Israel Strikes Back | Jerusalem Dateline - April 19, 2024

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COMING UP ON JERUSALEM,

DATELINE ISRAEL STRIKES BACK

WITH LIMITED RESTRAINT HITS

IRANIAN MILITARY TARGETS IN

IRAN, SYRIA AND, BAGHDAD PLUS

PUTTING MONEY IN IRAN'S POCKET

.

A LOOK AT THE IRAN SANCTIONS

WAIVER RECENTLY RENEWED BY THE

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

PLUS, KEEPING FOCUS ON THE

HOSTAGES STILL IN GAZA WITH A

POIGNANT DISPLAY AT KIBBUTZ

NARROWS.

ALL THIS AND MORE UP ON THIS

EDITION OF JERUSALEM.

>> DAYLIGHT.

>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO THIS

EDITION OF JERUSALEM DATELINE.

I'M CHRIS.

ISRAEL HAS REPORTEDLY STRUCK

TARGETS IN IRAN IN TO LAST

WEEKEND'S MASSIVE MISSILE AND

DRONE ATTACK AGAINST THE JEWISH

STATE.

SOME SAY THE ATTACK WAS

DESIGNED TO RESPOND IRAN'S

ATTACK BUT NOT SPARK A WIDER

REGIONAL WAR.

>> THE IRANIAN TASNIM

NEWS REPORTED THE ASSAULT TOOK

PLACE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART

OF THE CITY NEAR ITS NUCLEAR

ENERGY MOUNTAIN.

ISFAHAN IS THE SITE OF ONE OF

IRAN'S MAJOR NUCLEAR SITES

ENRICHING URANIUM FOR IRAN'S

NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

ACCORDING TO THE JERUSALEM, THE

ATTACK IN ESFAHAN WAS CARRIED

OUT WITH LONG RANGE MISSILES

LAUNCHED FROM AIRCRAFT NOT

DRONES OR LAND TO AIR MISSILES

AND IRANIAN OFFICIAL TOLD

REUTERS THERE IS NO PLAN FOR AN

IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.

IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO WAS BEHIND

THE ATTACK.

AN IRANIAN TV ANCHOR DOWNPLAYED

THE ATTACK AND QUOTED MILITARY

OFFICIAL IN ESFAHAN.

>> HE DID CONFIRM THAT THERE

WERE SOME LOUD SOUNDS WERE

HEARD IN THE EAST OF THE CITY

OF ESFAHAN AND THIS WAS RELATED

THE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM AS WE

TOLD YOU AND OUR VIEWERS BEFORE

TRIGGERED BY THE PRESENCE OF

THREE SMALL DRONES THAT WERE IN

THAT AREA.

>> ON LOCAL TELEVISION OTHER

REPORTERS THE AREA SHOWED HOW

QUIET AND NORMAL ISFAHAN LOOKS.

MIDDLE EAST EXPERT IVY MELAMED

TOLD CBN NEWS IRAN SEEMS BE

MINIMIZING THIS STORY ON

PURPOSE.

YONAH BOB JERUSALEM POST

MILITARY CORRESPONDENT AND

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK TARGET

TEHRAN CBN NEWS THE STRIKE

SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE.

>> THE MESSAGE BEHIND THE

STRIKE FROM ISRAEL WAS IRAN.

YOU CANNOT DO WHAT YOU DID LAST

WEEKEND.

YOU ATTACKED ISRAEL DIRECTLY.

YOU ATTACKED WITH 350 AERIAL

THREATS 170 DRONES, 120

BALLISTIC MISSILES, 30 CRUISE

MISSILES.

THAT CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN IF IT

DOES YOU WILL SUFFER AND YOU

WILL SUFFER AT LARGE.

>> BOB ALSO SAYS THE ATTACK WAS

CALIBRATED TO AVOID A REGIONAL

WAR AND REPRESENTS A CROSSROADS

TO ISRAEL AND IRAN.

