By Jim Hoft, GATEWAY 4 April 2024
Joe Biden and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei
In November 2023, the Joe Biden administration extended a sanctions waiver that will allow Iran to collect another $10 billion in funds in order for the mullahs to fund their military operations in the region.
This comes one week after Iranian-backed Houthis attempted to shoot down a US drone in the region and one month after Iran-backed Hamas terrorists slaughtered 1,400 Jews in Israel and took another 240 Jews hostage.
It was the deadliest attack on Jews since World War II.
Joe Biden ignored the massacre in order to open the door and help Iran bring in another $10 billion in the next few months.
The AP reported:
The Biden administration has extended by four months a sanctions waiver that will allow Iraq to continue to purchase electricity from Iran and gives Iran limited access to the proceeds to buy humanitarian goods.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed the 120-day waiver extension and it was transmitted to Congress on Tuesday, U.S. officials said. The move is likely to draw criticism from Iran hawks on Capitol Hill and elsewhere who believe the extension will reward Iran at a time when it is coming under increasing pressure to end its support for proxy groups, including Hamas, that are destabilizing the Middle East.
There is roughly $10 billion in Iraqi payments for Iranian electricity currently being held in escrow accounts in Iraq, and the waiver will allow Baghdad to maintain its energy imports without fear of U.S. penalties for violating sanctions on Iran.
Joe Biden has now gifted the Iranian regime with $80 billion since entering the White House.
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) told FOX News a month ago in October that Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gave $3.5 billion to Iran through the International Monetary Fund several months ago.
This was not part of the $6 billion that Biden recently gifted the Iranian mullahs.
Senator John Kennedy: Several months ago, it wasn’t well publicized, President Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gave Iran $3.5 billion through the International Monetary Fund. That’s not the $6 billion that we have objected to. $3.6 billion dollars cash. I’ll be glad to come on your show and explain how they did that. I objected to it at the time. I tried to pass a bill to stop it. They rolled over me. The press didn’t pick it up. But here’s the problem we face right now, the time to build the ark is before the rain.
But the $3.5 billion and $6 billion may be only a part of Joe Biden’s cash for Iran.
Senator Kennedy spoke out about another transfer of money to the Iranian regime back in 2021. Kennedy argued in a letter to Janet Yellen that the Biden administration’s plan would ultimately result in China receiving $22 billion, Russia receiving $18 billion and Iran receiving $3.5 billion.
But that’s not all; according to The Daily Signal’s calculations, Iran has received approximately $70 billion more under Biden than it would have under Trump.
The mullahs must love Joe Biden. No one has been more generous to this killer regime.
They ought to build statues of Old Joe in Tehran.
Now, Israel faces a new challenge by the Biden-Obama threat.
Israel now faces the threat of a Biden-Obama-backed color revolution in the middle of its war against the Hamas barbarians.
Breitbart.com reported:
Israel faces the prospect of a U.S.-backed “color revolution” in the middle of its war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza as the opposition backs street protests against government, and a key cabinet minister has demanded new elections.
A “color revolution” is a coup d’état accomplished through mass protests targeting the existing government, elected or not, with the assistance of the media — and, usually, with backing from foreign powers, including the United States.
For the six months since the October 7 terror attack, Israel had seen remarkable unity, with protests — mostly centered in Tel Aviv — against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms — a distant memory…
…But in early March, U.S. intelligence agencies released an assessment that stated that “we expect large protests demanding [Netanyahu’s] resignation and new elections. A different, more moderate government is a possibility.”
That news emerged just days after war cabinet minister Benny Gantz suddenly visited the U.S. for talks with Biden administration officials. Gantz leads an opposition party that joined Netanyahu’s government in an emergency government of national unity, but he also remains Netanyahu’s main political rival. Gantz reportedly did not clear his trip to the U.S. with Netanyahu beforehand. A few days after the U.S. intelligence assessment emerged, another rival to Netanyahu, Gideon Sa’ar, left Gantz’s party, suggesting the possibility of renewed domestic political turmoil.
@Laura
The Dems tried to put Desantis’ opposition, Trump, in prison and to disqualify him from ever running for any office again. What did they do to Desantis, ever, before or after Trump cinched the primary in a clean sweep? NOTHING.
They weren’t worried about Desantis, nor Ramaswampy, and they were actually voting for Haley. It was only Trump which threatened business as usual in Washington, which is why the tactics to eradicate Trump’s candidacy, which were utterly false on their face, were not employed against any other candidate.
Democrats most certainly ARE against RD. But he’s out of the running so they aren’t talking about him anymore.
Yes, as well as other commenters here.
LAURA-
I assume your/my highlight is a main reason for your now balanced opinion of Trump. I’m glad, as I respect your forthright posts and know you give honest opinions.
If Trump is cheated again it could push Israel into an impossible position with a 4 sided War looming.
I believe that Israel is already on a crash programme to be more self sufficient where it counts.
Netanyahu will not stop seeking out and destroying Hamas. He wants to be re elected and that alone is a very good reason, because without all goals re Gaza achieved, he is in danger of losing, never to regain the PMship.
