To Stop Hamas, Confront Qatar and Iran
by Majid Rafizadeh • September 14, 2024 at 5:00 am
The Biden-Harris administration's lifting of sanctions is what enabled Iran to profit to the tune of an estimated $100 billion, used for waging terror against Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia -- and the US. Just since October, Iran and its terror proxies and militias have attacked US troops in the Middle East more than 160 times, killing three and wounding more than 120...
By turning a blind eye to the actions of the Iranian regime's while releasing roughly $100 billion to the treasury of the mullahs, the Biden-Harris administration is responsible for empowering these entities.
This week in Gaza, more deaths were reported after Israel took out a Hamas command center embedded in what used to function as a school in a "humanitarian zone." If Hamas cares about the Palestinians and does not want them killed, why does it deliberately put its terrorist command centers in the middle of crowded "humanitarian zones"?
"He was murdered by Hamas.... And if you want the hostages home, which we all do, you have to increase the cost to Iran.... Iran is the Great Satan here. Hamas is the junior partner.... They [could not] care less about the Palestinian people." -- US Senator Lindsey Graham, referring to the murdered US-Israeli hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Fox News, September 1, 2024.
It is a clear call for the Biden-Harris administration to hold Iran accountable for the remaining hostages, and to target Iran's oil refineries if the hostages are not immediately released.
So long as the US government continues to sit on the sidelines, the brutality and savagery of Hamas and their Iranian benefactors will only escalate. It is high time to confront Iran's regime head-on and stop its spread of barbarity before more innocent lives are lost -- above all, before the world's "leading state sponsor of terrorism" produces nuclear weapons.
It is almost unimaginable that in the 21st century, such horrors would still take place. The brutal acts of Hamas remind us of the darkest periods in history, such as the atrocities committed by Hitler's Germany. Yet, the Iranian regime and its proxies -- particularly terrorist groups like Hamas -- continue to bring new levels of barbarity into the modern world.
The recent recovery of six executed Israeli hostages, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, from a tunnel in Rafah highlights the extent of this cruelty. These hostages, four of whom were scheduled to be released in a draft ceasefire deal, were murdered by Hamas before Israeli Defense Forces could reach them -- a reminder of the inhumanity and savagery of Hamas, emboldened by their Iranian backers.
