Lindsey Graham, a Republican Senator from South Carolina and a great friend of Israel, as well as The Jerusalem Post, passed away on Sunday morning, July 11, due to cardiac arrest.
During his time in office, Graham demonstrated strong support for the State of Israel and the Jewish community worldwide.
He was a vocal advocate for relocating the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and consistently promoted US security assistance for Israel.
Graham also cosponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act and the Combating BDS Act of 2017, both of which aim to combat discriminatory boycotts targeting Israel.
He also criticized the UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which claimed that Israel’s settlements in the West Bank have no legal validity, and cosponsored legislation that objected to the resolution.
Most recently, Graham spoke with the Post in February on the war with the October 7th massacre, the Iranian regime, and Israel’s past three years of war.
“Without the October 7 massacre happening, I don’t believe Iran would be on the verge of regime collapse,” he said.
“The determination of the Israeli people to make sure ‘Never Again’ has meaning has weakened Iran and their proxies, unlike any time since the founding of the religious-Nazi state in 1979,” Graham said, linking the current vulnerability of the ayatollahs to Israel’s military response.
“The sacrifice of the people who have died in droves for their freedom in Iran and the determination of Israel to strike back after the massacre… those two things have led to this historic moment,” he added.
Amichai Stein contributed to this report.