Shi’ah & Sunnah do genuinely hate each other. But when it comes to Israel, their only fight is over who gets to claim the glory for killing Israelis.
Shi’ah improved greatly in prestige after Hezbullah beat Israel in the last Lebanon war. Some local (Syrian & Lebanese) Sunnah even started praying Shi’i-style in their honor. Al-Qaeda was openly jealous of Hezbullah for this & vowed to get into the Israeli problem so as to not let Shi’ah soak up all the glory.
Hi again - we seem to end up on the same threads - thank you for the info.
Ditto and...
even though they don’t have a fondness for each other (understatement); AQ has gone in and out of Iran for years.