The beginning of the end for Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran.

Steve at Threatswatch reports of a recent meeting between Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin, head of Jordan’s General Intelligence Department Mohammed al-Dahabi, head of Egyptian intelligence General Omar Suleiman as well as senior officials from two Persian Gulf states that do not maintain diplomatic ties with Israel.

All of these security chiefs agreed that not only did Palestine need a national unity government and the unity government must include the conditions set by the Quartet, but also Hamas' Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh should not head the government, even though they consider Haniyeh a moderate. The reason for not wanting Haniyeh as Prime Minister is that they feel he is a puppet for political bureau chief Khaled Mashal.

This story is interesting when coupled with the fact that it is being reported that Olmert recently met with a senior member of the Saudi ruling family - something both Olmert and Saudi officials are denying.

Secondly, this story is interesting when coupled with the fact that Rice's planned visit to the Middle East has the goal of strengthening Abbas.

So, we have the US, Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, possibly Saudi Arabia, and one other Arab country all agreeing to a national unity government in Palestine which will recognize conditions set by the Quartet and press to have Abbas rule the government and Hamas' Haniyeh influence reduced in the government. It is not often that all these parties agree to something, especially with regards to the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

It will be interesting to see what comes out of this visit next week.

Hamas' grand plan to gain power and reduce Abbas' influence when it captured Cpl Shalit has backfired as reported previously in this blog. Hezbollah's similar plan backfired keeping Syria marginalized and Iran's major terror weapons (Hezbollah's threat to Israel) has been shown to be a lark.

It appears several Arab governments are in unison to thwart Iran's push to influence Middle East politics, continue to marginalize Syria, and press ahead for real peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Undoubtedly, Iran's and Syria's influence in Iraq will also be discussed.

For all those folks who said Israel lost its recent war with Hezbollah and Iran now has increased influence in the Middle East, this week will see all of these efforts by Iran, Syria, Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood which begin in December 2005 start to fade as the US, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia begin to work together to reduce the power of this axis.

Bush stated long ago, you are either with us or against us. While several Middle East nations have committed to various degrees to reduce terrorism on their own soil, this week will mark when all these Allies band together to fight terrorism external to their borders for peace and security in the Middle East.

The results of meetings this week will greatly benefit Iraq, the Palestinians, and Israel. It will mark the death of Iran, Syria, and their supported terrorists groups.

For all those who state Bush does not use diplomacy, watch this week and learn how diplomacy from strength is so much better than diplomacy from weakness. By attacking terrorists directly in Afghanistan and Iraq, and staying committed in these countries despite calls for pulling out, Arab nations are banding together to fight terrorism.

Watch for late November after the US elections and before the Iranian Assembly of Expert elections in mid-December 2006 as these same nations band together to stop Iranian nuclear enrichment. How will Iran react when US, Israeli, Jordanian, Egyptian, and Saudi Arabian airplanes are seen overhead destroying its nuclear facilities. Even Iran is not stupid enough to turn on all these Arab countries united with the US and Israel.