Netanyahu’s 2024 Diary Reveals Frequent Meetings and Calls with Sen. Lindsey Graham
According to the diary, Netanyahu held seven meetings
and nine phone calls with Graham in 2024
by Dave DeCamp | November 24, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2024 diary
reveals that he spoke frequently with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who was working
at the time to ensure the US continued providing unconditional military aid to
Israel to support its genocidal campaign in Gaza.
According to Haaretz, the diary, published by the Israeli non-profit
Hatzlacha, shows that
Netanyahu held seven meetings and nine phone calls with the South Carolina
senator in 2024. What was discussed during the meetings and calls was not
included in the diary, but one call, made on May 7, came one day before Graham
grilled Biden administration officials at a Senate hearing about military aid
to Israel.
At the time, the Biden administration had paused a
bomb shipment to Israel over its attack on the southern Gaza city of Rafah,
though the US ultimately supported the offensive. “If we stop weapons necessary
to destroy the enemies of the State of Israel at a time of great peril, we will
pay a price,” Graham said at the hearing. “This is obscene. It is absurd. Give
Israel what they need to fight the war they can’t afford to lose.”
In one meeting that was made public, Netanyahu praised
Graham for his support of Israel. “We have no better friend, and I mean it,
than Senator Lindsey Graham,” Netanyahu said when hosting Graham at his office
in Jerusalem on May 29, 2024. At the time, Graham was also working against efforts
by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek an arrest warrant for
Netanyahu over his role in war crimes in Gaza.
“This is one of the most challenging times for the
State of Israel since its founding,” Graham told Netanyahu at the May 29
meeting. “There are so many problems and challenges to overcome, but one of the
problems you never have to worry about is America. I promise you that we
will do all we can, Mr. Prime Minister, to hold the ICC to account for this
outrage against the people of Israel. To the International Court of
Justice, you’re a joke. The head judge of the ICJ is a raving antisemite.”
Netanyahu’s diary also revealed regular contact with
US House Speaker Mike Johnson, who worked to get a major military aid package
for Israel passed by Congress in 2024. Johnson frequently hosts Netanyahu when
the Israeli leader visits Washington, and invited him to address a joint
session of Congress last year.
Netanyahu also frequently met with former British
Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is known for supporting the US invasion of Iraq
and has been involved in discussions on future plans for Gaza. Blair is
expected to be part of the so-called “Board of Peace,” a body chaired by
President Trump that will govern Gaza for at least two years under the Gaza
ceasefire deal, which Israel continues to violate.
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