{"id":2086867,"date":"2023-11-01T14:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T18:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-send-a-corrupt-inexperienced-hyperpartisan-iran-booster-to-help-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-11-01T14:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T18:09:51","slug":"democrats-send-a-corrupt-inexperienced-hyperpartisan-iran-booster-to-help-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-send-a-corrupt-inexperienced-hyperpartisan-iran-booster-to-help-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats appoint an inexperienced, corrupt, hyperpartisan Iran supporter to &#8220;assist&#8221; Israel."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdemocrats-send-a-corrupt-inexperienced-hyperpartisan-iran-booster-to-help-israel%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=2086867&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--><h2>Architects of Barack Obama\u2019s 2015 Iran Giveaway: \u2064Empowering Terrorist Proxies in the Middle East<\/h2>\n<p>The architects behind Barack \u200cObama\u2019s \u200b2015 Iran giveaway deserve plenty of \u2063blame for empowering terrorist proxies throughout the Middle East, including the one responsible for the murder of 1,400 Jews and over 30 Americans. At\u200c this critical point\u2063 in history, they should have no \u200binfluence over our \u200cIsrael policy.<\/p>\n<p>But despite\u200c this troubling history, we now welcome Jack Lew as our \u2063new \u2063ambassador \u2063to the Jewish State.<\/p>\n<p>During Lew\u2019s confirmation hearing, Sen. Ben Cardin,\u2062 the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations, ludicrously claimed that Lew \u200dwas \u2063&#8221;eminently qualified to serve\u2064 in this \u2064post&#8221; \u200dand had &#8220;extensive experience.&#8221; However, Lew&#8217;s\u2063 only experience in \u2063foreign policy is championing pro-Iran policies. In his speech praising \u200dObama&#8217;s foreign policy, Lew conveniently failed to\u2063 mention the word &#8220;Israel&#8221; even once.<\/p>\n<p>The Iran deal, which\u200b Lew supported, not only\u2062 failed to make our country\u2063 and allies safer \u2063but also rewarded\u200b the Revolutionary Guard for\u2062 their acts of terrorism and \u200bincentivized the Iranian\u2063 regime\u200b to take \u2063more American\u200c hostages.<\/p>\n<h3>Israel&#8217;s Safety at Stake<\/h3>\n<p>As a result of the Iran deal and\u200b subsequent support for Iran, Israel\u2064 now has to contend with Iran-funded terrorist groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah,\u2062 and\u2064 the\u2064 Houthis.\u2062 These\u200b groups pose a significant threat to Israel&#8217;s security.<\/p>\n<p>While the Obama administration rarely criticized Iran, they were quick to rebuke \u2064Israeli Prime Minister\u200c Benjamin Netanyahu for expressing \u2063concerns about \u200cthe deal. Lew, due\u200b to his Jewish background, was\u2063 specifically recruited to publicly\u2064 criticize Netanyahu, calling\u200b his remarks &#8220;beyond the \u2062pale.&#8221; Now, Lew \u2064is being sent to pressure Netanyahu into letting \u200dHamas off \u2063the hook.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, as Treasury Secretary, \u2062Lew oversaw the transfer of $400 million in \u2064cash to the Iranian regime. Instead of using these funds to compensate American terror victims, Lew sent the \u200cmoney to Ali Khamenei, \u200cthe Supreme Leader of Iran.<\/p>\n<p>But it doesn&#8217;t \u200dend there. Lew \u200bsecretly helped \u2063Iranians convert\u200d nearly $6 billion into\u2064 dollars and euros, despite telling Congress that the mullahs wouldn&#8217;t have access\u200c to the American financial\u200c system. This \u2064covert circumvention of sanctions was neither in the spirit \u200dnor the\u2064 letter of the Iran deal.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that \u2064Lew\u200b has a history of \u200dinvolvement in shady banking practices. He headed a\u2064 Citigroup hedge fund that bet\u200d against\u2064 the housing market, resulting in significant losses and the firing of thousands \u200bof\u200d employees. Yet, Lew still\u2064 received a substantial bonus check and \u2063went on to become Budget\u2062 Director for Obama.<\/p>\n<h3>A Troubling Appointment<\/h3>\n<p>Now, as\u200d our\u2062 ambassador to Israel, Lew will\u2063 be tasked \u200cwith protecting civilians in Gaza. However, \u200cthe myth that Israel is not engaged in a proportional response \u200band fails to warn Arab civilians is a dangerous narrative perpetuated\u200b by\u2064 Democrats \u200cto appease their pro-Hamas wing. Lew&#8217;s appointment may \u200bincentivize Hamas to use more civilians as shields,\u200c just\u200d as he did with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that the\u2063 contemporary \u2062Democrat stance on this conflict has been disastrously wrong, and few \u2064have been more wrong \u200bthan Lew.