The Jerusalem Post reports: “US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a senior Republican voice on foreign affairs, visited Lebanon and Israel this week, pressing a hard line on Hezbollah and voicing strong support for Israel’s war against Hamas.

Graham described Lebanon’s announcement that disarming Hezbollah is a ‘national goal’ as an important first step – but warned that words must be followed by action in a Thursday interview with The Jerusalem Post.

‘Hezbollah is not just a Lebanese problem. It’s a world problem. Hezbollah has American blood on its hands, and they need to go,’ he says, referring to the plan to dismantle Hezbollah that the Lebanese government will present next.

‘The Lebanese military is going to present a plan for disarmament. Time will tell if it can be accomplished politically,’ Graham said, noting that without such a step, ‘the country is frozen in time. It can never go forward.’

While expressing hope for a peaceful solution, the senator stressed that the US and Israel must ensure there is ‘a credible threat’ of force. ‘If the day comes that you have to do it by force, the Lebanese Armed Forces will need partners – and I think it’s in America’s interest to make sure Hezbollah is disarmed,’ he stated…”