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Monday, February 28, 2022
Lindsey Graham criticizes Israel for refusing to sell weapons to Ukraine
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham criticizes Israel for declining to sell Ukraine weapons to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion.
“They asked Israel — no bigger fan of Israel than Lindsey Graham — for stinger [missiles], and apparently Israel said no. So I’ll get on the phone to Israel. You know, we stand up for Israel with the Iron Dome,” Graham tells Fox News, suggesting that the US expects better from its longstanding ally.
“Putin is a thug. He’s a war criminal. He’s destroying a sovereign nation called Ukraine. And if we don’t get Ukraine and Russia right, the Chinese are going to move on Taiwan and the Iranians gonna break out toward a bomb. So it’s in everybody’s interest” for Ukraine to be able to defend itself, Graham argues.
Lindsey Graham: They asked Israel, no bigger fan of Israel than Lindsey Graham, for stingers and apparently Israel said no. So I’m going to get on the phone to Israel. We stand up for Israel with the Iron Dome… pic.twitter.com/QaS3RrTMoB
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