On FNC’s “Hannity” on Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called on the Israeli government to take further action following the airstrike that killed Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this week.
The South Carolina Republican called on Israel to “destroy” Iranian oil refineries.
“In essence, they are radical Islamic terrorists who seek to destroy the state of Israel for religious reasons,” he said. “They are trying to make us submit to the needs of Islam. They want to kill all Jews and change our way of life. That’s why I’ve introduced a bill today to change U.S. policy, and this is the policy I’m going to implement: Hezbollah and Hamas should not be separated from Iran. I said today that any attack by Hezbollah on the state of Israel should be considered an attack by Iran on the state of Israel. This is a travesty, and it must stop.”
“There would be no Hamas or Hezbollah without Iran supplying them with funds and weapons,” Graham continued. “So if Hezbollah attacks Israel or Iran attacks Israel directly, I call on Israel tonight to destroy the oil refineries that fuel this terrorist monster. Destroy the oil refineries and they will destroy it. Until you hit the ayatollah where it hurts, his wallet doesn’t care how many Hezbollah or Hamas people you kill, but he does care about his economy and his ability to make money to wage war.”
“So friends of Israel, destroy their refineries,” he added.
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