{"id":12069,"date":"2025-02-17T21:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T21:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motj-dev.moonsite.co.il\/?post_type=event&#038;p=12069"},"modified":"2025-09-28T07:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T07:37:28","slug":"lindsey-graham-at-motj","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/motj-dev.moonsite.co.il\/en\/event\/lindsey-graham-at-motj\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Lindsey Graham Declares \u201cEvil Must Be Destroyed\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":12100,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-12069","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"type":"full","external_link":null,"headers_main_image":"","date":"20250217","time":"","booking_link":"","carousel":[12100,12098,12096,12094,12092,12090,12088,12086,12084,12082,12080,12078,12076,12074,12072,12070],"headline":"Sen. Lindsey Graham Declares \u201cEvil Must Be Destroyed\u201d","subtitle":"A bipartisan delegation of U.S. Senators led by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gathered on Monday to confront the devastating reality of October 7 at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem. Against the backdrop of the museum\u2019s powerful 06:29 \u2013 From Darkness to Light exhibition, Graham reaffirmed America\u2019s unwavering commitment to Israel\u2019s security and declared that the United States would stand firmly against those responsible for the massacre","meta":null,"description":"\"I don\u2019t want this to ever happen again,\" Graham stated unequivocally. \"And the only way to ensure that is to destroy Hamas.\"\r\n\r\nDuring their visit, the senators met Sigal Mansuri, a grieving mother who lost her two daughters, Norel and Roya, and Norel\u2019s fianc\u00e9, Amit Cohen, all murdered in a shelter at the Nova Music Festival, and Sharon Sharabi, the brother of two brothers Yossi and Eli Sharabi who were hostages in Gaza. Yossi was murdered in captivity while Eli, thankfully, was recently released and is now back in Israel.\r\n\r\nThe tragic stories of these families represent the very real human cost of terror\u2014a story that Graham and his colleagues vowed never to forget.\r\n\r\nStanding before the delegation, Sigal Mansuri shared the final messages she received from her daughters, who had been eager to celebrate life on the night of the festival.\r\n\r\n\u201cThey texted us,\u201d she recalled. \u201cThey told me they were ready to have the time of their lives.\u201d\r\n\r\nBy morning, joy had turned to horror.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe were supposed to get married this summer,\u201d she said, referring to her daughter\u2019s fianc\u00e9, Amit Cohen. \u201cSince that day, I have tried to keep their legacy alive.\u201d\r\n\r\nMansuri, exhausted by grief, implored the world not to let their memories fade.\r\n\r\n\u201cI have one request: Please remember that behind each picture, there is a story. There is a person. There is a family. And we need you all to remember them,\u201d she said.\r\n\r\nSharabi, too, issued a heartfelt plea to the delegation saying, \u201cOn October 7, my brother Eli\u2019s wife and two daughters were murdered in Kibbutz Beeri. My other brother, Yossi, after 98 days, was also murdered by Hamas. This is a critical time. This is an unrepeatable opportunity to save all of the hostages and to bring them home. We rely on you, the US government, to make an effort to bring them home.\u201d\r\n\r\nSenator Graham, known for his strong commitment to Israel\u2019s security, assured Mansuri that the United States stands firmly with the Jewish state and will not allow such atrocities to happen again.\r\n\r\n\"I\u2019m here with Democrats and Republicans,\" he said, acknowledging the bipartisan nature of the delegation. \"There is a lot of division in America, but not over this.\"\r\n\r\nThe delegation, which included Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Andy Kim (D-NJ), was also joined by Morgan Ortagus, Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace. Their united presence sent a clear message: the U.S. stands with Israel, across party lines, in the fight against terror.\r\n\r\nGraham further stressed that the release of all hostages held by Hamas remains the number one priority of both parties in Washington.\r\n\r\n\"The number one priority\u2014Democrat and Republican\u2014is to get them out,\" he vowed. \"To help your government negotiate for their release\u2014every last one of them.\"\r\n\r\nAt the end of his tour, Graham recalled his visit to Auschwitz two years prior.\r\n\r\n\"I was walking through Auschwitz, overwhelmed by how much suffering and barbaric behavior happened in the 20th century,\" he said. \"I thought it was an anomaly.\"\r\n\r\nBut now, standing in Israel, 500 days after the second-largest loss of Jewish life since that stain in history, he recognized a chilling truth: evil does not disappear\u2014it must be confronted.\r\n\r\n\"It has to be deterred. It has to be destroyed. And it will always come back if we are not vigilant.\"\r\n\r\nHis call to action came after the delegation toured the Museum\u2019s flagship exhibition, 06:29 \u2013 From Darkness to Light, which features holographic testimonies from 35 women who lived through the horrors of October 7.\r\n\r\nThe exhibition concludes with the Room of Hope, where thousands of glowing post-it notes written by visitors hang on the walls, symbolizing prayers, messages to the victims, and aspirations for peace.\r\n\r\nFor Senator Graham, the visit to the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem was not just about remembrance\u2014it was about action.\r\n\r\n\"My hope is that you never have to build another museum explaining how the Jews were killed,\" he said.","short_description":"A bipartisan delegation of U.S. Senators led by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gathered on Monday to confront the devastating reality of October 7 at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem.","good_to_know":"","additional_content_icon":"file","additional_content":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sen. 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