Amid growing rearmament by Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza and Lebanon respectively, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) supports Israel taking an active approach in disarming the terrorist groups.

In a recent interview, the pro-Israel senator told JNS that he doesn’t see a need for the United States to get involved with Hamas, but he’d encourage U.S. President Donald Trump to “consider joint operations with Israel if we can’t do diplomacy to disarm Hezbollah like we did with Iran.”

American kinetic action in Lebanon is very unlikely though.

“Trump uses force in the Middle East very selectively and reactively against critical or imminent threats,” Jonathan Ruhe, fellow for American strategy at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, told JNS. “Trump wants to be perceived as ending c

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