The Wall Street Journal reported that the late Senator Lindsey Graham planned to fly to Florida in early March to urge President Trump to join Israeli strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, but Prime Minister Netanyahu dissuaded him, warning that joint US action would give the US 'no reason not to go all the way against us.' The newspaper also published recordings of Graham comparing Trump and Netanyahu to Roosevelt and Churchill.
The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) planned to fly to Florida in early March to urge President Donald Trump to join Israeli strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissuaded him in a phone call. According to the report, Netanyahu warned that joint US action would give the US 'no reason not to go all the way against us,' and that such a move was not in Israel's interest at that time. The newspaper also published recordings of Graham comparing Trump and Netanyahu to the wartime alliance of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.
The report follows a previous disclosure earlier Sunday, which The Zioneer reported, that Netanyahu had told Graham the joint strike would be premature. The Wall Street Journal's additional details, including the specific plan for a Florida trip and Netanyahu's quoted warning, shed further light on the behind-the-scenes dynamics between the two allies and the late senator's role in pressing for a more aggressive US posture against Hezbollah.
Graham, a longtime influential Republican voice on foreign policy, died earlier this month. His funeral is scheduled for July 28 in Washington.
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