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>David Harsanyi\u2062 is a senior editor at The Federalist,\u2064 a nationally syndicated\u200d columnist, a Happy Warrior columnist at National Review, and author\u200c of five books\u2014the most recent, <em>Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject \u2064the Failed\u2064 Ideas of a Dying Continent<\/em>. Follow him on Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/\">@davidharsanyi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did the Iran deal\u200b strain the relationship between the United States and Israel?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Further\u200b straining\u200d the relationship between the United States \u2062and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the\u2062 clear \u2062dangers that these terrorist\u2064 groups pose to Israel, the\u2064 architects of the Iran deal failed to address this\u2063 issue adequately. Instead, they \u2064prioritized appeasing Iran and securing a\u200b flawed nuclear agreement that \u2062did little \u2062to prevent Iran from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-a-veteran-who-witnessed-iranian-aggression-heres-why-john-kerrys-behavior-is-so-alarming\/\" title=\"As A Veteran Who Witnessed Iranian Aggression, Here\u2019s Why John Kerry\u2019s Behavior Is So Alarming\">obtaining nuclear weapons<\/a> \u2062in the long term. This shortsighted approach not only\u2064 endangered Israel but also undermined the\u200d stability of \u200bthe entire Middle East region.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most alarming aspects of the Iran deal was the lifting of economic sanctions, which provided Iran with \u200ca windfall of billions \u2063of dollars. This influx of cash allowed \u2062the Iranian regime to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-send-a-corrupt-inexperienced-hyperpartisan-iran-booster-to-help-israel\/\" title=\"Democrats appoint an inexperienced, corrupt, hyperpartisan Iran supporter to \"assist\" Israel.\">directly fund terrorist organizations<\/a> and expand its military capabilities. As a result, we\u2062 have seen an increase in Iran&#8217;s aggressive behavior in the region, including their continued support for proxy groups that seek \u200bto\u200c destabilize Israel and the \u200dwider\u200c Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Iran deal did\u2064 not require Iran to\u200c dismantle its\u200b nuclear infrastructure \u2063or \u2064submit to strict inspections, leaving open the possibility for Iran to \u2062resume\u200b its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-undeclared-nuclear-activities-discovered-at-locations-in-iran-that-raise-new-concerns-report\/\" title=\"\u2018Evidence Of Undeclared Nuclear Activities\u2019 Discovered At Locations In Iran That Raise New Concerns: Report\">nuclear weapons program<\/a> in \u2062the\u200c future. This poses a direct threat not only to Israel but also to the entire international\u2064 community.<\/p>\n<h3>Moving Forward<\/h3>\n<p>Now, with the appointment of Jack\u2062 Lew as the ambassador to Israel, \u200cwe\u2063 must be \u2062cautious about\u2062 the direction of our Israel policy. Lew&#8217;s\u2064 track record of\u200d championing\u200b pro-Iran policies raises concerns about his ability to adequately protect Israel&#8217;s\u2063 interests at a time when the threat from Iran and its proxies is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot afford to repeat the\u2062 mistakes of the past. It\u200d is\u200b crucial that we have strong leadership that prioritizes the safety\u2063 and security of Israel and takes a firm stance against Iran&#8217;s support for terrorism. This \u200dstarts with reevaluating the Iran deal and implementing a more comprehensive approach to address Iran&#8217;s destabilizing activities in the region.<\/p>\n<p>We\u200c must also work closely with our allies in the region, particularly Israel, to \u2063enhance their security capabilities \u2063and intelligence sharing. Only through a concerted effort can \u200dwe hope to counter the influence of Iran and its \u2064terrorist proxies.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200barchitects of the Iran deal and their \u200dflawed policies\u2063 have left a lasting impact on\u2062 the Middle East, enabling \u2063the rise of terrorist \u2064proxies and \u2062endangering\u200c the\u2062 security\u200d of Israel. It is \u2063up to us now to rectify these\u2063 mistakes and ensure that our Israel policy prioritizes the safety and well-being of our ally. Jack Lew \u2064must prove \u200chimself capable of this task if\u200b he wishes to\u200c have \u200dthe trust and \u200csupport of \u2064the American people and\u200c the Israeli government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The architects behind Obama&#8217;s 2015 Iran deal are to blame for empowering terrorist proxies in the Middle East, including the one responsible for killing 1,400 Jews and over 30 Americans. Given this history, they should have no involvement in our Israel policy. However, we now welcome our new ambassador to the Jewish State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":2086868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2086867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2086868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}