Tag: Lindsey Graham
Rubio, Graham call for US probe of pro-Hamas groups linked to China
Activist groups with ties to the Chinese Communist Party have disrupted U.S. Senate hearings and “have engaged in violent, antisemitic riots in many cities across the United States,” Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Lindsey...
Netanyahu: Israel has ‘no better friend’ than Sen. Lindsey Graham
The Jewish state has no truer friend than Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the visiting U.S. lawmaker during a tête-à-tête at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
“We have no better friend, and...
Republicans slam Biden for pausing Israel arms shipment
House and Senate Republicans slammed U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to pause an arms shipment to Israel and demanded that the administration explain why it failed to notify Congress.
Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Ted...
Lindsey Graham: It’d be ‘biggest mistake in history’ to let Hamas endure
Standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) used an expletive to dismiss the accusation that Israel uses “starvation as a weapon of war,” which he called a “blood libel.”
“I will...
Kushner urges Trump to support Saudi-Israel deal
Jared Kushner is urging Donald Trump to support the Biden administration's push for Saudi-Israel normalization to cement the former president's Middle East legacy, Axios reports.
Kushner, who served as senior White House adviser to his father-in-law, Trump, was a...
Lindsey Graham: Normalization with Saudi Arabia possible by 2024
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Monday that a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia was achievable within a year, but warned that the window of opportunity was closing.
“We cannot afford to...
In Israel, Sen. Lindsey Graham discusses expansion of Abraham Accords
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) met with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Monday in Jerusalem, where the two men discussed expanding the Abraham Accords and addressing the Iranian threat.
The congressman is visiting the Jewish state after...
In Jerusalem, Sen. Graham calls for ‘formal mutual defense agreement’ to counter Iran
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday to discuss the Iranian nuclear threat. Graham also held separate meetings with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid,...
Sen. Menendez lays out political strategy for Mideast relations, reaffirms support of Israel
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said on Thursday that the relationship between the United States and Israel is more important than any one person on the day after it became clear...
Republican senators visit Israel, meet officials to pledge unequivocal US support
Three Republican senators made their way to Israel this week to show solidarity with the Jewish state and hear from leaders about how the United States can best help in the wake of the...