>> THIS IS A UNIQUE MOMENT

THERE WAS A SHADOW WAR BETWEEN

ISRAEL AND IRAN THAT WE TALK

ABOUT IN OUR BOOK TARGET TEHRAN

FOR A LONG TIME.

THE QUESTION NOW IS WILL WE GO

BACK TO THAT SHADOW WAR OR HAS

THE PARADIGM BEEN CROSSED?

AND EVEN THOUGH ISRAEL ISN'T

OFFICIALLY TAKING CREDIT FOR

HAPPENED TODAY, WILL THERE BE

ADDITIONAL DIRECT EXCHANGES

BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL?

>> WE WILL ONLY KNOW THAT GOING

FORWARD.

THE ATTACK IN ESFAHAN TOOK

PLACE ON THE 85TH BIRTHDAY OF

IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH

ALI KHAMENEI.

MEANWHILE, SOME ANALYSTS SAYING

THAT ISRAEL'S RESPONSE WAS

MEASURED ONLY ENOUGH TO GIVE AN

ANSWER TO THE IRANIAN ATTACK.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S PREPARING

ENTER THE LAST HAMAS STRONGHOLD

IN THE CITY OF RAFA IN GAZA TO

COMPLETE THE GOAL OF FINISHING

OFF HAMAS AND ITS AND GETTING

THE HOSTAGES BACK.

IDF TROOPS STILL OPERATING IN

THE CENTRAL GAZA STRIP

ELIMINATING TERRORISTS AND

STRIKING MILITARY COMPOUNDS

OBSERVATION POST ROCKET

LAUNCHERS AND LAUNCHING POINTS.

THEY'VE ALSO DESTROYED TUNNELS

SHAFTS.

>> BUT FOR NOW THE WORLD'S

FOCUS IS ON THE TENSIONS

BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN AND

WHAT COMES.

FOR ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL'S

LIMITED STRIKES AT IRAN'S

MILITARY TARGETS, CBN PRESIDENT

GORDON ROBERTSON SPOKE JONATHAN

CONRICUS, FORMER IDF OFFICER

AND FELLOW AT THE FOUNDATION

FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES.

HERE'S AN EXCERPT.

I THINK THAT WHAT ISRAEL IS

TRYING TO DO IS TO DE-ESCALATE

A QUITE TENSE SITUATION WHERE

IRAN DEVIATED FROM THE RULES OF

THE GAME SO FAR BY STRIKING

ISRAEL DIRECTLY.

IRAN DEVIATED THAT AND THEN

ISRAEL NOW RESPONDED BUT ISRAEL

RESPONDED IN SUCH A WAY THAT

ALLOWS IRAN AN OUT AND ISRAEL

ISN'T TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR

ATTACK AND ISRAEL ISN'T

GLOATING ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF

THE ATTACK BUT REALLY ALLOWING

IRAN TO SAVE FACE AND TELL THE

IRANIAN PUBLIC STORIES ABOUT

MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSIONS WERE

HEARD.

BUT WHAT REALLY ISRAEL WANTS TO

DELIVER HERE IT WANTS TO

DELIVER IS A MESSAGE THAT

IRANIAN DEFENSES ARE PENETRABLE

SO THAT IRAN IS EXPOSED TO

ISRAELI PRECISE AND STRIKES AND

THAT ESFAHAN WHERE THERE ARE

NUCLEAR SITES AND FACILITIES IS

A TARGET THAT IS ACCESSIBLE FOR

ISRAEL.

NOW ISRAEL STRUCK WITH ONLY A

FRACTION OF THE AMOUNT OF

MISSILES THAT IRAN FIRED AT

ISRAEL BECAUSE ISRAEL IS MORE

PROFESSIONAL AND PRECISE AND

ISRAEL COULD HAVE STRUCK TEN

DIFFERENT SITES BUT CHOSE

ONE AND A FEW OTHERS JUST TO

SEND THE MESSAGE OF CAPABILITY.

>> WELL, LAST NIGHT WHEN THE

NEWS BROKE AND MY TIMELINE WAS

ABOUT 10 P.M. IT, I LITERALLY

THOUGHT OH NO, THIS IS WE'RE

NOW IN A REGIONAL WAR.

