Israeli media and US lawmakers signal Iran intervention after Venezuela attack
The Jerusalem Post reported on Monday that the US is
weighing 'some intervention' in Iran, while Lindsey Graham trumpets regime
change
By MEE staff
Published date: 5 January 2026
Israeli media reports and a hawkish US lawmaker
signalled that Iran might be next on US President Donald Trump's list of
interventions following the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The Jerusalem Post reported on Monday that the US is weighing “some
intervention” in Iran’s protests.
The article also said how Israel believes that the
US’s abduction of Maduro over the weekend may indicate a new US risk threshold
for intervention in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The report follows an appearance by Republican Senator
Lindsey Graham on Fox News in which he sported a “Make Iran Great Again”
baseball hat, saying, “I pray and hope 2026 will be the year that we make Iran
great again.”
The brazen US intervention in South America came just
after Trump on Friday warned Iran that the US could intervene to
"rescue" Iranians if they continue to be met with a harsh response
from their government amid protests there.
At least sixteen people have been killed so far in
mass protests that have erupted over the cost-of-living crisis in Iran, as the
local currency, the rial, effectively collapsed under the weight of US
sanctions.
” If Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful
protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to
their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go. Thank you for your
attention to this matter!" Trump wrote on his TruthSocial platform.
Mike Pompeo, Trump’s former secretary of state and an
ardent supporter of Israel, was one of several Republicans over the weekend to
draw a parallel between Maduro’s fall and Iran.
“As Maduro sails to NYC, the Venezuelan people now
have a greater chance for freedom and the American people will now be able
prosecute a man who transited drugs to kill us. I pray the Iranian leaders -
who have supported Maduro - will soon be unable to harm the great Iranian
people,” he wrote on X.
Trump’s willingness to deploy force in Venezuela has
unnerved several countries, with the US leader signalling that Cuba, Colombia,
and Mexico could be next.
On Sunday, Katie Miller, the wife of White House
deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, shared a social media post showing
Greenland, which is part of Denmark, blanketed with a US flag and the word
“SOON".
Maduro was close to the governments of China, Russia,
and Iran. He appeared at a US court on Monday, where he and his wife were
charged with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and firearms offences.
“I’m innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the
president of my country,” Maduro said.
The death count from the US attack on Venezuela has risen to 80, including
civilians and members of security forces, according to a senior Venezuelan
official who said the number could rise further, The New York Times reported.
US special forces abducted Venezuela's president from
the capital, Caracas, early on Saturday, as American fighter jets bombed key
military installations and bases across the country.
Netanyahu was visiting Trump in Florida in the days
leading up to the attack on Venezuela. On Sunday, he issued his first remarks
on the Iranian protests.
“The government of Israel, the State of Israel, and my
own policies - we identify with the struggle of the Iranian people, with their
aspirations for freedom, liberty and justice,” Netanyahu said. “It is quite
possible that we are at a moment when the Iranian people are taking their fate
into their own hands.”
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