The objection of Sen. Lindsey Graham to the nomination of Eli Sharvit as the new Shin Bet chief might have played a crucial role in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision Tuesday to rescind the appointment.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s political allies at home and a White House-allied American legislator, Senator Graham, seem to have killed a nomination to head Israel’s internal security agency. The nominee, Vice-Admiral Eli Sharvit, has criticized President Trump’s policies as “short sighted.”

The government of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voted to dismiss Ronen Bar, the chief of Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service.