THIS IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE.

IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

ALREADY SAID IF ISRAEL ATTACKS

WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND.

>> DO YOU THINK THIS LIMITED

RESPONSE AND THEN WHAT IRAN IS

CLEARLY DOING IN THEIR OWN

MEDIA THIS DIDN'T COME FROM

ISRAEL.

HAVE WE SEEN THE END OF THIS

CYCLE OF ATTACKS BETWEEN THE

TWO COUNTRIES?

>> I THINK WE COULD CAREFULLY

ASSESS THAT TO BE AND YES, THAT

MAYBE THIS CURRENT ROUND WHICH

STARTED IN DAMASCUS WENT ON TO

ISRAEL THAT BASED IN SOUTHERN

ISRAEL WAS THE MAIN TARGET AND

NOW ESFAHAN.

MAYBE THIS ROUND OF BLOWS IS

BEING PACKED AND PUT TO REST.

BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY WE HAVE

CROSSED THROUGH BECAUSE IRAN

AND HEZBOLLAH HAVE BOTH CROSSED

A ROUTE BECAUSE THAT THEY

HAVEN'T CROSSED BEFORE.

SO WE ARE IN NEW TERRITORY

WHERE THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

WILL CHANGE.

I THINK WHAT ISRAEL DID WAS IN

RESPONSE TO US REQUESTS AND

EUROPEAN REQUESTS OF NOT

STRIKING BACK ISRAEL SAID TO

EVERYBODY AND WE'VE BEEN SAYING

THAT CONSISTENTLY FOR A WEEK

ISRAEL IS GOING TO RETALIATE.

THERE IS NO SCENARIO THAT

ISRAEL DOES NOT RETALIATE BUT I

THINK THAT BOTH ISRAEL DID HERE

WAS TO PREFER THE STRATEGIC

OBJECTIVES OF GOING INTO

FINISHING THE FIGHTING IN GAZA

AND DEFEATING HAMAS AND GETTING

OUR HOSTAGES BACK AND THEN

INVADING OURSELVES ALSO HIT

THIS BANNER INSTEAD OF GOING

INTO A BIGGER AND MORE AND

VIOLENT CONFLICT WITH THE

IRANIANS.

WELL, LET'S TALK THE STRATEGIC

PIECE ON THIS.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE IRAN'S ATTACK

ON ISRAEL IS NOW FORCING IT TO

BE ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF

THE MIDDLE EAST AND IT LOOKS

LIKE ISRAEL'S TIES ARE NOW

STRENGTHENED JORDAN

STRENGTHENED WITH SAUDI ARABIA.

IS THAT YOUR VIEW?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK IS

QUITE IS THAT YOU KNOW, MANY

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE U.S.

THEY ISRAEL DON'T RETALIATE AND

WILL DO SANCTIONS ON IRAN

INSTEAD.

AND THERE'S BEEN SOME PRETTY

WATERED DOWN SANCTIONS BEING

OFFERED AGAINST OFFICIALS AND

ENTITIES.

NOTHING REALLY THAT WILL MATTER

THE IRANIANS BUT THE REGIONAL

NEIGHBORS.

I THINK THAT THEY ARE LOOKING

AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE

REGION AND THEY SEE ISRAEL

STRIKING IRAN PRECISELY

PROFESSIONALLY WITHOUT

COLLATERAL DAMAGE, WITHOUT

CIVILIANS GETTING KILLED OR

ANYTHING OF THAT MADE.

BUT THEY SEE THAT AND I THINK

THAT WHAT THEY READ IS

STRENGTH, POISE, STRATEGIC

CAPABILITIES EXACTLY WHAT THEY

NEED FROM FUTURE ALLY FOR

FURTHER I SPOKE WITH JOHN ZOGBY

TO GET HIS TAKE ON HOW ISRAEL'S

RESTRAINED STRIKE ON IRAN

AFFECTS THE POLITICAL SCENE.

