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Lindsey Graham is gone, Israel may never find another friend like him - comment

Lindsey Graham’s death leaves Israel without one of its fiercest advocates and raises urgent questions about the future of US support.

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) walks through the Dirksen Senate Office Building before Judiciary Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, April 27, 2022.
THE 66TH BATTALION memorial at Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill now bears four sections, tracing the unit’s losses from the Battle for Jerusalem in 1967 to Israel’s subsequent wars, and, most recently, honoring five veterans Hamas murdered during or after the October 7 massacre.

Ammunition Hill memorial now honors Six-Day War veterans killed on October 7

 THE THREE Netanyahu brothers (from L): Benjamin, Yoni and Iddo.

50 years after Operation Entebbe, Israel honors fallen commander Yoni Netanyahu

US President Donald Trump gestures as he tours the VC-25B aircraft gifted by Qatar that will be used as Air Force One, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 19, 2026.

Arriving on Qatari-gifted Air Force One for the first time, Trump unveils Roosevelt museum


After 40 years: Gvar’am amphitheater reopens as memorial for Operation Protective Edge fallen

After decades abandoned, Gvar’am Forest Amphitheater reopens as an official memorial with 68 circles, oak trees, and a wall honoring the fallen of Operation Protective Edge.

The Gvar’am Forest Amphitheater

One year on: Jerusalem honors Hersh Goldberg-Polin, ‘beautiful six’ slain hostages

Their bodies were found by the IDF in the Hamas tunnel last year in August, after enduring horrific conditions, including torture and starvation.

Slain hostage Hersh Goldberg Polin's family seen at his memorial ceremony in Jerusalem on August 19, 2025, one year since his death by Hamas.

A decade after Facebook: Instagram enables memorializing people after their death

Instagram now lets users appoint a memorial contact to manage parts of their account after death - without posting or reading messages - joining Facebook in offering tools to cope with loss.

Instagram

Navigating loss in the digital world: Instagram adds memorialization option for deceased users

This feature was introduced following a legislative initiative by Shas MK Erez Malul, who has worked to raise awareness of users' post-death rights and enable memorialization on social media.

Instagram app.

Vandals deface Holocaust memorial in Polish Jewish cemetery with anti-Israel, Nazi graffiti

This incident occurred just days after far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun referred to the Auschwitz gas chambers as “fake” and accused the Auschwitz Museum of promoting “pseudo-history.”

 The Holocaust memorial that was defaced over Friday night with a swastika and anti-Israel graffiti In Dulka Poland on July 11, 2025.

‘They destroyed beacons of hope’: Netanyahu attends memorial for two Israelis killed in DC attack

Netanyahu dedicated a memorial corner in the honor of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, which features a mezuzah made from the remains of an Iron Dome interceptor.

 The families of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim attend a memorial held at the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, US, July 10, 2025

Bat Yam holds memorial for Ukrainian family slain by Iranian missile

Addressed by representatives of the Ukrainian mission to Israel as well as Bat Yam mayor Zvika Brut, mourners viewed the five coffins on display in front of the crash site.

 Bat Yam municipality held a memorial ceremony for a family of five Ukrainians, slain by an Iranian ballistic missile on June 30, 2025.

Yitzhak Teshuva: "Where others tried and failed - I succeeded only through faith"

At Derech Ami's annual event, Iris Haim receives inaugural award for Jewish identity, sharing a powerful message of unity after October 7.

 Yitzhak Teshuva: "You must believe, and nothing will stand in your way."

‘Since You Left’: A final song by Beniho Biton released months after his murder on October 7

“Since You Left” was released as part of the “Netzach” (Eternity) Project, an initiative founded by musicians and producers, many of whom also lost loved ones in the October 7 attacks.

Since You Left / Beniho Biton, of blessed memory

Olim-run Tel Aviv bike shop to ride 600 laps around city landmark for hostages

Dizengoff Square, where the ride will take place, has become a symbolic site of remembrance and resilience, with memorials and gatherings taking place there regularly since the war began.

 DIZENGOFF SQUARE in Tel Aviv, which had become a symbol of disunity last Yom Kippur over the placement of a prayer partition between men and women, transformed into a hub after October 7 for anyone who needed to grieve, the writer notes.