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Senior GOP lawmaker says his constituents will ‘not be excited’ about Trump’s Gaza plan
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks as Republican presidential candidate, former president Donald Trump, listens at a primary election night party in Columbia, South Carolina, February 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Republican Senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham lightly pushes back against the US president’s plan for the US to take over Gaza.
“I think that would be an interesting proposal. We’ll see what our Arab friends say about that. I think most South Carolinians would probably not be excited about sending Americans to take over Gaza. It might be problematic,” says the South Carolina senator, according to Jewish Insider.