>> TAKE A LOOK.

>> JOHN, THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS

HAS ALMOST SEEMED SURREAL.

LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, SUNDAY

MORNING I MEAN IT LOOKED LIKE

THE APOCALYPSE WAS HAPPENING.

PEOPLE GOT UP AND HAD TO DECIDE

GO TO WORK.

HERE WE ARE DAYS LATER.

APPARENTLY ISRAEL HAS ATTACKED

IRAN.

HOW DO YOU REACT TO ALL THIS?

WELL, IT DOES HAVE A SURREAL

QUALITY AND IT'S IT'S IT'S

REALLY REMARKABLE TO NOTE YOU

CAN WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE NIGHT AND HEAR THE OF

EXPLODING ROCKETS AND THEN YOU

CAN GET UP THE NEXT MORNING AND

THERE ARE BIRDS CHIRPING AND

THAT'S ALL YOU CAN HEAR.

IT'S QUIET AND SILENT HERE IN

THE MIDDLE EAST.

I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT THAN

WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON.

I THINK THAT WASHINGTON AND

THERE'S A SENSE OF ALMOST.

CAROLYN GLICK, THE COLUMNIST

MENTIONED A VIDEO GAME QUALITY

IN OTHER WORDS LIKE THEY'RE

PLAYING A GAME HERE AND I THINK

IT'S MUCH MORE REAL HERE IN THE

MIDDLE WHERE COUNTRIES LIKE

JORDAN AND SAUDI ARABIA ARE

WONDERING WHAT THEIR FUTURES

WHEN IRAN CAN FIRE 500 OR 300

MISSILES AT ISRAEL AND ISRAEL

PROMISES OF RETALIATION AND AT

THE SAME TIME WE'RE HEARING

THAT ACCORDING TO THE

WASHINGTON POST THIS WAS ALL

CAREFULLY CALIBRATED.

WELL, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE HEAR

WHAT CAREFULLY CALIBRATE IT

MUCH LONGER.

I THINK THEY WANT TO SEE SOME

MOVEMENT TOWARD THE GOOD GUYS.

I THINK THEY WANT TO SEE HAMAS

ERADICATED.

THEY WANT TO SEE A REAL

POTENTIAL FOR PEACE COMING TO

THE MIDDLE EAST AND THEY'RE

TIRED OF THIS SOMEBODY PUTTING

THE BRAKES ALL THE TIME AND

STOPPING WHAT MIGHT END UP

ACTUALLY BRINGING MORE TO THE

MIDDLE EAST WHICH IS A DEFEAT

OF SOME OF THE GROUPS LIKE

HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH AND HEAD OF

THE SNAKE IRAN.

>> FINALLY, JON, WHERE DO WE GO

FROM HERE?

I THINK WE'LL THERE'LL BE MORE

OF THIS CALIBRATION BUT AT SOME

POINT IF ISRAEL DOES GO INTO

GAZA AND ATTACK IRAN'S HEAD ON,

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO COME TO

A MORE SERIOUS TIME OF REAL

MOVEMENT ON THIS THING RATHER A

CAREFULLY MANAGED SORT OF

MILITARY BALLET THAT WE'VE SEEN

FOR MONTHS.

>> JOHN ZOGBY MIDDLE EAST

ANALYST GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.

COMING UP EMPTY, CHAIRS AT THE

SEDER TABLE REMEMBERING THE

HOSTAGES AT NIR O'S ATTENTION

CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN

TODAY.

>> IT'S A FREE CALL.

>> AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING

PASSOVER HOLIDAY FAMILY MEMBERS

OF THOSE TAKEN HOSTAGE OCTOBER

7TH CAME TOGETHER AT THEIR

DEVASTATED KIBBUTZ TO CRY ONCE

AGAIN FOR THEIR LOVED ONES

FREEDOM.

CBN MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT

STAHL BRINGS US THEIR STORY.

>> THE JEWISH PEOPLE CELEBRATE

PASSOVER EACH WITH A SEDER MEAL

RECALLING THE ISRAELITES

MIRACULOUS FROM EGYPT.

