Biden and Israel should confront Iran over hostage killings, Graham advises, while criticizing Harris' foreign policy as a destructive force.

Lindsey Graham claims that the US has lost its deterrence: "No one in the world is afraid of Kamala Harris."

Biden and Israel should confront Iran over hostage killings, Graham advises, while criticizing Harris' foreign policy as a destructive force.
Biden and Israel should confront Iran over hostage killings, Graham advises, while criticizing Harris' foreign policy as a destructive force.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., urged President Biden and Israel to act against Iran after six more hostages were killed, criticizing Vice President Harris as a "wrecking ball on foreign policy."

On "This Week," Graham responded to the revelation that Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin was among the six hostages who were brutally murdered by Hamas while Israeli forces were preparing to rescue them.

"John and Rachel have done everything in their power to help their son be released from captivity after 11 months of captivity, but their efforts have been in vain as their son was murdered by Hamas. Hamas couldn't care less about the hostages or the Palestinians, and if you want the hostages home, you have to increase the cost to Iran."

"Iran is the Great Satan and Hamas is its junior partner. They are barbaric, religious Nazis who don't care about the Palestinian people. I urge the Biden administration and Israel to hold Iran accountable for the fate of remaining hostages and put oil refineries in Iran on the target list if the hostages are not released."

The Israeli forces arrived too late; all six hostages had already been killed by the IDF.

During the Oct. 7 attack at a music festival in southern Israel, Hamas terrorists seized Goldberg-Polin, 23, and four other hostages. In the attack, Goldberg-Polin lost part of his left arm to a grenade. In April, a Hamas-issued video showed him alive but with his left hand missing, causing new protests in Israel.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., calls Kamala Harris a foreign policy "wrecking ball."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., calls Kamala Harris a foreign policy "wrecking ball."  (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

The Israeli army identified the other dead hostages as Ori Danino, 25; Eden Yerushalmi, 24; Almog Sarusi, 27; and Alexander Lobanov, 33, who were also taken from the music festival. The sixth, Carmel Gat, 40, was abducted from the nearby farming community of Be'eri. The IDF said the bodies were recovered from a tunnel in Rafah, around a half a mile from where another hostage, Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was rescued alive last week.

Harris was accused by Graham of sending a message to terrorists in the Middle East that the United States does not support Israel after she boycotted Netanyahu's speech before Congress.

"Graham criticized the vice president's foreign policy record, stating that she has been a wrecking ball on Israel and failed to take action against genocide. He also pointed out that she boycotted Bibi's speech to Congress and cheered for the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Graham called her decision to withdraw from Afghanistan the dumbest in modern history."

"She warned the Russians not to invade Ukraine in Munich, but four days later, they did. She has been in charge of the border ever since. However, I don't know what she has been doing on the border, as we now have more terrorists in our country than ever before. Additionally, fentanyl poisoning is the leading cause of death among young people in America."

Six Israeli hostages found dead in Gaza
The Israeli army identified the bodies of six hostages found in Gaza.  (Planet Chronicle)

"Graham stated that the administration has been incompetent in foreign policy and has failed to prioritize the safety and prosperity of the American people."

The families of the 13 U.S. service members killed at Abbey Gate invited former President Trump to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on the three-year anniversary of the Aug. 26, 2021, ISIS-K bombing that occurred during the Biden administration's Afghanistan withdrawal.

Trump at Arlington National Cemetery
Former President Donald Trump stands alongside Misty Fuoco, whose sister Sgt. Nicole Gee died in the Abbey Gate Bombing, at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 26, 2024.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

"I agree with looking at what happened, but it's unfortunate that these families had to visit their fallen loved ones at Arlington due to the incompetence of the Biden administration," Graham said in an interview with ABC. "I have tried to work with President Biden to reconcile Saudi Arabia and Israel, supported their nominees, and known him for a long time. However, Vice President Harris boasted about being the last person in the room, cheering the withdrawal of all forces that led to the death of these 13. The rising terrorism and a broken border are a recipe for another 9/11. Therefore, the debate about Arlington is about why they died, how they died, and the incompetency that led to their deaths, putting the American people at risk."

"Kamala Harris has lost deterrence and is no longer feared by anyone in the world. In my opinion, she is ineffective as a voice for America. To prevent more deaths, vote for Trump," he stated.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

by Danielle Wallace

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