(Jerusalem Post) Seth J. Frantzman - I spent Tuesday touring the Lebanese and Syrian borders with Israel. Across the border, near the Hizbullah flags, is a large banner with the Iranian flag, a visible presence of Iran just a stone's throw from Israel. On a hill overlooking Metulla is another huge poster with the face of Ayatollah Khomeini glowering down over the Dome of the Rock. Hizbullah has written "we are coming" in Hebrew and Arabic. Here is Iran glowering down on Israel from the north. Iran is reaching a peak of influence and power in the region. Its tentacles stretch across Syria and Iraq and Hizbullah is emboldened. Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah boasts of bringing thousands of foreign fighters to help him attack Israel. He sees Shi'ites from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen joining the assault.
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