Besides, apart from local political enemies Israel NEEDS him. Only he has the know-how to deal with Jew hating Goyim , leaders of other countries successfully.
@inna1
Well stated.
@Laura
Your quote is taken out of context. Trump has done so much for Israel! As of DeSantis, he is not as good as he seems to be. Most probably, you are not familiar with the executive orders and bills that he signed. I am a Floridian and know what I am talking about – they are really bad. Unfortunately, not many people know about it. Globalists’ puppets – Dems -are not against DeSantis, but they are against Trump. They will do everything and anything not to let him win. We know what that means.
@Laura Perhaps the secret of an electable candidate in the American system of government which was deliberately designed to make candidates for the higher offices have to appeal to the most diverse constituencies in order to avoid extremism is ambiguity which may also be the secret of a a successful religion or political movement. People who don’t agree on the time of day get to feel like they are members of the same big club, and thus in marrying traditionalism with individualism enabling contrarians everywhere to have their cake and eat it, too, as the saying goes, so that all will turn out for the best in this best of all possible worlds.*
“Voltaire concludes Candide with, if not rejecting Leibnizian optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, “we must cultivate our garden”, in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, “all is for the best” in the “best of all possible worlds”.
Candide – Wikipedia
“Best of All possible Worlds” from “Candide” by Leonard Bernstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlIUXvAdpcw&t=21s
@Laura
If he did, he wouldn’t be Trump.
This defeats the whole purpose of having a unity government. If they are going to call up thousands of people to block traffic to bring down the government anyway, why not just fire these left wing clowns and go with the original government the people elected?
I don’t think Trump is anti-Israel, that’s why what I thought to be his scolding of Israel was upsetting to me, especially the statement “stop killing people”. In hindsight I probably overreacted. I wish he would express himself more clearly.
@Laura That’s not a policy. That’s an ambiguous, at best, turn of phrase. The Taylor Force Act was a policy. Enforcing the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1993 was a policy. Recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights was a policy. Cutting off aid to UNRWA was a policy. Kicking tge PA embassy and ambassador out of Washington was a policy Recognizing the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and signing an executive order extending title VI civil rights protections to Jewish and pro-Israel students was a policy on the basis of which the justice department is investigating universities and students are suing. exiting the JCPOA and imposing sanctions on Iran was a policy. Recognizing that Jews living beyond the Green Line is not illegal per se was a policy. Not just Biden but the Democratic party as a while opposed every one of
These policies.
In the 80’s, he donated money to the town of Beit-El ifor playgrounds and also for infrastructure to help Jews evicted from Sinai. Does this sound like somebody who only fights for himself? He was really popular with the Dem elites before he ran for president.
In 2024, it’s Biden or Trump. There are no other choices. In supporting, what have we got to lose?
Of course, virtue signaling with a write-in protest vote is always an option. Why don’t you vote as I used to. Vote for Sammy. He’s an 18 year old black candidate. Now, the law does say a candidate has to be over 35 but I don’t think that applies here. For cats, you multiply by 7. True, he’s deceased but let’s not be bigoted here. He’s an organically challenged Felinoid-American. Of color.
The USG has been trying to bring down Netanyahu since he was reelected. He is simply not as pliable as the previous mess that gave away the gas fields to Lebanon. Just because they feel they can now be more open about it doesn’t make it any better.
@Laura
I also preferred DeSantis but agree with Peloni below. There WILL be election fraud c/o the DEMs.
All hands on deck needed to ditch Biden.
So:
Take a deepbreath.Hold your nose. Puke if necessary. And vote for the Orangeman.
If he loses, it’s 4 more years of Biden/Kamala AND their puppetmasters:
Barack Obama and co. (including Kerry, Malley, Rice, Rhoades, Jarrett, etc.)
Obama ain’t goin’ down easy. His fundamental transformation is not over and he’s gonna try and fast track it from now till Nov, with Biden as the conduit.
And you and I know that a key part of that transformation is the whittling down, if not the total cessation, of the Jewish state.
@Laura
You are in fact overreacting. You should obviously use your vote to support the election outcome which agrees most equitably with your views, but is it really your position to suggest that, no matter how much you dislike Trump and his views, he would not be a better president for Israel than Biden? A vote for Trump is a vote for Trump, but if you vote for Desantis or for any other nonesense choice who is not on the ballot, you are supporting the reelection of the most anti-Israel, most pro-Globalist, most anti-American regime in US history over the president who was the most pro-Israel, most anti-Globalist, and most pro-American president in US history. The choices could not be made more distinct. Hence, if you can’t realize that this would be the true result of voting for Desantis who will likely get two votes including yours, well, yes, I would say you are clearly overreacting based on your great dislike of Trump, which I recognize makes it difficult for you to consider these things fairly. Desnatis is out. The Neocons are out. There is only Trump and Biden on the ballot, and the election fraud exponentially tilts the advantage towards Biden, regardless of what the people want. It will take all hands on deck and all votes for Trump to possibly stop the fraud from winning the election once again. So judge your choice carefully, as the future of Israel, the US and the world are on the ballot in November.
