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Lindsey Graham to Visit Israel for Netanyahu Meeting as U.S.–Iran Strains Intensify

He casts the trip as support for Netanyahu under President Trump's regional agenda.

Overview

  • Graham announced he will travel to meet Netanyahu and his team, without specifying a date.
  • He rejected reports that President Trump is backing away from potential action against Iran, calling them inaccurate.
  • In a Jan. 6 interview, he warned that continued killings of protesters could prompt Trump to target Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
  • Coverage notes sustained protests in Iran, a brief closure and reopening of Iranian airspace, and an official statement that Erfan Soltani would not be executed.
  • He also raised alarms about SyrianTurkish coordination harming Kurdish forces and cautioned that thousands of ISIS detainees must not return to the battlefield.