“Within the Republican Party, he stood for a faction that is getting smaller, one that viewed Israel as a stalwart ally of the United States,” one analyst told NBC News.

The South Carolina Republican served in Congress for more than three decades, became a prominent voice on national security and foreign policy and emerged as one of Israel’s…

The US Republican senator died of a sudden illness, his office said. He was 71.

Mr Graham, 71, a veteran senator, is notorious for often urging the US to go to war, especially wars that favour Israel.