Crisis Studies of the Islamic World

Crisis Studies of the Islamic World

Al-Aqsa Storm and its Impact on the Security and Political Crisis of the Zionist Regime

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Rashid Recabian 1
Mehdi Padervand 2
Mohsen Ezati 2
1 Associate Professor , Department of Political Science, Ayatollah Boroujerdi University, Boroujerd, Iran
2 Graduated from Gilan University in International Relations, Rasht, Iran
10.27834999/CSIW.2401.1363.1.32.7
Abstract
This operation in the border area between Gaza and the occupied territories of Palestine began on 15 Mehr 1402 (October 7, 2023) and is still ongoing. Despite the historical record of fighting against the Zionist regime, this issue is somehow considered a significant security and political crisis for the usurping regime of Israel after the recent tensions in the Middle East. This research is in a library form to investigate the effects of the Al-Aqsa storm on the security crisis of the resistance, and the necessary information has been collected from internet sources and current articles. For this reason, the question is, what effect has Al-Aqsa storm had on Israel's security and political crisis? The hypothesis of the work that has been done using the theory of defensive realism states that the Al-Aqsa storm caused many crises such as; 1- Political crisis (decrease in legitimacy and popularity of Netanyahu's government at the domestic and international level); 2- Social crisis, (immigration of Jews to European countries and America) 3- Economic crisis; (reduction in income, imports, exports due to shipping crisis in the sea Red and...) 4- Security crisis; (Psychological insecurity in the country, stress among the people and the military, national insecurity and physical war inside the cities...) and in front of the member countries, the axis of resistance has arisen by creating convergence in order to strengthen their cooperation in the military-political-security dimension. are
Keywords
Al-Aqsa storm
axis of resistance
Hamas
crisis
Israel
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Crisis Studies of the Islamic World
Volume 11, Issue 1 - Serial Number 32
Spring Quarterly
Spring 2024
Pages 117-139

  • Receive Date 25 December 2023
  • Revise Date 24 March 2024
  • Accept Date 08 April 2024