{"id":2636835,"date":"2026-07-28T16:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hannity-highlights-lindseys-dream-for-peace-in-the-middle-east-in-eulogy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:51:23","slug":"hannity-highlights-lindseys-dream-for-peace-in-the-middle-east-in-eulogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hannity-highlights-lindseys-dream-for-peace-in-the-middle-east-in-eulogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannity highlights \u2018Lindsey\u2019s dream\u2019 for peace in the Middle East in eulogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhannity-highlights-lindseys-dream-for-peace-in-the-middle-east-in-eulogy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2636835&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During Lindsey Graham\u2019s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral, Fox News\u2019s Sean Hannity delivered a eulogy highlighting Graham\u2019s commitment to foreign policy and his dream for peace in the Middle East, which was a frequent topic between them. Hannity emphasized Graham\u2019s moral clarity and his firm stance against evil, especially in addressing Iran and terrorism. He noted Graham\u2019s dedication to Israel, describing him as a passionate defender of the country and its peopel, and recalled Graham\u2019s visits to Ukraine, where he supported the nation&#8217;s fight against Russia. Attendees included Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, reflecting Graham\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >strong foreign policy connections<\/a>.Hannity also shared personal reflections, praising Graham\u2019s love for Israel and his unwavering principles, and noted that Graham was considered a &#8220;warrior&#8221; and &#8220;warrior poet&#8221; by others. Graham\u2019s family members, including his niece and church pastor, also spoke at the memorial.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fox News\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sean-hannity\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"619\">Sean Hannity<\/a> used part of his eulogy for Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"737\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> to spotlight the foreign policy hawk\u2019s dream for lasting peace in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"102\">Middle East<\/a>, something Hannity said was a frequent topic between the two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hannity delivered remarks during Graham\u2019s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon, taking the stage after President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>. Current and former members of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"31\">Congress<\/a> gathered in the Capitol rotunda earlier in the day for a memorial for Graham.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4666423\/sean-hannity-lindsey-graham-funeral-eulogy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hannity highlights \u2018Lindsey\u2019s dream\u2019 for peace in the Middle East in eulogy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4666279\/photos-world-leaders-lindsey-graham-funeral\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>PHOTOS: World leaders gather to celebrate Lindsey Graham<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4665798\/thune-choked-up-funeral-service-while-recalling-lindsey-graham-humor\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Thune gets choked up during funeral service while recalling Lindsey Graham\u2019s humor<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In discussing Graham\u2019s approach to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/foreign-policy\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8753\">foreign policy<\/a>, Hannity said the late <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"926\">Republican<\/a> senator from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-carolina\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"524\">South Carolina<\/a> was often characterized as a \u201cwarmonger\u201d but asserted that was a \u201cfalse criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLindsey desperately wanted and talked to the president about a lasting peace in the Middle East,\u201d Hannity said. \u201cHe wanted every region, every country in the region, on that path to peace. That was Lindsey\u2019s dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hannity, a close friend of Graham who often invited him on his show, said Graham\u2019s strongest attribute was his \u201cmoral clarity\u201d and that he used that feature to champion the war with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe understood right from wrong, good from evil, and he knew, as President Trump knows, as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"219\">Israel<\/a> knows, as I know, there can be no path to peace until evil is defeated,\u201d Hannity said. \u201cEvil, in this case, embodied in a death cult, an ideology, the world\u2019s No. 1 state sponsor of terror.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"378\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> was in attendance, which Hannity noted Graham would have considered a \u201cgreat honor.\u201d During his time in Congress, Graham was a staunch defender of Israel and frequently faced criticism for his stance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe loved you,\u201d Hannity said of Graham to Netanyahu. \u201cHe loved the state of Israel. He loved the people of Israel. Under your leadership, Israel has been one of America\u2019s most consistent and loyal allies. He was never shy to say it to the day he passed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"891\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> also attended Graham\u2019s funeral service, as Graham was also a champion of Ukraine amid its war with Russia. One day before his death, Graham visited <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"82\">Ukraine<\/a> for his 10th wartime trip there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4665746\/jd-vance-lindsey-graham-memorial-service-true-american-original\/\">VANCE REMEMBERS LINDSEY GRAHAM AS \u2018A TRUE AMERICAN ORIGINAL\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know that Lindsey would have been deeply moved and honored that you made this long journey to be here today,\u201d Hannity said, noting Zelensky and Graham met in Kyiv before his death. \u201cIn our private conversations, he often marveled at your strength against the world, one of the world\u2019s most brutal regimes. He saw you, and he said it to me once, as a warrior poet or warrior comedian, to use those terms, and on paper, I think everybody would agree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham\u2019s niece, the Rev. Franklin Graham, and the pastor of his church in South Carolina, the Rev. Tim Tate, also delivered remarks remembering the congressman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hannity honors Graham\u2019s peace vision at funeral<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2636836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26209681498365-e1785266934253.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[21587,13363,32283,62000,32171],"class_list":["post-2636835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-eulogy","tag-hannity","tag-lindsey-graham","tag-middle-east-peace","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26209681498365-e1785266934253.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2636835"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2636839,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636835\/revisions\/2636839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2636836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2636835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2636835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2636835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}