Senator Lindsey Graham, a true friend of Israel, passes away

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch and vocal friend of Israel, has passed away unexpectedly at the age of 71.

Graham served as the senior US senator from South Carolina since 2003 and, beginning in January 2025, became chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.

He was first elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1992 and later served in the US House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. In 2015, he announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination but withdrew from the race later that year.