
not giving aid and attacking militant hotspots quicker could've ended the situation sooner and would've enabled direct giving of aid to civilians. in addition to securing the hostages sooner.
that's the way of thinking from what i've read.