AFTER MOSES TOLD PHARAOH LET

PEOPLE GO.

KNOWN AS THE HOLIDAY OF FREEDOM

,THOSE HERE HAVE THE SAME

MESSAGE FOR THE CAPTORS STILL

HOLDING THEIR LOVED ONES

HOSTAGE.

>> WE WANT THEM TO CELEBRATE

THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WITH US

AND NOT HONOR IN INHUMAN

CONDITIONS.

>> LET OUR PEOPLE GO.

>> THIS IS THE DINING ROOM AT

KIBBUTZ NERO'S LAST PASSOVER.

IT WAS FULL OF HUNDREDS OF

PEOPLE CELEBRATING HOLIDAY OF

FREEDOM FOR THE PASSOVER SEDER.

THIS YEAR THERE WON'T BE

ONE YEAR AGO.

>> THEY ALL CELEBRATED HERE IN

THE DINING ROOM TOGETHER.

ALL THESE PEOPLE YOUNG PEOPLE,

BABIES, CHILDREN.

>> IT'S A VERY SPECIAL HOLIDAY

HERE.

AMARO FOSSA, THE NEPHEW OF

AVNER AND MAYA GOREN BOTH

MURDERED BY HAMAS.

>> MAYA'S BODY IS STILL HELD IN

GAZA.

I WANT THE TO NOT BEING

INDIFFERENT TO WHAT HAPPENED

HERE TO SCREAM AND SHOUT WITH

US AND THE.

AND PUT PRESSURE ON HAMAS.

CUT WHATEVER THEY CAN TO BRING

OUR PEOPLE BACK A SEDER TABLE

WITH MAZZA GRAPE JUICE AND

EMPTY PLACE SETTINGS HAS YELLOW

CHAIRS AROUND IT WITH PICTURES

OF THOSE STILL MISSING FROM THE

KIBBUTZ.

WHILE SOME ARE CONFIRMED TO BE

DEAD, THE OF OTHERS LIKE THE

FAMILY OF OFRA BIBAS ARE

UNKNOWN.

HER BROTHER YARDEN, HIS WIFE

SHERRY AND SONS ARIEL AND FAIR

WHO TURNED ONE IN JANUARY

REMAIN CAPTIVE.

>> JUST KNOWING THAT NO MATTER

HOW HARD IT IS FOR ME AND IT

MUST BE IT IS MUCH HARDER FOR

THEM AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH

AND THEY NEED US TO SPEAK FOR

THEM AND TO REMIND THEM AND TO

REMIND THE WORLD AND THAT THEY

ARE OVER THERE THAT IT'S THE

MOST HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IS.

SHE SEES THE CONNECTION WITH

THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY AS CRUCIAL

AS BEST EVER IS.

>> WE CALL IT THE HOLIDAY OF

FREEDOM AND THE FREEDOM WAS

BEING TAKEN FOR THEM SIX MONTHS

AGO.

>> MORE THAN A QUARTER OF

KIBBUTZ NEAR OZ'S MEMBERS WERE

EITHER KILLED OR KIDNAPED

OCTOBER 7TH.

36 OF THEM SOME OF THEM NOT

ALIVE ARE STILL IN HAMAS

CAPTIVITY IN GAZA.

>> YEAH.

AL-ADHA IS THE MOTHER OF 38

YEAR OLD TAMIR ADAR MURDERED

AND HELD IN GAZA AS PART OF THE

KIBBUTZ SECURITY.

TAMIR LEFT HIS FAMILY IN THE

BOMB SHELTER TO HELP HIS

COMMUNITY THAT FATEFUL DAY.

I WANT EVERY PLACE IN THE WORLD

JUST BEFORE THEY SAY WHO IS

GUILTY?

WHO IS NOT GUILTY?

ASK IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE A

REALITY WHERE THEY KIDNAP

PEOPLE, RAPE, MURDER AND THE

OTHER SIDE IS SUPPOSED TO BE

QUIET.

