Patricia Zengerle – Reuters May 17, 2024
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for delaying bomb shipments as he urges Israel to do more to protect civilians during its war with Hamas.
The Israel Security Assistance Support Act was approved 224 to 187, largely along party lines. Sixteen Democrats joined most Republicans in voting yes, and three Republicans joined most Democrats in opposing the measure.
The act is not expected to become law, but its passage underscored the deep U.S. election-year divide over Israel policy as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government seeks to wipe out militants who attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 people and seizing 253 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Palestinian authorities say at least 35,272 civilians have been killed during Israel’s campaign in Gaza. Malnutrition is widespread and much of the population of the coastal enclave has been left homeless, with infrastructure destroyed.
Republicans accused Biden of turning his back on Israel after facing widespread pro-Palestinian protests.
“This is a catastrophic decision with global implications. It is obviously being done as a political calculation, and we cannot let this stand,” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson told a news conference with other party leaders on Wednesday.
Democrats also accused the other party of playing politics, saying Republicans are distorting Biden’s position on Israel.
“This is a catastrophic decision with global implications. It is obviously being done as a political calculation, and we cannot let this stand,” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson told a news conference with other party leaders on Wednesday.
Democrats also accused the other party of playing politics, saying Republicans are distorting Biden’s position on Israel.
“It is not a serious effort at legislation, which is why some of the most pro-Israel members of the House Democratic caucus will be voting no,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries told a news conference before the vote.
Israel, a major recipient of U.S. military assistance for decades, is still due to get billions of dollars of U.S. weaponry, despite the delay of one shipment of 2,000-pound (907-kg) and 500-pound bombs and the review of other weapons shipments by the Biden administration.
As recently as Tuesday, the State Department had moved a $1 billion package of weapons aid for Israel into the congressional review process, U.S. officials said.
It must piss off many Americans to realise that contrary to the usual slow progress of legislation their government can (a) fill Congress to the gills when the need arises (b) all agree on one issue without endless partisan bickering (c) find the money quickly (d) and do all that (e) for f**king Israel.
“…billions of dollars of US weaponry”, but dollars are not weaponry, and not anything else either: Americans translate all existence into these non-existent/transient units of ownership
Looks like some people are finally beginning to realize they don’t live in a ‘democracy’ but a Jewocracy. Like Nico says: the only hope left for white humanity is ‘The Book of the Law’ and the A.A.
Nietzsche
Pike
Crowley
Lovecraft
Hitler
Mosley
Nico X
These are your Aryan teachers
A.A.
Because the majority of Americans support this heinous evil of exterminating the people of Palestine and a thoroughly corrupt, ruthless, and evil empire, ALL Americans will have to suffer the consequences. As they strike from afar targeting, killing and maiming whomever they want while they live in the security of their protected and remote nation, their defences are being surpassed and what they rain down on others will rain down on themselves. The majority carry on as if the only moral principle is that there are no moral principles which apply to them, while a minority cries out for a cleansing in their own blood to make amends.
A continuation of unquestioning support for the most rabid terrorist demonic scum on earth while Americunts foot the bill and get relentlessly pummeled by the out of control federal cartel, yet another reason the open sewer that is Washingstein fully deserves to be ambush carpet bombed into smouldering oblivion with everyone in it.
whites are more important than mongrels (jews/arabs)