NEWS
IT BEGINS: Jamaal Bowman and Other Leftists Already Calling on U.S. to Take in Palestinian Refugees From Gaza By Mike Lachance
Oct. 14, 2023 9:00 pm – Well that didn’t take long.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman and other leftists are already calling on the United States to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza. Of course, these people are surrounded by Arab countries, but none of them are taking them in. Why should America?
In case Bowman and the rest haven’t noticed, we’re already dealing with a crisis caused by their open border policies.
Breitbart News reports:
Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman: U.S. Should ‘Welcome’ Palestinian Refugees
Democrat New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman has called on the United States to “welcome” Palestinian refugees as experts predict that one million people fleeing the Gaza Strip will need new homes.
“Fifty percent of the population in Gaza are children,” the congressman told the New York Post on Saturday. “The international community as well as the United States should be prepared to welcome refugees from Palestine while being very careful to vet and not allow members of Hamas.”
His call for the United States to take in Palestinians came after Israel gave residents of northern Gaza a 24-hour warning to evacuate to the southern portion of the strip. Over 400,000 Gazans have fled their homes as of Saturday morning, the Times of Israel reported.
Egypt has closed its border with Gaza and is unwilling to receive Palestinian refugees.
According to the New York Post, Republicans are already slamming the brakes on this idea:
WWIII Watch: Iran Threatens Intervention if Israel Invades Gaza; Warns of “Huge Earthquake” Attack by Hezbollah By Kristinn Taylor
Oct. 14, 2023 4:20 pm – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian publicly warned Israel of an attack by Lebanon based Hezbollah that would cause a “huge earthquake” in response to Israel’s attacks on Hamas controlled Gaza after Hamas slaughtered over 1,300 Israelis and kidnapped 150 last Saturday in a surprise attack. Amir-Abdollahian also privately warned Israel via the UN that Iran would intervene if Israel invades Gaza, according to Axios.
Amir-Abdollahian made his threats while on a diplomatic visit in Beirut, Lebanon on Saturday where he met with Hamas and Palestinian leaders and (separately) UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland.
Excerpt from the Axios report:
Iran sent a message to Israel on Saturday stressing that it does not want further escalation in the Hamas-Israel war, but that it will have to intervene if the Israeli operation in Gaza continues, two diplomatic sources with knowledge of the situation told Axios.
…Wennesland urged Amir-Abdollahian to help prevent a spillover of the conflict in Gaza and Israel to the wider region in the Middle East.
The Iranian foreign minister replied that Iran doesn’t want the conflict to turn into a regional war and wants to try and help with the release of civilians who are being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
But Amir-Abdollahian stressed that Iran has its redlines. He said that if the Israeli military operation continues — and especially if Israel follows through on its promise of a ground offensive in Gaza — Iran will have to respond, according to the sources.
Wennesland called Israeli national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and other officials and conveyed Iran’s message, the sources said.
More Democrats Now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis – And Younger Generations Support Palestinians Jim Hoft
Oct. 14, 2023 10:40 am – There has been a major shift in the Democrat Party over the past decade.
The party has been moving away from its support for Israel for several years now – Since Barack Obama was president.
They even booed God and reinstating Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel back at the DNC in 2012.
Today more Democrats sympathize with the Palestinians than with Israel according to a recent Gallup poll. This is a major shift in American politics and will be damaging for Israel’s future.
Via Gallup.
US Moves to Refreeze $6 Billion in Iranian Assets Amid Israel-Palestine War By Jessica Marie Baumgartner
October 13, 2023 at 11:40am – Due to the recent Israel-Palestine War escalating, the Biden administration is refreezing $6 billion in Iranian assets.
The New York Times broke the news Thursday, noting it is not determined whether the move is temporary or permanent.
This comes after former President Donald Trump urged the Biden administration to refreeze the Iranian assets.
President Joe Biden has received harsh criticism for unfreezing the assets last month in a deal to have five U.S. hostages released, per the Associated Press. The Biden administration also asserts the funds have yet to be utilized amid allegations that Iran funded the Hamas terror attacks that sparked the Israel-Palestine war.
According to the Council on Foreign Relations, Iran is one of the largest donors to the Palestinian terrorist group.
The Wall Street Journal reported Iran aided Hamas in plotting its deadly attack on Israel, which was carried out last weekend.
