“It’s clear that there is direct involvement in what is happening right now,” Iddo Moed told POLITICO on Tuesday. …

Asked for evidence, Moed pointed to August meetings that took place in Beirut between the heads of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s Al-Quds Force, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and Hamas.

“With the presence of the Iranian minister of foreign affairs, then you see there is a clear link,” he said.

Iran’s response to the surprise onslaught is another sign of Iran’s backing, he added. “The praise that they received from Tehran, from the highest leadership — from President [Ebrahim] Raisi and others — the cheers in the streets, all of that points to very clear support — material and moral support and political support — for Hamas and Palestinian organizations.”

[They do not recognize the links because they do not *want* to recognize the links. The cognoscenti of the Biden administration desperately want to reinstate the Iran deal as a “historic” foreign policy accomplishment and do not care how many people have to die as a consequence. To recognize the links is to force them to reimpose isolation policies on Tehran, and admit their critics were correct all along. — Ed]