THE TERROR ATTACKS THAT

HAPPENED IN ISRAEL COULD HAPPEN

ANYWHERE.

A DARK QUESTIONS WHY THE WORLD

HOLDS ISRAEL TO A DOUBLE.

IF THAT REALITY SOUNDS LOGICAL

TO SOMEONE THEY VOLUNTEER TO

HAVE IT HAPPEN TO THEM AND

EVERYONE WHO SAYS TO HIMSELF

THIS WON'T HAPPEN IN MY COUNTRY

THEN THEY SHOULD MAKE SURE IT

DOESN'T HAPPEN IN COUNTRY.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE THAT IT HAPPENS

HERE AND THEY TELL US THE WAR.

>> IMAGINING HOW HER LITTLE

NEPHEWS ENJOY PASSOVER IF THEY

WERE FREE BABIES CALLS ON THE

TO HELP.

>> WOULD THEY BE GRANTED THE

FREEDOM SO CRUELLY TAKEN FROM

THEM?

>> HASN'T THE TIME COME FOR

THEM WORLD TO ALSO SHOUT FOR

UNDERSTANDING FEEL A SHOUT

JUSTICE.

JUSTICE FOR HUMANITY FOR AN TO

THIS NIGHTMARE.

LIKE MY FAMILY GO LET OUR

PEOPLE GO.

>> JULIE STAHL CBN NEWS KIBBUTZ

NARROWS RENEWING THE IRAN

SANCTIONS WAIVER.

WHERE WILL THE MONEY IRAN CAN

NOW ACCESS BE GOING?

THAT'S ONE 800 698 4281.

>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

RECENTLY RENEWED A SANCTIONS

WAIVER PROVIDING IRAN ACCESS TO

$10 BILLION IN FROZEN FUNDS

WHILE IT STATED THAT MONEY CAN

ONLY BE USED FOR HUMANITARIAN

NEEDS.

CRITICS SAY THE REGIME COULD

BYPASS THAT CONDITION AND PUT

IT TOWARDS DEVELOPING NUCLEAR

WEAPONS.

>> WHILE THERE HAS BEEN MUCH

DEBATE OVER, IRAN'S FROZEN

ASSETS RICHARD GOLDBERG OF THE

FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF

DEMOCRACIES TELLS CBN NEWS THIS

LATEST MOVE LITTLE MEDIA

ATTENTION.

>> BIG NEWS RECENTLY ABOUT A

$10 BILLION SANCTIONS WAIVER.

CAN THEY DESCRIBE WHAT THE

SANCTIONS WAIVER IS?

>> CONGRESS PASSED A SERIES OF

SANCTIONS LAWS TO PUT PRESSURE

ON THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

IRAN.

ONE OF THOSE LAWS PASSED IN

2012 BASICALLY SAID YOU CAN'T

DO ANY BUSINESS WITH THE ENERGY

SECTOR OF IRAN PERIOD.

IRAN HAPPENS TO BE DEPENDENT ON

IRAN FOR ELECTRICITY AND SO WE

HAVE BEEN GIVING IRAN A WAIVER

TO PHYSICALLY IMPORT

ELECTRICITY BUT WE MADE A

CONDITION ON THAT LATER.

YOU CAN'T LET IRAN GET THE

MONEY?

>> GOLDBERG THEN EXPLAINED

WHAT'S IN THE FINE.

>> WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS

DONE IS CHANGE, DEAL WITH THE

IRAQIS AND SO ON.

HE ISSUED THESE WAIVERS NOW HE

SAYS OF THE IRAQIS WHO CAN NOW

MOVE THE MONEY TO IRANIAN BANK

ACCOUNTS OF IRAN IN THIS CASE

IN OMAN AND LET IRAN PROCESS

TRANSACTIONS.

SO WE'RE GIVING THEM $10

BILLION EFFECTIVE EARLY ON

BUDGET SUPPORT IN A MAJOR OF

POLICY.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT

THE CLAIM BY THE BIDEN THAT $10

BILLION WON'T BE ACCESSIBLE THE

IRANIAN REGIME?

