Over the weekend, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) urged Israel to go after Iran, saying that nothing will change in the region until the country funding the majority of terrorism is held accountable.
Graham made his comments during a Sunday NBC News interview on “Meet The Press” after Israel detonated thousands of pagers and walkie talkies last week that were being used by Hezbollah terrorists, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of terrorists and injured thousands more.
“October the 7th was designed to stop normalization,” Graham said. “Trump did the Abraham Accords. Biden’s been working to get Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel. That’s a nightmare for Iran. So October the 7th was designed to stop that. It was so horrific.”
“Now you see a front opening in the north. So here’s what I would tell my friends in Israel: Do not give up on normalization with Saudi Arabia,” he continued. “I know you got to deal with Hezbollah. There was an imminent attack. But two things – one or two things have to change in the Mid East. We need to make game-changing peace, which is reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Israel, or game-changing military strategy. Going into Lebanon to establish a buffer zone won’t work unless you hit Iran.”
“To my friends in Israel, you’re fighting the proxies,” he concluded. “Fight the source, the great Satan, Iran. To the Biden administration, you’ve let Iran run wild. You’ve given them $80 billion of relief on sanctions. They’re rich, they’re running wild. And now’s the time to hit the source of the problem, the Iranians.”
