US senator vows 'violent pushback' to protect Israel

US Senator Lindsey Graham on Wednesday promised to respond with a “violent pushback” if the United Nations attempts to force a resolution to the conflict with the Palestinian Authority on Israel.

Graham, who is expected to officially announce that he will be running for president on June 1, was speaking at a press conference in the occupied al-Qods ('Jerusalem') after meeting with the Zionist Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

Asked how he planned to act against the UN if any of the initiatives to set a deadline for a peace agreement were passed, Graham said he would withdraw funding to the body.

“I am in charge of the foreign assistance account, I’m in charge of the money we provide for the United Nations,” he said, according to Haaretz, in reference to his chairmanship of an appropriations subcommittee.

“I’m not going to ask the American taxpayer to fund an organization that’s going to be used in a way to marginalize” Israel, Graham added, calling Israel “our best friend.”