Washington Holds Two Wars: Graham's Funeral Brings Netanyahu and Zelenskyy to…
For Netanyahu, the visit lands while the US has paused its strikes against Iran and the political framework for what comes next is still unwritten.
Benjamin Netanyahu and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are both travelling to Washington for the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, arriving simultaneously at a moment when United States policy toward both the Iran conflict and the war in Ukraine remains without a clear direction, according to The Guardian.
Graham, one of the most consistent hawks in the Senate and a figure who shaped American foreign policy posture across two decades, drew both men not merely as mourners but as leaders who understood his value. For Netanyahu, the visit lands while the US has paused its strikes against Iran and the political framework for what comes next is still unwritten. For Zelenskyy, Washington is the conversation that matters most — funding, weapons, diplomatic cover — and a funeral is as good a pretext as any to walk through the door.
Trump is expected to meet both leaders while they are in Washington. The geometry of that room — a US president, an Israeli prime minister, and a Ukrainian president, all in the same building, all needing something — is the kind of moment that reshapes the next six months of two separate wars. Whether it produces decisions or simply optics remains the only real question. Per Reuters and The Guardian, no formal summit has been announced. That absence of structure may itself be the structure. In Washington, the informal meeting is frequently the one that counts.
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*By Isla Camilleri, Global Affairs & Lifestyle Editor — News Beast by FreeMalta.com*
