Jewish American leaders reacted to Iran on Tuesday afternoon Unprecedented missile attack against Israel.
According to Israel, the attack, which involved more than a hundred missiles, came in response to the recent deaths Hezbollah and Hamas leaders,
“The United States stands with Israel, our only democratic ally in the Middle East, as it defends itself and its people against evil,” Ohio Republican Representative Max Miller told Fox News Digital in a statement. “Iran and its proxies must stop threatening the world.”
In a September 30 statement, Miller said that “Israel’s efforts to eliminate Hezbollah are making the world a safer place.”
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From left, Representatives Michael McCaul, R-Texas, Max Miller, R-Ohio, and David Kustoff, R-Tenn., speak to reporters in the Capitol Visitor Center after an all-members briefing on the attack on Israel on Wednesday. October 11, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
“I applaud the effort to eliminate Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, who is responsible for the deaths of Americans and countless innocent civilians,” Miller wrote. “Civilians are still suffering in Lebanon Hezbollah is working at the behest of Iran Throws the country into war. The responsibility for this death and destruction lies with Hezbollah and those who want to spread chaos and disorder at the behest of Tehran.”
Democratic Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz said in a Tuesday post on his personal
From his official congressional account, Moskowitz said his “thoughts are with the people of Israel tonight.”
Representative Jared Moskowitz, Democrat of Florida, during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Monday, July 22, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Iran’s horrific attack, so close to October 7, is a reminder of the threat Israel faces every day and why the United States must stand with our allies against the Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies,” the Florida congressman said. “
New York Democratic Representative Dan Goldman said in a Tuesday post on X that “Hezbollah’s presence along the border is a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which was the basis for the 2006 ceasefire.”
Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1, 2024. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
“If the United Nations and the international community will not implement Article 1701, Israel will have to do so to prevent Hezbollah from continuing to attack Israel,” he wrote.
“Iran’s (n) nuclear sites must be destroyed,” former Democratic New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind said in a post on Twitter on Tuesday.
Traces of firearms fired in the air in celebration of Iran’s missile bombardment of Israel are seen in Beirut, Lebanon, October 1, 2024. (Reuters/Louisa Gouliamaki)
“I would like to know who is the President of the United States right now,” Hikind said in another post. “My son Samuel is in a shelter, an American citizen. Let me be clear. We will overcome, we will endure, and our ultimate faith is unshakeable. I wish I was in Israel right now.”
“(A)nyone who shoots at Israel will now pay a heavy price,” Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the United States, said in a post on Twitter on Tuesday.
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Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1, 2024. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
He said, “The world must join with Israel to seize this opportunity to transform the Middle East and eliminate Iran – the biggest source of instability and bloodshed in the entire region.”
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The Republican Jewish Coalition also posted a statement on Twitter after Iran’s attack, saying that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), “allowed Tehran to develop ballistic missiles, which it now uses.” “10 million Israelis are being indiscriminately targeted.” citizen.”
“Kamala Harris proudly endorsed a disastrously flawed deal. As Commander-in-Chief, she would be utterly disastrous,” the group wrote.
