(27 Nov 2024)
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Jerusalem – 27 November 2024
1. Wide of U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (South Carolina) entering
2. Cutaway cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE (English) U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)
"The ceasefire in Lebanon is a good thing in my view, it will give the people in Lebanon some breathing room and it will ensure that there will be no October 7th generated from that border against Israel. Compromise is always difficult, but I think the ceasefire was the right decision."
4. Cutaway Israeli flag
5. SOUNDBITE (English) U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)
"Eventually somebody is gonna have to come and rebuild Gaza and create an entity in the Palestinian world that would live in peace with Israel. The only group that I think has a chance of doing that is the Arab world led by the Crown Prince and the UAE. Why not believe this is still possible after October 7th, failure is a horrible option for everybody in this region."
6. Cutaway U.S. flag
7. SOUNDBITE (English) U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)
"So to my friends in Israel, you have my promise and commitment to talk to President Trump very soon about my idea in conjunction with Senator Cotton and others including Democrats to pass sanctions in the Congress signed by President Trump, hopefully, that would sanction any country that took action against Israel because we’re next. It’s one thing to sanction the court. We will do that. There’s been a bipartisan bill lingering in the Senate for months that applies sanctions to the ICC for their actions. But that’s not enough. If you want to stop the spread of this absurdity, you have to put the civilized world on notice that if you choose the rogue ICC, you do so at your own peril."
8. Wide of press conference
9. Graham leaving
STORYLINE:
U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group that took effect early Wednesday morning.
Speaking at a press conference at the King David hotel in Jerusalem, Graham said "it will give the people in Lebanon some breathing room and it will ensure that there will be no October 7th generated from that border against Israel. Compromise is always difficult, but I think the ceasefire was the right decision."
The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire marks the first major step toward ending the regionwide unrest triggered by Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, but it does not address the devastating war in Gaza.
Talking about the day after in Gaza, Graham said he hopes that Arab countries led by the Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will help rebuild.
White House officials are now hopeful that calm in Lebanon will reinvigorate a multi-country effort at finding an endgame to the devastating war in Gaza, where Hamas is still holding dozens of hostages and the conflict is more intractable.
Graham also took aim at the decision of the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Senator said that he would try "to pass sanctions in the Congress that would sanction any country that took action against Israel".
"If you want to stop the spread of this absurdity, you have to put the civilized world on notice that if you choose the rogue ICC, you do so at your own peril", said Graham.
AP video shot by Shlomo Mor
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