The administration of President Joe Biden declared on Tuesday that there are no intentions to recover and re-freeze $6 billion in Iranian assets after Tehran-backed Hamas committed the bloodiest attack on Israel in decades.
In an interview with Fox News, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby claimed that there are currently no plans to reimpose sanctions on assets that were unfrozen around a month ago.
“The $6 billion, that the Qataris are holding that was unfrozen in order to get three hostages back.” Fox News’ Martha MacCallum said, asking: “Is that money now going to be refrozen?”
“I don’t want to get ahead of the policy decisions going forward here,” Kirby replied. “As I said last time, you and I talked about this, that money can be refrozen… We won’t hesitate to make that decision if we feel we need to. But I’m not going to get ahead of a policy decision that hasn’t been made yet.”
Republicans are pressing the White House and President Biden to immediately re-freeze those assets in response to the latest Hamas massacre, which claimed the lives of over 1,000 Israelis and 11 Americans.
“The Biden administration is refusing to acknowledge Iran’s role in the unprovoked terrorist attacks on Israel. But Hamas and Hezbollah members say not only did Iran help plan for months, they gave the official green light in Beirut last week,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) weighed in on X.
“The United States should not be sending a single penny to Iran — let alone $6 billion. I am immediately calling on Biden to reverse course and cancel the ransom agreement,” she added.
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Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick concurred.
“The Biden Administration insists ‘not a penny’ of the $6 billion they promised to Iran has yet to be received by Iran. Given the Hamas attack on Israel, I call on President Biden to block release of the money, and as Senator, I would immediately introduce legislation to put a hold on these funds. Don’t give Iran a penny,” he tweeted.
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Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick concurred.
“This war happened for three reasons: the allowing by the Biden administration of Iran to sell massive amounts of oil and making $60 billion dollars; the United States giving Iran $6 billion dollars ransom; and our country’s perceived weakness with an incompetent and corrupt leader, Joe Biden, who’s laughed at all over the world,” he said.
“Joe Biden betrayed Israel. As president, I will once again stand strongly with the state of Israel,” Trump added. He continued, “We will cut off the money to Palestinian terrorists on day one. And we will re-impose the travel ban on terror-afflicted countries so that the bloodshed and killing we saw this week will never reach American soil.”
Trump then reminded Americans of his strong track record of encouraging regional peace, adding, “Less than 4 years ago, we had peace in the Middle East with the historic Abraham Accords—today we have all-out war on Israel. What a difference a President makes.”
An American citizen applauds Trump for taking a critical step that allowed him and his wife to flee Israel once the war broke out.
Yitz Friedman, a member of the American Accountability Foundation in Washington, recently visited Israel during a troubling event. Hamas launched a major missile attack, which had disastrous results. Over 1,000 people, including 11 Americans, were tragically killed.
“I would like to thank President Trump. After days of fear and anxiety in Israel, I am finally on my way home to the US. Almost every airline canceled all flights, including our flight home,” Friedman made a post on the X platform on Tuesday.
According to The Times of Israel, enemy rockets have targeted Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.
“We [weren’t] sure what to do,” Friedman recounted. “Luckily, one [of] the few airlines still running flights is Emirates. My wife and I just flew from Tel Aviv – passing three or four armed military checkpoints to get to the airport – and are now safe in Dubai waiting for our connecting flight to the US.”
Friedman went on to explain how the Abraham Accords permitted a tremendous advancement in air travel. This historic peace treaty established regular relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
“If not for the Trump-Abraham Accords, this would be unthinkable. There would be no flights from Israel to the UAE,” Friedman added in his post. “To be able to fly to a friendly Arab country when even American flights won’t dare, at a time of war, is miraculous.”
