{"id":2076891,"date":"2023-10-23T17:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T21:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-house-candidate-abe-hamadeh-urges-biden-to-declare-iranian-backed-houthi-forces-as-terrorists\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T21:38:17","slug":"arizona-house-candidate-abe-hamadeh-urges-biden-to-declare-iranian-backed-houthi-forces-as-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-house-candidate-abe-hamadeh-urges-biden-to-declare-iranian-backed-houthi-forces-as-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona House candidate Abe Hamadeh calls on President Biden to designate Iranian-backed Houthi forces as terrorists."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-house-candidate-abe-hamadeh-urges-biden-to-declare-iranian-backed-houthi-forces-as-terrorists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2076891&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arizona \u2062Attorney General candidate Abe Hamadeh participates in a border security roundtable with law enforcement officials at the Cochise County \u2063Sheriffs Office on November 04, 2022 in Sierra Vista, Arizona. (Photo by\u200d Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/daniel-baldwin\">Daniel Baldwin<\/a><br \/>2:30\u200d PM \u2013\u2064 Monday, October 23, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Republican Candidate for\u2064 Arizona\u2019s 8<sup>th<\/sup> \u2062 Congressional District\u2064 Abe Hamadeh has called \u200con the Biden Administration to reclassify the Iranian-backed Houthi\u2062 forces in \u200bYemen as a foreign \u200bterrorist group.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhat \u200bwe\u2019re witnessing right now\u200b in the Middle East is a complete lack of diplomacy and a complete destruction of the US\u2063 State\u200c Department\u2019s initiative in the Middle East,\u201d\u200b Hamadeh told <em>One America\u200c News.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am calling on the Biden Administration to reclassify\u2063 the Yemen based Houthis as a foreign\u200b terrorist organization after\u200b their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-house-candidate-abe-hamadeh-urges-biden-to-declare-iranian-backed-houthi-forces-as-terrorists\/\" title=\"Arizona House candidate Abe Hamadeh calls on President Biden to designate Iranian-backed Houthi forces as terrorists.\">recent attempted missile \u2063attacks<\/a> on Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Full Statement \u2b07\ufe0f \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o9xHd25TiY\">pic.twitter.com\/o9xHd25TiY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abe Hamadeh (@AbrahamHamadeh) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbrahamHamadeh\/status\/1715817604634628493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hamadeh\u2019s push came after the\u2062 crew of\u2064 the <em>USS \u200cCarney<\/em> shot down \u2064cruise \u2064missiles and several drones launched by\u2063 Houthi forces in Yemen. Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. \u2064Gen.\u200b Pat\u200c Ryder claimed he\u2064 couldn\u2019t say \u201cfor \u2063certain\u201d what the missiles and \u200bdrones were targeting, but he said the missiles were \u201cpotentially towards targets in Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t\u200d surprise me that the Houthi rebels \u2062decided to \u2064fire off missiles,\u201d\u200d Hamadeh said. \u201cThey see this huge power vacuum happening because of a lack of American leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Secretary of State\u200c Antony Blinken removed the terrorist designation from the Houthi forces after President Joe Biden took office.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reminder: we designated the \u200cHouthi\u2019s as a terrorist org at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDept<\/a> under <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepompeo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mikepompeo<\/a>. One of the FIRST thing \u200cBlinken did \u200dwas to remove the terrorist designation of \u200bthe Houthis\u2026.. \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h6dczVKaHD\">https:\/\/t.co\/h6dczVKaHD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Morgan Ortagus (@MorganOrtagus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorganOrtagus\/status\/1714965821955391639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October\u200d 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden, the month he took office, he decided\u2063 to\u200d declassify\u200d the Houthi \u2062Rebels as a\u200b terrorist organization,\u201d Hamadeh said. \u201cBy the \u200dway, we \u200dwere still getting\u2063 missiles coming from them\u2062 when \u2062he decided\u2063 to\u200c do \u200bthat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cDesignation of a foreign terrorist organization like Hamas is a critical part in \u2062order to put pressure on these groups,\u201d Hamadeh continued. \u201cSo other countries are able to not\u2062 be trading with them, \u2064not be banking with them. It \u200balso limits military sales to\u200b them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! \u200dReceive breaking news blasts directly to\u200d your inbox \u200cfor free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u200b\t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Social media sites are being\u00a0flooded with misinformation, anti-Semitism, and false narratives following \u200cHamas\u2019s deadly\u200d attacks on Israel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>There is an event that\u2019s taking place in California \u200bthat encourages Americans\u200b to take control\u200d of their health by reclaiming food and medicine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As time goes \u2064by, more and more information comes to light about Joe Biden and his past business \u2063dealings.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>New data from Redfin reveals that about 16 percent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/s-f-apt-building-depreciates-almost-50-in-value-leaving-some-calif-residents-worried\/\" title=\"S.F. Apt Building Depreciates Almost 50% In Value, Leaving Some Calif. Residents Worried\">pending home sales collapsed<\/a> in \u2063September as mortgage\u2062 rates hit 8 percent.  One\u200b America\u2019s Daniel Baldwin with more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Elon Musk said\u200c the social media platform \u2062X will \u200csoon \u2062launch\u200d two new tiers \u2063of premium \u2063subscriptions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Bitcoin jumped \u200bon Friday above $30,000 for first time \u2063since July, taking gains for the week past 10%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Meta\u200c and TikTok have been given a week to\u200c provide details on measures taken to counter the \u2064spread \u200bof terrorist,\u200b violent content and hate speech on their platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Netflix increased subscription prices for\u200b some streaming\u2064 plans as it shattered \u2064expectations for\u200c new customers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200cHow might reclassifying the Houthi forces\u200d in Yemen as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-biden-administration-is-politicizing-the-military\/\" title=\"How the Biden Administration is Politicizing the Military\">foreign terrorist group<\/a> impact US diplomatic efforts \u200cin\u200b the Middle East?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  M\/subscribe&#8221;>https:\/\/www.oann.com\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation<\/h3>\n<p>The call to reclassify the Houthi forces in Yemen as a foreign terrorist group comes in response to\u200b their recent attempted missile \u200cattacks on \u2064Israel. Abe Hamadeh, the Republican candidate for Arizona&#8217;s 8th Congressional District, has urged the \u200dBiden Administration to take action and reclassify the Iranian-backed Houthi forces as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hamadeh, the current situation\u200c in the Middle East showcases a lack of diplomacy and the failure of the US State Department&#8217;s initiatives. He emphasized the need\u200c for strong American leadership to address the power vacuum that is allowing the Houthi rebels to act with impunity.<\/p>\n<p>The push for reclassification gained momentum after the crew of the \u200dUSS\u2064 Carney\u2062 intercepted and shot down cruise missiles and drones launched by the Houthi forces. While the exact targets of these attacks\u2062 remain uncertain, there\u200c is a concern that they were potentially aimed at Israel. Hamadeh\u2064 highlighted the need to \u2064address the threats posed by the Houthi rebels, emphasizing that \u2063their actions cannot be \u2063overlooked.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact of Reclassification<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Attorney General candidate Abe Hamadeh joins law enforcement officials for a border security roundtable at Cochise County Sheriffs Office in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images. Republican Candidate Abe Hamadeh calls for action. 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