Over 100 House Democrats Vote Against US Military Aid to Israel
More than 100 House Democrats voted against providing billions in US military aid to Israel, marking an unprecedented shift and a growing divide within the Democratic party on the issue. This vote, which ultimately failed, represents a significant rebuke to the long-standing US ally.
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Over 100 House Democrats vote to end military aid to Israel in rebuke to US ally
Action underscores how sentiment in the party towards Israel and the Netanyahu government has soured More than 100 House Democrats on Wednesday voted to slash military aid to Israel, a significant rebuke of the longtime US ally as accusations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government green-lit genocide in Gaza continue to convulse the party ahead of November’s midterm election. The amendment proposed by Republican congressman Thomas Massie to a spending measure would have halted $3....
By Chris Stein in Washington
Read full article →US House defeats bid to cut off Israel aid in vote dividing Democrats
The US House of Representatives defeated an amendment to cut off aid to Israel on Wednesday, despite nearly half of Democrats supporting it, reflecting a growing rupture between US progressives and Israel over its attacks in Gaza. The House voted 314 to 104 to defeat the measure, offered as an amendment to a State Department spending bill by Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky. However, 103 Democrats and one Republican backed it, a sharp departure from years in which bills s...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in US aid for Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinians. The vote tally, 104-314, was not enough to attach the amendment to a broader national security spending bill, but stands as a stark accounting of the shifting attitudes that are dividing the Democratic
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