Is this tensor identity true?

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If We have two vectors $\boldsymbol{a}$ and $\boldsymbol{b}$ and a symmetric positive definite Matrix $\boldsymbol{M}$ I was wondering if the expression $((\boldsymbol{a}\times \boldsymbol{b}) \cdot \boldsymbol{M}) \times \boldsymbol{a}$ was equivalent to $(\boldsymbol{a}\times \boldsymbol{b} \times \boldsymbol{a}) \cdot \boldsymbol{M}$ thanks in advance for the help!