>> THEY'RE SAYING THE MONEY

DOESN'T GO INTO.

THEY'RE NOT SAYING IRAN CAN'T

ACCESS THE MONEY OUTSIDE.

>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

GAVE ASSURANCES THAT THE USE

THE FUNDS IS RESTRICTED.

>> THESE FUNDS, AS I SAID, CAN

ONLY BE USED FOR HUMANITARIAN

AND OTHER NON SANCTIONABLE

PURPOSES IN.

RESPONSE TO A SEPTEMBER 2023

WAIVER.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI

BOASTED THE FUNDS WILL BE USED

.

WE NEED IT.

SO THE QUESTION REMAINS WHY THE

BIDEN WOULD CONTINUE ISSUING

THE WAIVER.

>> THE PURPOSE OF THE FUNDS

WHERE ARE THE FUNDS?

THESE ARE ALL DISTRACTIONS FROM

THE COURTS.

IT'S A FINANCIAL BAILOUT NOW

THEY GET A NEW $10 BILLION POT

TO SUBSIDIZE ALL THEIR IMPORTS

FREEING UP A DIFFERENT $10

BILLION FOR WHAT TERRORISM

MISSILES, NUCLEAR WEAPONS

DEVELOPMENT AND SO ON.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BIDEN

MOTIVES ARE FOR RELEASING THESE

FUNDS?

>> THE HOUSE IS DESPERATE FOR

QUIET.

IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR.

IT'S POLITICS.

WORLD IS ON FIRE AT THE MOMENT

DUE TO POLICIES OF THE LAST

THREE YEARS AND THE PRESIDENT

IS VERY DESPERATE TO QUIET

THINGS DOWN EVEN IF IT MEANS

PAYING AN EXTORTION RACKET ON

THE LEADING STATE SPONSOR OF

TERRORISM.

>> BORN IN IRAN.

NATIONAL SECURITY ELIE COHANIM

MOVED TO AMERICA AS A REFUGEE

OF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE 80% OR SO

WHO DON'T SUPPORT THE ISLAMIC.

>> HOW DO THEY INTERPRET THIS

KIND OF SANCTIONS RELIEF?

WHAT SEE DAILY ON SOCIAL MEDIA

FROM IRANIANS WHO REACH OUT TO

ME FROM IRAN DIRECTLY IS A LOT

OF SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.

THE IRANIAN PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN

TO THE STREETS OVER AND OVER

AGAIN DEMANDING FREEDOM FROM,

THIS OPPRESSIVE DICTATORIAL

REGIME AND THEY'RE ALWAYS

HOPING THAT THE U.S. WILL STAND

BY THEIR SIDE.

SO WHEN THE UNITED STATES DOES

THINGS FREE UP $10 BILLION TO

THE REGIME, IT MAKES THE

IRANIAN PEOPLE FEEL ABANDONED

RIGHT NOW.

>> SHE ALSO BELIEVES THIS COULD

BE PLAYING INTO THE HANDS U.S.

ENEMIES OUTSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST

CHINA, RUSSIA WHICH IS IN THIS

AXIS WITH IRAN AND NORTH KOREA.

THEY'RE WATCHING THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION AND IT'S JUST A

TERRIBLE SIGNAL BE ON THE

ONE HAND FIGHTING IRAN AND ON

THE OTHER HAND FUNDING.

>> COHEN DOES HAVE HOPE THAT

BETTER DECISIONS WILL BE

FOLLOWING HER RECENT VISIT TO

THE K4 AS A KIBBUTZ BY HAMAS

AND MEETING WITH SOME OF THE

HOSTAGES FAMILIES.

>> THE AND TORTURE AND RAPE

THAT HAMAS COMMITTED ON OCTOBER

SEVENTH I THINK HAS GIVEN

EVERYONE SOME SENSE OF CLARITY

THAT THIS IS REALLY A FIGHT

BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL HAMAS THE

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.

THEY STAND AGAINST EVERYTHING