As Israel adheres to the 10-day “ceasefire” with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, Jerusalem faces another strategic opportunity to arm the Iranian people and overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In January, amidst ongoing protests in Iran and the brutal repression that followed by the Islamic Republic, I argued on the Middle East Forum Observer that Israel should have repurposed Iranian weapons seized by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) along the borders with Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon, and in the West Bank, to recruit and train young Iranians in guerrilla warfare to conduct targeted attacks against the regime’s internal security apparatus.

Since then, the situation in Iran has significantly changed. Operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury have inflicted significant damage on the Islamic Republic’s leadership, including many responsible for ordering the crackdown on protestors. IDF intelligence estimates over 6,000 IRGC personnel have been killed and approximately 15,000 wounded. Anti-regime media reported that 4,770 IRGC, Basij,........

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