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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

Lindsey Graham

US President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 21, 2025, after the US military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, directly joining Israel's effort to decapitate the country's nuclear program. (Carlos Barria/Pool via AP)
June 22, 2025, 11:42 am
After US hits Iranian nuclear sites, nations urge diplomacy to end conflict
UN chief calls strikes ‘dangerous escalation’; Iran says it has right to respond to ‘outrageous’ move; Hamas pans ‘blind adherence’ to ‘Zionist agenda’; US lawmakers divided
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, center, speaks to journalists at a press conference with GOP Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, left, and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, as part of a bipartisan US Senate delegation during their visit to Israel, in Tel Aviv, February 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
February 18, 2025, 3:11 am
In Israel, US senators dismiss Trump’s Gaza plan, expect alternative from Arab states
Trump ally Lindsey Graham says US president ‘started a discussion that was long overdue’ but sees little appetite for proposal, which Democratic senator calls a ‘non-starter’
By Reuters
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets with a bipartisan group of US senators and Deputy Middle East Special Envoy Morgan Ortagus, February 17, 2025 (Yafit Iliagoyav/Foreign Ministry)
February 18, 2025, 2:27 am
FM Sa’ar to US senators: Turkey cooperating with Iran to smuggle money to Hezbollah
Foreign minister also discusses developments related to Iran’s nuclear program with US delegation that includes deputy Middle East envoy
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Left to Right: US House Speaker Mike Johnson, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Florida, January 27, 2025 (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein); Dutch politician Geert Wilders,at the high security court at Schiphol, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2, 2024 (AP Photo/Peter Dejong); US Senator Chris Coons speaks during the Democratic National Convention, August 19, 2024 in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
February 5, 2025, 12:03 pm
‘He’s lost it’: Trump call to take over Gaza blasted by Democrats, boosted by loyalists
US president’s domestic opposition condemns plan as ‘ethnic cleansing by another name’; Dutch far-right leader Wilders praises idea, says Gazans can ‘move to Jordan’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Exterior of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
December 2, 2024, 5:25 pm
ICC top judge pans ‘appalling’ US threat to penalize court over Israel arrest warrants
Tomoko Akane references threat by US Senator Graham, who said Washington would sanction allies who cooperate over warrants targeting Netanyahu and Gallant
By AP and ToI Staff
Adi Alexander, father of Hamas hostage Edan Alexander, speaks at a hostage deal rally in New York, December 1, 2024. (Hostages Families Forum)
December 1, 2024, 11:55 pm
Father of hostage Edan Alexander calls on Biden, Trump and Netanyahu to ‘act now’
Trump team said to speak to Alexander family after Hamas released propaganda video of dual US-Israeli citizen; Senator Graham says president-elect wants deal before inauguration
By ToI Staff
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)
November 30, 2024, 3:06 am
Hamas to attend Cairo talks; GOP’s Graham says Trump wants Gaza deal before inauguration
President-elect’s ally says he is ‘focused on hostages issue’; argues Palestinian reform, enabled by Arab countries, is best defense against Hamas, not Israeli reoccupation of Gaza
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (left) Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024. (AP/Peter Dejong); Then-defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a press conference at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, on November 5, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 27, 2024, 9:23 pm
Israel to appeal ‘absurd, baseless’ ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant
Jerusalem will challenge court’s action against Israeli nationals as contravening the Oslo Accords; PMO announces Netanyahu met with US senator to discuss steps against ICC
By Jeremy Sharon
International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan visits the Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, that was hit by Russian shelling on July 8, 2024. (Handout / International Criminal Court / AFP)
November 22, 2024, 12:46 am
US ‘fundamentally rejects’ ICC arrest warrants, is working with Israel on response
Biden calls move ‘outrageous’; Trump’s NSA pick vows strong reaction to court’s ‘antisemitic bias’ as some lawmakers urge sanctions, though Tlaib says decision long ‘overdue’
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham speaks at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on state, foreign operations, and related programs hearing on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images/AFP)
October 24, 2024, 9:44 pm
GOP senator says Israel-Saudi normalization deal possible before year’s end
Lindsey Graham says he spoke with Netanyahu, believes agreement close, should get done ‘on Biden’s watch’ because next administration unlikely to get enough votes in Congress
By Andrea Shalal
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, center, joined by Sen. Lindsey Graham, left, the ranking member, at a hearing on how to stem the rise in hate crimes in America, at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
September 18, 2024, 6:17 pm
US senators spar over approach to tackling antisemitism in combative committee hearing
Democratic chair says types of bigotry shouldn’t be ranked, while panel’s top Republican says lawmakers must ‘act not just in general, but specifically’ on antisemitism
By Ron Kampeas
Laura Loomer walks as Republican presidential nominee former US President Donald Trump visits the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Company in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
September 14, 2024, 3:26 pm
Far-right provocateur Laura Loomer back in Trump’s inner circle, to Republicans’ dismay
In rare show of agreement, Rep. Taylor-Greene and Sen. Graham both excoriate Jewish activist’s racist rant against Harris
By Ron Kampeas
then-defense minister Yoav Gallant (L) meets with then-US secretary of state Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, June 24, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
June 25, 2024, 4:55 am
Meeting Gallant, Blinken calls for ‘avoiding further escalation’ on Lebanon border
Top US diplomat also presses defense minister on Gaza aid, ‘day after’ planning; Gallant warns Biden adviser that move to ‘phase 3’ of fighting in Strip will impact all fronts
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden (left) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 20, 2024, 8:52 pm
Biden calls ICC prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrant for Netanyahu ‘outrageous’
Blinken says ‘shameful’ move jeopardizes truce talks; GOP senator, House speaker suggest ‘damning sanctions against ICC’; South Africa, Bernie Sanders and Belgium praise Hague
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
People gather to protest the banning of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace at Columbia University on November 20, 2023, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images via AFP)
May 14, 2024, 6:12 pm
Republican senators demand IRS investigate sponsor of Students for Justice in Palestine
Lawmakers suggest that by directing money to organizations that have explicitly voiced support for Hamas, nonprofits are supporting terrorism
By Luke Tress
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