“I don't think anybody on the Republican side is going to undercut the deal,” Graham said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham has played a key role in helping keep negotiations that could lead Saudi Arabia to normalize its relationship with Israel alive. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, often an outspoken critic of President Joe Biden’s foreign policy moves, said the White House could expect Republican support if the administration can manage to seal a long-sought-after deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Graham, who recently traveled to Saudi Arabia and has previously met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has played a key role in helping keep negotiations that could lead Saudi Arabia to normalize its relationship with Israel alive. The Biden administration has been looking to build on the 2020 Abraham Accords, bilateral agreements reached during the Trump administration with the United Arab Emirates and other nations recognizing Israel’s existence — an effort complicated by the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday as ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas have stalled.
But concerns remain that former President Donald Trump would push to kill such a deal by pressuring Republicans. Graham, however, said he doesn’t expect that to happen.
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