This brings us to the question of whether The U.S. is organizing a “color revollution: in Israel. Certainly the U.S. is attempting to overthrow the Netanyahu government. It has been since before the Hamas invasion. But comparing the collaboration between the USG and the elite groups in Israel who are united by their desire to deprive Israel’s elected parliament and the ministers responsible to it of any power in Israel, to the “color revoltions” elsewhere, is extremely unfair to the “color revolutionaries.” The “color revolutionaries in Eurasia, whther they were w=right or wrong, were sincere patriots for their own countries. THey may have wanted to strengthen their ties to the US and the EU, but it is not true that they wanted to be controlled by the Western powers. Nor is it wanted their own elected legislators to have no say in the government of the country and to be ruled by a self-appoined board of lawyers. board of lawyers. Yet this is the status quo in Israel, and the Israeli elite classes want to preserve it at all costs. And they are definitely willing to place themselves under the complete control of the USG to maintain their power.
The Israeli-Jewish intifadists are traitors, pure and simple.
If you want to call them “color revolutionaries, then their collor is yellow. And their emblem should be a yellow star.
Laura-
I am surprised at you. Your hatred of Trump causes you to totally misunderstand your highlight. He is telling Israel to get it over fast , as he would, and the “stop killing people” is a reference to the total anti Israel countries who criticise the killing of Gazans regardless of the fact that Israel has, by very far, the lowest “collateral damage” record in modern history.
Trump is 100% supporter of Israel, and I don’t understand why you don’t know this. He has a Jewish daughter and grandchildren and bankrolled some kibbutz and moshav, both begun by his father, in which he joined.
You are the only one on this site who thinks that Trump is just narcissistic and anti-Israel. He’s by far the best US President for Israel in history.
An article in Wikipedia clarifies what “color revolution” means. Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, there was a lot of political turmoil in the countries that had been part of the Soviet Union, but had withdrawn from it in 1991. In the early 2000s, popular revolts broke out in several of these countries. In some of them, the issue was that many people believed that recent elections had been rigged or stolen. Alleged corruption by the government in power was always an issue. In any case, it became a sort of tradition” for the victorious rebels to claim a “color” as the siymbol of their successful revolt. The Ukrainians called their successful revolution an “orange revolution,” the Georgians called their a “rose revolution,” I can’t remember the colors chosen by the other successful revolutionaries in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.
In several pf these countries, the U.S. had funneled money indirectly to the opposition parties through so-called “civil society” groups, After the “revolutionaries came to power, the USG did negotiate deals with them, primarily to benefit American businesses seeking investments in these countries. In the case of the Biden crime family, they negotiated deals directly benefiting themselves as a family in Ukraine. But what the Americans could not and did not dodo was to bring hundreds of thousands, in some cases millions of people into the streets. In each of the countries that experienced “color revolutions, millions of people were fed up with their governments that had failed to address their countries problems, These were all genine revoltions, however much the U.S, and perhaps the EU may have tried ro take advantage of them to expand their economic-political spheres of influence. And the military presense of the U.S. and other NATO countries in these countries was minimal to nonexistent when these revolutions brokr out. Finally, the Russians indignation at Western meddling by covert means in these countries was dububious because they had had their own covert operatives in these “color” countries. And it seems they still do.
Thanks for the definition of “color revolution.” I had never heard this term explained before. However, if this is its meaning, I think it is also based on a misconception. I don’t think that foreign-based propaganda can bring hundrerds of thousands of people into the streets unless hundreds of thousands of “natives” are fed up with a government’s tyranny and corruption and want a change of government. A foreign government’s alleged “color” maneuvers can rarely if ever accomplish this.
If netanyahu said there s no such thing as a palestinian …maybe things would change
Trump only fights for himself and is totally unprincipled when it comes to issues. Instead of taking a principled stand in defense of Israel, he piles on. Totally disgusting and cowardly. If you guys think Trump would be any different than Biden on Israel, wake up.
Lest you guys think I’m overreacting, I’m wondering how you are going to spin this:
So, we were at war for 20 years after 9/11 and the war on Ukraine has been going on for 2 years, but Israel is told that 6 months is too long, they must end it. Israel is told to do it fast while also avoiding a single “civilian” casualty. Israel is being put in impossible circumstances. This after suffering the worst attack in the country’s history. Instead of having Israel’s back after that, we are giving ultimatums. I despise Joe Biden. I’m not too crazy about Trump’s attitude either which is why I supported DeSantis but never got a chance to vote.
Israel is always going to lose the PR war even if the war took a day. Trump certainly must know that. Just like he knows the media is always going to be against him regardless of the truth. I told conservatives Trump can’t be trusted, that he’s unprincipled. I’m pretty sure DeSantis would not be saying this. Trump held his tongue until his nomination was sealed, the phony erratic SOB. I’m returning to my original decision to write-in DeSantis.
Its all obama