Several dozen Democratic members of Congress, including former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling for a halt on arms transfers to Israel following a recent IDF strike in Gaza that killed seven aid workers, including a dual US citizen.
The lawmakers wrote, “We strongly urge you to reconsider your recent decision to authorize the transfer of a new arms package to Israel, and to withhold this and any future offensive arms transfers until a full investigation into the airstrike is completed.”
They also called for the administration to conduct a thorough investigation into the airstrike, which the White House has declined to do.
President Biden has stepped up pressure on Israel in recent weeks, but has pushed back on suggestions he could cut off aid to Israel. In a tense call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden warned that US policy on Israel was dependent on the protection of civilians and aid workers in Gaza.
The letter’s other signatories include the usual suspects – Representatives Barbara Lee, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
When asked recently about the suggestion he could end support for Israel, Biden replied, “Is that a serious question?”
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The headline says the opposite of the article.
All u blind idiots.
Theyre not Jew Haters! The Jew haters are the ones enabling this senseless war! Our kids are getting slaughtered for Bibis revenge.
Whos getting killed?! 1 – Innocent IDF soldiers thinking theyre on a mission from G d that justifies this sick war 2- ordinary Palestinians. Mayb they hate Israel? Il grant u that but they shldnt be punished to death.
Bibi and his cohorts BenGvir ימ״ש and theblikes are way bigger antisemites than decent straight thinking Americans who see this as a never ending-all- licensed-to-kill- War.
How much further is Israel allowed go until a straight thinking person wont be deemed antisemitic when saying ENOUGH IS ENOUGH??
ANYONE??!
Any foreigner who was stupid enough to set foot in Gaza, should have realized, they were endangering themselves, & for such an unworthy cause of feeding Palestinians who support hamas.
Meanwhile why hasn’t pelosi nor any of her cohorts bothered mentioning the plight of the totally innocent hostages?
@Miriam. I hope you’re engaging in satire. Whereas one can argue that too many soldiers’ lives are being endangered and even lost to protect enemy civilians, the war is not “sick” or senseless or a reckless license to kill.
Hamas has been attacking Israeli towns and killing Jews for years. This latest, more concentrated round of killing more than 1200 finally led to a war to eliminate them as a terrorist regime.
Civilians are always killed in war as collateral damage usually at a much higher percentage than in this war. This will especially be the case if the enemy fighting force embeds itself in civilian population centers and deliberately uses them as human shields.
What do you find unjustified about that?
How dare you use ימ”ש about a fellow Jew even if you might disagree strongly with his views?
Not only are the signatories to the letter Jew-haters, they are also traitors to America. They are disgusting and revolting people.
@Miriam,
well put.
@miriam, ever since 2001, there have been 20,000 rockets launched into israel. By stopping the war and pulling out, before gaza is in israels hands, we are enabling hamas to restart and launch more rockets, taking more jewish lives r”l
Miriam is anti Israel (Zionist state) ergo anything that it does is wrong
If Israel pulled out, Miriam would call it weak since it didn’t free the hostages
If Israel freed the hostages she would say “innocent Palestinians” died
Etc