“Voters are really upset with one-party rule”
During his time in Congress, Zeldin has sponsored many bills related to Israel. Most recently, he led 200 House Republicans calling on President Biden not to open a US consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem. Zeldin also sent the president a letter last week urging him to include Israel in the US State Department’s visa waiver program. One of two Jewish GOP congressmen, Zeldin is also considered a vocal critic of the BDS movement. Last year, he announced a bid for the New York governorship.
The Biden administration inherited the maximum-pressure campaign strategy that was working. But there is a desire among people in the administration to put together the Iran nuclear deal again.
Fortunately, there are others in the administration who understand that this is not a feasible goal. And the question is which voice ends up winning in that debate, behind the scenes, internally.
But I believe the strategy that was in place was working, and there are a lot of positive lessons to learn from that. The United States has multiple instruments of national power, and we were using all of them. We have to approach Iran from a position of strength, not weakness. They don’t respect weakness. They only respect strength.
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