Richard Goldberg

Background

Richard Goldberg, a senior advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democr🐠acies, is a former National Security Council official and senior US Senate aide.

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🅠Biden has a secret, illegal deal 𒀰with Iran that gives mullahs everything they want

President Joe Biden this week formally approved giving the 🌌world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism another $6 billion — ostensibly for the release of five Americans held hostage in Tehran.

Biden weakness on Russia's hostage-taking puts Americans abroad at risk

Russian President❀ Vladimir Putin dealt a significant blow to the safety of Americans living and traveling abroad last week with the abduction of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

More outrageous UN anti-Semitism: Highℱ-level official says Israel to blame for Palestinianꩵs murdering Jews

A Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem plowed his car into a busy Jerusalem bus stop Friday, killing thrౠee Israelis, including 6- and 8-year-old brothers.

Woke 'ESG' investors guilty of anti-Semitism as they target Israel

Israel boycotters have a new home for waging economic war agꩵainst the world’s only Jewish state: environmental, social and governance ratings.

No, Iran didn't ban morality police -- it duped press, and Biden administration

The regime in Tehran has yet to pull back on a single element of its brutality and repression — whether it be targeted at women or millions of other Iranians,..♎.

With Israel under att🐲ack, Biden must fight UN anti-Semitism💟

As the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad l🌼obbed hundreds of rockets at Israel this weekend, a UN Human Rights Council official took to Twitter to denounce the Jewish state.

Biden needs to share intel, g🅘et out of the way and let Israel end Iran nuclear threat

Biden doesn’t want to make✤ the difficult decisions necessary to stop Iran’s drive to nuclear weapons. Hopefully he’s willing to let Israel save America from years of♉ Middle East quagmires.

The UN continues Israel-bashing after Biden promised to stop it ✤ꦯ

If US diplomats can't put an end to the UN Human Rights Council's anti-Semitic circus in Geneva this month, Congress should put an end to𓃲 US participation in the council.

Biden must force feckless WHO to hold Russia accountable for devastating Ukraine's health facilities

But WHO members should go further next week: remove Russia from the executive board and suspend Moscow’s voting rig༒hts.

Biden on verge o༒f making worst deal ever with Iran 💛

ജ 🃏The Biden administration said Friday it’s close to announcing a Russian-brokered deal with Iran that will flood the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism with billions of dollars and leave...

Biden vowed to reform WHO from within — instead, it’s taking🔯 advantage of America

The World Health Organization chief last week presented a proposal to raise mandatory dues on member 💝states and make it more difficult for large donors like America to hold🍨 it...

🌄 Let this be a warning to Biden: Iran has been cheating this whole time 

Friday’s apparent assassination of the founder of Iran’s nuclear weapons𒀰 program wasn’t just a setback for the regime’s nuclear ambitions — it was a timely reminder that the Iran nuclear... 🐻

How Trump can expose biggest lie in Middle East: Palestinian 'refugee' myth

The Trump administration may be on its way out, but it can still ­advance American interests between now and Ja👍nuary. This is particular🐼ly true in the Middle East, where White...

💙 W𝓰hat Trump must do to stop Europe from end-running his Iran sanctions

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this week refused to meet with President Trump at the United ౠNations. One of the big reasons: He and his European backers are waiting to see...

Trump now needs to bring Iran's economy to its knees

President Trump’s declaration Tuesday that he꧅ would exit the 2015 Iraဣn nuclear deal was more than just a fulfillment of a campaign promise; it was a much-needed shift in US...

Trump shouldn't give in to Macron's Iran deal request

French President ⛎Emmanuel Macron arrived in Washington Monday with a seemingly in🧸nocuous request for President Trump: Let Europe keep doing business with Iran. But unless Trump wants to make a...

♍ Wha꧋t to do about Syria — and its chief accomplice, Iran 

Within hours of learning that Bashar al-Assad launched another horrific chemical-weapons attack on his own pe🌳ople, President Trump tw🀅eeted there’d be a “big price to pay.” He should follow his...

It's time for Trump to attack Iran's Revolutionary Guard

When Iran flew an unmanned aerial vehicle into Israel this weekend, the mullahs were testing Presid🦄ent Trump, not just Israel. The Iranian drone, reportedly based on US technology, was a... ღ

What Washington can do to support Iran's protesters

Even before the widespread anticlerical protests in Iran, President Trump made clear what he thinks of the regime. In rece🔯nt days, he has even gone so far as to support...

Trump should crack down on UNRWA, finally end fiction of Palestinian 'refugees'

 As the UN General Assembly voted to reject America’s recognition of Jeru🐈salem as the capital of Israel, US Ambassador Nikki Haley issued a stern warning: We’ll remember this the next...