Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana announced during a plenary session Wednesday evening that the House will mark the memory of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, calling him 'one of the greatest true friends of Israel of all time.' The announcement, coordinated with the opposition leader and coalition chair, followed a moment of silence observed earlier in the session.
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana announced Wednesday evening that the plenum would mark the memory of Senator Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly earlier this week at age 71. Ohana, speaking in coordination with opposition leader Yair Lapid and coalition chair Ofir Katz, called Graham 'one of the greatest true friends of Israel of all time.' The announcement followed a moment of silence observed at 20:49 Jerusalem, as The Zioneer reported. Graham, a South Carolina Republican and cornerstone of pro-Israel advocacy in the U.S. Senate, was eulogized by Israeli leaders throughout the week, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Israel Katz, and Israeli Ambassador to Washington Yechiel Leiter. The D.C. Medical Examiner confirmed his death was due to an aortic dissection.
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- StrongNetanyahu: Lindsey Graham was 'a true friend and ally, the world lost an amazing person'
- ConfirmedDC medical examiner: Senator Graham died of aortic dissection from cardiovascular disease
- DevelopingArab MKs walk out of Knesset moment of silence for Lindsey Graham, accuse him of inciting genocide
- DevelopingReport: Lindsey Graham made remarkable pro-Israel statement hours before death
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